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TET Result: Only 38% pass in Paper-2, raising concerns over teachers job security
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News18•13-10-2026, 17:45
TET Result: Only 38% pass in Paper-2, raising concerns over teachers job security
- •The Teachers Recruitment Board released the results of the special Teacher Eligibility Test for teachers working in schools across Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
- •The Supreme Court had mandated that teachers appointed before the Right to Education Act must pass TET by August 31, 2028, or face removal.
- •To help affected teachers, the Tamil Nadu government conducted a special exam on July 4 and 5 with reduced minimum qualifying marks.
- •The pass percentage stood at 80 percent for Paper-1, but only 38 percent for Paper-2, raising concerns over job security.
- •The government announced that the next phase of the special TET will be conducted in December to ensure the job security of teachers who did not pass.
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The pass percentage for the Paper-1 exam for secondary-grade teachers was 80 percent, while the pass percentage for the Paper-2 exam for graduate teachers was only 38 percent.
The Tamil Nadu government reduced the minimum qualifying marks to 50 percent for Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes, Denotified Communities, and Persons with Disabilities, and to 40 percent for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
The next phase of the special Teacher Eligibility Test is scheduled to be conducted in coming December, with an official announcement expected within a week to ensure teachers' job security.
