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34,200 apply for TET, listing of teachers begins
The Story in Brief
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.
Source: bhaskar.com
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