TET Certificate Validity Extended From Seven Years To Lifetime: Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal

TET Certificate Validity: Pokhriyal said that this decision of increasing the validity of the TET qualifying certificates will be a positive step in increasing the employment opportunities for candidates aspiring to make a career in the teaching field.

Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal. (File Photo)

TET Certificate Validity: Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal on Thursday announced that the validity of the Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) qualifying certificates will be extended from seven years to a lifetime. An official statement regarding this decision has been released by the Minister on his official Twitter handle. 

"Validity period of Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) qualifying certificate has been extended from 7 years to lifetime with retrospective effect from 2011," Pokhriyal tweeted. 

"The government has decided to extend the validity period of the Teachers Eligibility Test qualifying certificates from seven years to lifetime with a retrospective effect from 2011," the minister said in a statement.

"The respective state governments and UTs will take necessary action to revalidate and issue fresh TET certificates to those candidates whose period of seven years has already lapsed," he added.

Pokhriyal said that this decision of increasing the validity of the TET qualifying certificates will be a positive step in increasing the employment opportunities for candidates aspiring to make a career in the teaching field.

"Teachers Eligibility Test is one of the essential qualifications for a person to be eligible for appointment as a teacher in schools. The Guidelines dated 11th February 2011 of the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) laid down that TET would be conducted by the State Governments and the validity of the TET Certificate was 7 years from the date of passing TET," further reads the statement.