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Many in-service teachers who appeared for Andhra Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test (APTET)-2025 and failed to suffice are grappling with the demoralising interaction of their show successful the examination.
The TET results released by HRD Minister Nara Lokesh precocious showed that of 31,886 in-service teachers who appeared for the exam, lone 15,239 (47.82 per cent) qualified. The trial result has triggered a statement with teacher unions arguing that erstwhile much than fractional of the teachers, galore of them with decades of schoolroom teaching experience, neglect to qualify, it intelligibly indicates that the introspection does not bespeak schoolroom teaching competencies.
“TET has nary meaningful transportation with assessing existent teaching quality and is truthful unsuitable arsenic a qualifying benchmark for experienced in-service teachers,” said Andhra Pradesh Teachers Federation (APTF) State president G. Hrudaya Raju.
Arguing that TET cannot beryllium imposed connected in-service teachers, arsenic “it is unjust and unscientific”, the federation has besides expressed interest implicit the signifier of cut-off marks for in-service teachers — 90 for OC, 75 for BC, and 60 for SC candidates, and demanded that a azygous qualifying people of 35 per cent beryllium fixed for each in-service teachers, irrespective of community, and that the results beryllium re-declared accordingly.
The contented gained prominence with the Supreme Court ruling fixed connected September 1, 2025, stating that each teachers, including those appointed anterior to the implementation of the Right to Education (RTE) Act successful 2010, indispensable mandatorily walk TET, reiterating provisions of the 2017 Central legislation.
Challenging this verdict, APTF, on with respective different teachers’ associations and State governments, including Telangana, filed reappraisal petitions successful the apex tribunal seeking exemption from TET for teachers appointed earlier 2010. APTF specifically filed Review Petition seeking judicial reappraisal and alleviation for affected teachers.
The Supreme Court’s ruling that TET is present a non-negotiable request for anyone seeking assignment arsenic a teacher, including the in-service teachers aspiring for promotions has triggered unrest. “The ruling of the tribunal that teachers appointed anterior to the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (RTE Act), and who inactive person much than 5 years near successful service, volition beryllium fixed a two-year grace play to walk the trial and those incapable to bash truthful volition person the enactment of voluntary oregon compulsory retirement, with terminal benefits, is simply a origin of large interest for the serving teachers who autumn successful this category,” said erstwhile MLC K. S.. Lakshmana Rao, who has been demanding amendment to the Central Act to exempt in-service teachers from TET.
Pointing to G.O. No. 51, issued during the Congress authorities nether the main Ministership of Kiran Kumar Reddy successful the undivided Andhra Pradesh, which explicitly stated that TET qualification was not mandatory for teachers recruited earlier the enactment of the Education Act, Mr. Lakshman Rao argues that subjecting the work teachers present to specified unit is unfair. He said the TET syllabus was excessively analyzable and unrealistic and cited examples wherever a biology teacher was required to survey mathematics, making the trial disconnected from existent teaching practice.
“We privation the State authorities to exert unit connected the Centre to amend the Act and supply exemption for in-service teachers from the TET requirement,” helium said.
