The Tamil Nadu Graduate Teachers Federation has petitioned the School Education Department to lower qualifying marks in the special Teacher Eligibility Test by an additional 5%. The request includes provisions for experience-based scoring and changes to the exam format.
The Tamil Nadu Graduate Teachers Federation (TNGTF) submitted the petition to the School Education Department. It called for special marks based on teachers’ work experience and higher educational qualifications.
The federation highlighted that over 60% of questions in the recent exam came from Classes IX to XII. General secretary P. Patrick Raymond stated that future question papers should focus more on subjects related to teachers.
TNGTF also recommended following Kerala’s model of exempting teachers who have completed NET, SET, or M.Phil from the test. The petition follows a Supreme Court ruling from September 2025 requiring most teachers to clear the TET, with a one-year extension granted in May 2026.
