T.N. govt withdraws appeals filed against exemption from TET granted to minority schoolteachers
1 month ago

T.N. govt withdraws appeals filed against exemption from TET granted to minority schoolteachers

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday withdrew from the Supreme Court a batch of appeals filed by it early this year challenging several orders passed by the Madras High Court not to insist upon teachers, serving in minority run aided schools, to clear Teachers Eligibility Test. In the application for withdrawal filed before the top court, the Director of School Education S. Kannappan stated that the government had taken a policy decision to accept the orders passed by the High Court and therefore, the directorate does not wish to pursue the appeals anymore. Advocate Sr. Arulmary said the High Court had time and again ruled that minority schoolteachers need not clear TET since the Supreme Court, in 2014 itself, had held that the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act of 2009 would not be applicable to institutions run by minorities. The High Court had suggested that the State government could, instead, conduct refresher courses for the teachers of government aided private minority schools in order to keep themselves updated on the new teaching techniques expected from the faculty members.

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Whether Teachers Appointed Prior To July 29, 2011 Must Pass TET To Be Considered For Promotion? Supreme Court To Consider
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Whether Teachers Appointed Prior To July 29, 2011 Must Pass TET To Be Considered For Promotion? Supreme Court To Consider

Live Law  

The Supreme Court is set to consider the question as to whether teachers appointed prior to July 29, 2011, having years of teaching experience, are required to qualify the Teachers' Eligibility Test to be considered for promotion. Whether teachers appointed much prior to issuance of the Notification dated 29th July, 2011 and having years of teaching experience are required to …

Karnataka High Court Dismisses Appeal Challenging State Govt's Decision To Expunge 50 Out-Of-Syllabus Questions From KCET-2024
8 months ago

Karnataka High Court Dismisses Appeal Challenging State Govt's Decision To Expunge 50 Out-Of-Syllabus Questions From KCET-2024

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal challenging a single judge bench order which refused to look into the validity of the State government's decision to set up a committee to examine 'out of syllabus' questions asked in the Karnataka CET 2024 exams, held in April and its finding to exclude 50 questions which were out of syllabus. …

High Court Issues Notice To Karnataka Govt On Plea Against Withdrawal Of National Education Policy
8 months, 2 weeks ago

High Court Issues Notice To Karnataka Govt On Plea Against Withdrawal Of National Education Policy

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday issued notice to the State government on a public interest litigation filed by Girish Bharadwaj and another, seeking a direction to continue with implementation of National Education Policy 2020 which was withdrawn by the present Congress government, last year. During the hearing the court orally observed, “How can we direct the government to follow …

TN to formulate solution to recruit 2012 & 2013 TET pass outs: Minister
1 year, 8 months ago

TN to formulate solution to recruit 2012 & 2013 TET pass outs: Minister

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu School Education Department would soon formulate a solution regarding appointing permanent secondary grade teachers who completed the Teacher Eligibility Test in 2012 and 2013, Minister for School Education Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi said in Coimbatore on Monday. As per reports, over 80,000 secondary grade teachers — teachers for primary school students — who passed the test in 2012 and …

'Qualified' TET Candidates Stage Protest Seeking Appointment in Schools
2 years, 5 months ago

'Qualified' TET Candidates Stage Protest Seeking Appointment in Schools

News 18  

Hundreds of candidates, who claimed to have cleared Teacher Eligibility Test in 2014, staged a sit-in on Monday outside the office of the West Bengal Board of Primary Education in Salt Lake, demanding that they be given immediate job appointment letters. Asserting that they would not want to appear for a fresh examination, announced by the government for this year, …

Minority schools exempted from TET: Madras HC
2 years, 10 months ago

Minority schools exempted from TET: Madras HC

India Today  

The Madras High Court ruled that the Teachers Eligibility Test would not be applied to minority-run educational institutions. The petition submitted by M Ani sought to overturn an order by the Tiruvallur District Education Officer which was passed in July 2017, in addition to seeking direction from the other authorities to continue paying her salary with all service benefits. The …

TET Not Mandatory For Teachers In Minority Institutions: Madras High Court Reiterates
2 years, 10 months ago

TET Not Mandatory For Teachers In Minority Institutions: Madras High Court Reiterates

Live Law  

The Madras High Court has reiterated that TET qualification cannot be made applicable to minority institutions. v. Union of India and ors., the court ordered the educational institutions to grant appropriate annual increment and medical benefits to the petitioner teacher and refund of any amount recovered from the teacher merely on the ground that she has not cleared the Teachers …

Teachers who did not pass TET not entitled to continue in service: Madras HC
2 years, 11 months ago

Teachers who did not pass TET not entitled to continue in service: Madras HC

Hindustan Times  

Teachers who did not pass the Teachers Eligibility Test cannot continue in service, the Madras High Court ruled on Thursday. It is mandatory for the teachers, who did not possess the minimum qualification of passing TET prior to the 2019 RTE Act to acquire the same within nine years i.e., within March 31, 2019. The judge lamented that despite lapse …

‘Will protest if salaries are stopped for 1,500 teachers’
5 years, 10 months ago

‘Will protest if salaries are stopped for 1,500 teachers’

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu Primary School Teachers’ Federation on Monday threatened to launch a protest if the salaries for the 1,500 teachers, who did not qualify Teacher Eligibility Test was stopped. The Directorate of School Education recently issued a letter to stop the salaries of 1,500 teachers in government aided schools who joined the service in 2010 as they failed to clear …

SC Upholds TN Govt’s 5% Relaxation To Reserved Category TET Candidates [Read Judgment]
8 years, 4 months ago

SC Upholds TN Govt’s 5% Relaxation To Reserved Category TET Candidates [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

“By granting relaxation of 5% marks in TET for reserved categories only, the eligibility criterion is neither altered nor is any prejudice caused to the appellants,” it said.The Supreme Court on Wednesday held that the state government cannot be faulted for altering the selection criteria by relaxing marks in favour of reserved category candidates. It upheld relaxation of 5% marks …

No TET required for teachers of minority institutions: Madras HC [Read Judgment]
8 years, 7 months ago

No TET required for teachers of minority institutions: Madras HC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Madras High Court has ruled against the order of the governments of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, which made it mandatory for aspirants to clear Teachers Eligibility Test before appointment will not be applicable to minority institutions, either aided or unaided.The writ appeals were filed by the two governments and over 300 writ petitions challenging the governments of the two. …

No TET required for teachers of minority institutions: Madras HC [Read Judgment]
8 years, 7 months ago

No TET required for teachers of minority institutions: Madras HC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Madras High Court has ruled against the order of the governments of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, which made it mandatory for aspirants to clear Teachers Eligibility Test before appointment will not be applicable to minority institutions, either aided or unaided.The writ appeals were filed by the two governments and over 300 writ petitions challenging the governments of the two. …

Madras High court quashes GO reducing pass percentage marks
10 years, 5 months ago

Madras High court quashes GO reducing pass percentage marks

India TV News  

Madurai: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High court yesterday quashed the order of Tamil Nadu government reducing pass percentage mark in the Teachers Eligibity Test from 60 per cent to 55 per cent for SC/ST, BC, BC, MBC and OBC candidates, saying government was adopting “double standard.” Allowing a petition filed by one K K Ramakrishnan, a bench, comprising …

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