Assam Education Minister Siddhartha Bhattacharya on Tuesday announced that Teachers’ Elegibility Test (TET) qualified teachers need not have to reappear in TET examinations.
Participating on Pratidin Times talk show Abhimat, State Education Minister said: “We have already initiated process to extend the validity of the certificates and we sent letters to the Central government regarding the matter”.
He also said that the transfer process of the TET qualified teachers will once again begin in the State.
Earlier, the State Education Minister made a remark during a programme aired on All India Radio recently, when a TET-qualified teacher asked him when their employment would be regularised. He claimed that teachers who came in through TET are required to renew their pass certificate from time to time, just like drivers renew their licenses.
Upset over the remark of State Education Minister, Assam TET teachers have been protesting in the State.
(With Inputs from Pratidin Time)