# 34,200 apply for TET, listing of teachers begins 2026-10-18T09:37:26+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Madhya Pradesh's secondary education board will begin listing applicants for the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) after receiving the list from the employee selection board. Of roughly 1.5 lakh potential teachers, only 34,200 applied despite the deadline being extended twice. About 20,000 applicants are from government schools and 14,000 from private schools. The board will categorise applicants by district, division, and urban or rural posting to decide the number and location of exam centres. A meeting after Dussehra, involving board secretary Buddhesh Vaidya and state education commissioner Abhishek Singh, is proposed to finalise the exam date and arrangements. Over 32,000 posts in the school education department are awaiting promotions, which depend on candidates passing the TET. The teacher union Adhyapak Shikshak Sanyukt Morcha, which suspended its protest until 22 December after meeting Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, continues to demand that the exam be scrapped. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The low application count, 34,200 against an estimated 1.5 lakh eligible teachers, signals weak uptake even after two deadline extensions. This directly affects the board's ability to fill 32,000-plus promotion vacancies, which hinge on exam results. The meeting after Dussehra will set the exam date, but the parallel union opposition, suspended only until 22 December, leaves room for disruption. The state government has not yielded to the demand for a legislative resolution against the test, keeping the standoff unresolved. The timeline for promotions now depends on whether the exam is held as planned and how many clear it. ## Coverage - bhaskar.com led with listing process, balanced with union opposition This brief was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Abhishek Singh, Buddhesh Vaidya, Madhya Pradesh, Mohan Yadav, School Education Department, TET Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/34200-apply-for-tet-listing-of-teachers-begins/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/34200-apply-for-tet-listing-of-teachers-begins/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/