Teachers’ unions seek relaxation in Special TET norms
Teacher unions in Andhra Pradesh are lobbying the government to relax qualifying criteria for the Special Teacher Eligibility Test (TET). They argue that the current requirements unfairly penalize experienced, long-serving teachers and fail to account for subject-specific specializations.
Why it matters
The dispute highlights the tension between modernizing educational standards and protecting the job security of veteran educators.
Leaders of various teacher unions have urged the Andhra Pradesh government to lower the qualifying marks for in-service teachers appearing for the Special Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) and conduct separate examinations for teachers in their respective subjects.
At a press conference on Tuesday, Andhra Pradesh United Teachers Federation (UTF) State president N. Venkateswarlu and general secretary K.S.S. Prasad demanded a reduced and common qualifying threshold for in-service teachers.
They said the Supreme Court judgment requiring teachers appointed before 2010 to qualify in TET to continue in service or secure promotions had created difficulties for thousands of teachers. Many of them were recruited through government examinations 25 to 30 years ago and had already put in long years of service, they said.
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