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The Odisha government said on Tuesday that it would investigate the Supreme Court’s decision to make teachers’s eligibility test (TET) compulsory for both appointments and continuity in service.
It was said here by Odisha School and Public Education Minister Nityanand Gond.
“As the Supreme Court has ruled, qualification of TET is mandatory for teachers as well as in-service teachers, our department will review the order and decide keeping in mind the interests of the teachers,” Gond said.
The minister said that the state government will also investigate the measures being taken by other states in view of the direction of the apex court.
Saying that many teachers are already serving in Odisha without qualifying the eligibility test (OTET) of Odisha teachers, the minister said that there was no provision of Tate before 2011 when they were admitted. Therefore, the state government will have to consult the matter in view of the Supreme Court’s decision.
The minister said that the state government has planned to conduct special TET examinations to give opportunity to in-service teachers.
On the order of the apex court, the minister said that it is decided that cleaning TET is necessary for recruitment and campaigning of teachers. For retirement, teachers over five years of age should qualify for testing within two years to continue in service; Otherwise, they may opt for voluntary or compulsory retirement with terminal benefits.
However, with the service of less than five years, teachers working at primary school level are exempted from the requirement of TET. But such teachers will not be eligible for promotion, he said.
The organization of various teachers in Odisha urged the Supreme Court to reconsider its decision and implement TET criteria for new recruitments, not for teachers who were recruited earlier.
According to an official of the School and Public Education Department, TET is mandatory for primary teachers in India, serves as a minimum qualification for appointments for classes 1 to 8 in government and some private schools.
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