Organisation : Department of School Education, Government of AP
Post Name : Andhra Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test-2017 (APTET-December, 2017)
Apply Online : http://cse.ap.gov.in/
Notification : http://www.indianjobtalks.com/uploads/77948-tet.pdf
Home Page : https://aptet.apcfss.in/

Andhra Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test :
The Andhra Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test (APTET-December, 2017) is being conducted by Department of School Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh in all 13 Districts of the State through a Computer Based Test. The objective is to ensure National Standards and benchmark of Teacher quality in the recruitment process in accordance with the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE).

Online applications are invited for the Andhra Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test (APTET-December, 2017) from candidates for all those aspiring to be Teachers in State Government, Mandal Parishad, ZillaParishad, Municipality, Private Aided Schools and Private un-aided schools in Andhra Pradesh State for classes I to VIII.

Govt. of India have enacted RTE Act, 2009 on 27.08.2009 titled “The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education”. Sub-Section (1) of section 23 of the RTE Act, National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), New Delhi has laid down minimum qualifications for a person to be eligible for appointment as a Teacher for Classes I to VIII in its Principal Notification dated 23rd August, 2010 and amendments issued thereon.

The minimum qualifications include a Pass in Teacher Eligibility Test (TET). Pursuant to the said Guidelines, it has been decided to conduct Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) twice every year for all persons, who aspire to become Teachers for Classes I to VIII in all Schools (Govt. / ZP / MP / Municipal /Recognized Pvt. Aided & Pvt. Un-Aided etc.,) in the State of Andhra Pradesh in the references read above.

All candidates who possess D.Ed.,/ B.Ed., / Language Pandit or equivalent qualifications and candidates pursuing final year of the said courses during the academic year 2016-2017 with requisite percentage of marks obtained as given in information bulletin of APTET can appear for APTET.

However, the candidates intending to seek employment as a teacher in private unaided schools shall have the option of appearing at CTET conducted by Central Government through CBSE instead of APTET, if they so desire. The candidates who did not qualify in previous TETs can also apply.

Further, the candidates who got qualified in the earlier APTETs can also apply for 6th APTET, if they desire improvement over their previous TET score.

Examination FEE:
The fee towards submission of application online and for the conduct of computer based examination is Rs.500/- for each Paper-I & Paper-II. Candidates shall pay the fee through payment Gateway from 18.12.2017 to 31.12.2017 and submit online application at the APTET website cse.ap.gov.in from 18.12.2017 to 01.01.2018.

Note:- If the candidate desires to apply for both papers he/she has to pay Rs.500/- for each paper

Procedure for submission of application online:
Detailed procedure for applying ONLINE is given in the Information Bulletin. Candidates can download the ‘Information Bulletin’ free of cost from the APTET website cse.ap.gov.infrom 14.12.2017 onwards. Candidates can submit their applications online from 18.12.2017 to 01.01.2018.

Eligibility Criteria:
The candidates at the time of applying for APTET, December 2017 should be in possession of the minimum qualifications prescribed for a teacher for I to V classes (Paper-I) and VI to VIII classes (Paper-II) as given in Information Bulletin.

The candidates who are pursuing final year of any of the Teacher Education Courses recognized by the NCTE or the RCI, as the case may be, during the academic year 2016-2017 can also appear for the APTET December, 2017.

However, it is clarified that appearance or a pass in APTET by itself will not vest any right on the candidate to be considered for appointment to the post of Teacher in Government / ZillaParishad / Mandal Parishad / Municipal and Private Aided Schools, unless he is in possession of the qualifications prescribed for appointment to such post in the relevant statutory recruitment rules framed by State Government from time to time or by the said management as on the date prescribed there in.

Tentative Schedule :
1 Date of Issuing of TET Notification & Publishing of Information Bulletin 14-12-2017
2 Payment of Fees through Payment Gateway 18.12.2017 to 31.12.2017
3 Online submission of application through cse.ap.gov.in 18.12.2017 to 01.01.2018
4 Help desk services during working hours 19.12.2017 to 31.01.2018
5 Receiving of Complaints Online pertaining to application and other issues 19.12.2017 to 30.12.2017
6 Online Mock Test availability 08.01.2018 onwards
7 Download Hall Tickets 09.01.2018 onwards
8 Schedule of Examination Paper-I & Paper-II 17.01.2018 to 27.01.2018 9.30AM to 12.00 Noon (Session-1) 2.30 PM to 05.00 PM (Session-2)
9 Initial Key published 29.01.2018
10 Objections on initial key published 29.01.2018 to 02.02.2018
11 Final key published 06.02.2018
12 Final result declaration 08.02.2018