Kerala TET Eligibility | Minimum Qualifications

Kerala TET Eligibility | Minimum QualificationsKerala TET Eligibility | Minimum Qualifications.

The test is for:
(Category I) those who intends to be a teacher for Lower Primary classes and fulfills the minimum educational qualification

(Category II)) those who intends to be a teacher for Upper Primary classes and fulfills the minimum qualification

(Category III) those who intends to be a teacher for High School classes and fulfils the minimum qualification

A. CATEGORY I: (for Lower Primary classes) Minimum Qualification:

  • (i) Higher Secondary/ Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and two year Trained Teachers’ Certificate (TTC) [by whatever name known] conducted by Board of Examination; Govt. of Kerala or its equivalent.

OR

  • Higher Secondary/ Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 45% marks and 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education(by whatever name known), in accordance with the NCTE (Recognition Norms and Procedure), Regulations 2002

OR

  • Higher Secondary/Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and 4 year Bachelor of Elementary Education (B.El.Ed.)

OR

  • Higher Secondary/Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and 2 year Diploma in Education (Special Education)

B. CATEGORY II: (for Upper Primary classes) Minimum Qualification

  • i) B.A. / B.Sc. / B.Com. and 2 – year Diploma in Elementary Education/Trained Teachers’ Certificate (TTC) [by whatever name known] conducted by Board of Examination, Govt. of Kerala or its equivalent.

OR

  • B.A./ B.Sc./B.Com. with at least 50% marks and 1 year Bachelor in Education (B.Ed.) B.A./ B.Sc./ B.Com. with at least 45% marks and 1 year Bachelor in Education (B.Ed.), in accordance with the NCTE (Recognition Norms and Procedure) regulations issued from time to time in this regard

OR

  • Higher Secondary/Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and 4 year Bachelor in Elementary Education (B.El.Ed.)
OR
  • Higher Secondary/ Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and 4 year B.A/B.Sc.Ed or B.A. Ed or B.Sc.Ed

OR 

  • B.A. / B.Sc. / B.Com. with at least 50% marks and 1 year B.Ed. (Special Education

C. CATEGORY III (For High School classes)
Those who possess minimum educational qualifications as delineated here under are eligible to take the test (K-TET III.) The
test is for HSAs in: (i) Malayalam (ii) English (iii) Hindi (iv) Sanskrit (v) Tamil (vi) Kannada (vii) Arabic, (viii) Urdu (ix) Social Science
(x) Physical Science (xi) Natural Science and (xii) Mathematics
Minimum Qualifications for K-TET III

  • (i) Those who have acquired a Masters Degree in the subject concerned (with not less than 45% marks) and a B.Ed. Degree in the subject concerned (from any one of the Universities in Kerala or have acquired these qualifications from any other Universities recognized as equivalent thereto.
  • (ii) For Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Botany and Zoology, those who have MSc.Ed. Degree in the subject concerned with not less than 50% marks from one of the Regional Institutes of Education sponsored by NCERT will be eligible to apply. For Botany and Zoology, those who have MSc.Ed. Degree in Life Science (with not less than 50% marks) from one of the Regional Institutes of Education are also eligible. NOTE: Candidates, who have acquired Diploma / Degree in teaching in any subject and are approved by Universities / NCTE / Board of Examinations / Govt. of Kerala, are eligible to apply for K-TET III. They will have to produce the equivalency certificate as recognized by any of the Universities in Kerala/ Govt. of Kerala.
  • Candidates who have acquired their qualifications through recognized correspondence courses/ Open universities should obtain and furnish certificates of recognition and equivalency from any one of the Universities in Kerala. Candidates admitted in the year 2012 for B.Ed. courses will be permitted to appear for the Kerala Teacher Eligibility Test III 2012 provided they hold a Post Graduate Degree. K-TET III certificates of such candidates will be issued only if they qualify the B.Ed. examinations. Those candidates shall produce the pass certificates and PG certificates and the mark lists for proving their eligibility after qualifying the K-TET III – 2012. Candidates who have acquired B.Ed degree and are awaiting results for their Post Graduate course are also eligible to