TET Exam 2020: Notification, Syllabus, Exam Dates, Exam Pattern; Check Now

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TET Exam (Teacher Eligibility Test) is an minimum eligibility entrance exam for teachers who want to become teacher. It is held by both the central and state governments in teaching field. TET Exam has two papers i.e. Paper 1 & 2. Paper 1 is the primary level exam (Class 1st to 5th) for the candidates who want to teach at the primary level and paper 2 is for the upper primary level (Class 6th to 10th) for the candidates who want to teach at the upper primary level.TET Exam is mandatory for becoming a government teacher in India.

Here, we are providing eligibility criteria, exam pattern, examination schedule and others of TET exam 2020.

Important Schedule Of TET Exams 2020:

Name Of TET Exam	Dates Of Notification	Date Of Exam	Detailed Notification
CTET	Mar 2020	5th July 2020	Read More
TNTET	May 2020 [Postponed]	Tentatively September-2020	Read More
UP TET	Tentatively September 2020	Tentatively November-December 2020	Read More
Rajasthan TET	Tentatively August 2020	Tentatively November 2020	Read More
MP TET	January 2020	Started from 19th Sept	Read More
Bihar TET	Tentatively August 2020	Tentatively November 2020	Read More
HTET	October 2020	December 2020	Read More
CG TET	February 2020	Tentatively July 2020 [Postponed	Read More
KAR TET	Tentatively July 2020	Tentatively November 2020	Read More
Sikkim TET	December 2019	Tentatively July 2020 [Postponed	Read More
HP TET	Tentatively August 2020	Tentatively December 2020	Read More
Punjab TET	Tentatively December 2020	Tentatively March 2021	Read More
KTET	Tentatively August 2020	Tentatively October 2020	Read More
Odisha TET	Tentatively July 2020	Tentatively November 2020	Read More
Maharashtra TET	Tentatively November 2020	Tentatively January 2021	Read More
Assam TET	Tentatively August 2020	Tentatively November 2020	Read More
Manipur TET	Tentatively October 2020	Tentatively December 2020	Read More

TET 2020 Eligibility Criteria

Minimum Qualifications for becoming Teacher for Classes I-V: (Primary Stage):

Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 2- year Diploma in Elementary Education.

Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 45% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 2- year Diploma in Elementary Education.

Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 4- year Bachelor of Elementary Education (B.E.Ed).

Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 2- year Diploma in Education (Special Education)*.

Graduation and passed or appearing in final year of two-year Diploma in Elementary Education.

Minimum Qualifications for becoming Teacher for Classes VI-VIII (Elementary Stage):

Graduation and passed or appearing in final year of 2- year Diploma in Elementary Education.

Graduation with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in 1- year Bachelor in Education (B.Ed).

Graduation with at least 45% marks and passed or appearing in 1-year Bachelor in Education (B.Ed), in accordance with the NCTE (Recognition Norms and Procedure).

Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 4- year Bachelor in Elementary Education (B.E.Ed).

Graduation with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in 1- year B.Ed. (Special Education).

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TET 2020 Syllabus:

Exam Pattern is almost the same in all the TET Exam but the syllabus of the TET Exam differs from each other, It could be varied according to the respective exam conducting body. The detailed exam syllabus will be provided on their own official websites of respective exams conducting authorities.

TET 2020 Age Limit

Minimum Age Limit – 18 years
Maximum Age Limit – 35 years

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TET 2020 Exam Pattern

All questions in TET will be Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs), with four alternatives out of which one answer will be correct. Each carrying one mark and there will be no negative marking.

There will be two papers of TET.

Paper I will be for a person who intents to be a teacher for classes I to V.
Paper II will be for a person who intents to be a teacher for classes VI to VIII.

Note: A person who intents to be a teacher for both levels (classes I to V and classes VI to VIII) will have to appear in both the papers (Paper I and Paper II).

TET 2020 Paper 1 Exam Pattern

S.No.	Subjects	No. of Questions	Marks
1	Child Development and Pedagogy	30	30
2	Language I (compulsory)	30	30
3	Language II (compulsory)	30	30
4	Mathematics	30	30
5	Environmental Studies	30	30
	Total	150	150

TET 2020 Paper 2 Exam Pattern

S.No.	Subjects	No. of Questions	Marks
1	Child Development and Pedagogy	30	30
2	Language I (compulsory)	30	30
3	Language II (compulsory)	30	30
4	Mathematics & Science Or Social Studies/Social Science	60	60
	Total	150	150

Note: Mathematics & Science- 30 MCQs each -60 Marks Or Social Studies/Social Science -60 MCQs -60 Marks (for Social Studies/Social Science teacher)

Penalty for Wrong Answers

There is no penalty for any wrong answer.

TET 202 Admit Card

Candidates can download the TET admit card from the official website as the hard copy. Admit Card will not be sent to the candidate via post. To log in on the official website, the candidates will require the following:

Visit the official website of particular State TET Exam
Go to the link with “Click here to download Admit Card”
Enter your details as per the TET Application Form and click on the “Download Admit Card “
Download TET Exam Admit Card.

TET 2020 Application Fee

The Application Fee for respective State/Central TET Exam may vary and it also varies depending on the category the candidate which lies on it. So the candidates can pay the required application fees according to the category they choose.

Validity of TET Exam Certificate

The Validity Period of TET qualifying certificate for appointment will be depend on State government . It can be 5 or 7 years for all categories. There is no restriction on the number of attempts, a person can take for acquiring a TET Certificate. A person who has Qualified TET may also appear again for improving his/her score.

TET Exam FAQs:

Q. What is the Full Form Of TET?
Ans.The Full form of TET is Teacher Eligibility Test

Q. What are the number of attempts a candidate can avail for TET?
Ans. Till now there is no limit on the number of attempts for appearing in TET Exam.

Q.Is this Exam online or offline?
Ans. The TET Exam is Offline in nature?

Q. What is the validity period of CTET certificate?
Ans. The Validity Period of TET qualifying certificate for appointment will be depend on State government,it can be varied according to the state.