Giving a big boost to Commerce graduates aspiring to pursue a career in teaching, the government has decided to allow them to appear for the mandatory test for appointment as teachers from standard six to eight.
As per qualification norms for teachers issued last year under the Right to Education Act, Bachelore of Arts and Bachelor of Science graduates were only eligible for appointment of teachers.
"The National Council of Teacher Education, however, received representation from state governments and other stakeholders in respect of inclusion of Bachelor of Commerce degree holder for the appointment of teacher for class VI to VIII," said an official in the HRD Ministry.
Therefore, it has been decided to include B.Com graduate also in the qualification prescribed for appointment as a teacher, the official added.
A notification in this regard will be issued shortly.
As the minimum qualification laid down last year also required BA and B.Sc graduates to pass the 'Teacher Eligibility Test' (TET), the official
The government has decided to introduce this national level teacher eligibility test from this year for teacher recruitment for class I to VIII to set a benchmark in quality of teaching.
The "Central Teacher Eligibility Test' (CTET) will be conducted by CBSE on June 26 for recruitment in Central Government schools like KVS, Navodaya Vidyalayas, Tibetan Schools, etc and schools under the administrative control of Union territories of Chandigarh and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
The test pare would comprise objective type questions of 150 marks and a qualifying certificate will be awarded to the successful candidates. Mark sheets will be given those who have failed to qualify.
Significantly, there would be no restriction on the number of attempts a person can take for acquiring a CTET Certificate.
Candidates who score 60 per cent or more in the test exam will be considered as pass.
