Guwahati: Assam Government notified the Gauhati High Court on Thursday that the Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) is not required for graduate and postgraduate teachers.
The state administration informed the high court in an affidavit that it will not hold the exam for graduate and postgraduate teachers in response to a writ case opposing the hiring of teachers without a TET examination.
Notably, Kashmiri Das and 100 other applicants filed a writ action at the Gauhati High Court protesting the hiring without a TET exam. They stated in the petition that there are 3,000 TET candidates compared to 7,000 advertising for teachers.
The petitioner demanded that the upcoming TET exam be held in order to wrap up the hiring process.
The government was directed to submit an affidavit informing the high court that it would not be conducting the TET exam while the petition was being heard by the court.
Middle English Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) would no longer be held starting this year, the state administration had previously said on April 5.
The state will no longer hold the M.E. TET exam, the education department notified Gauhati High Court.