The dearth of teachers will soon be a thing of the past. More than 10,000 aspirants took the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) in the city on Friday.
Conducted by the Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) for the State Government, it was conducted in 39 centres across East Singhbhum district.
TET is an entrance examination for teachers, which is being conducted to achieve the Right to Education (RTE) goals in the State. The main ambition is to raise the standards of teaching according to norms.
Aspirants were happy that the TET was finally held but they expressed desire that domicile policy to be framed to ensure that only the candidates from the State get selected. "I am happy to have appeared in the test however the marks obtained by the candidates in matriculation, intermediate and graduation examinations will also be taken into consideration," said Sunita Srivastava a candidate. Officials of the education department said that the examinations were held tight security arrangements as this is the first time in Jharkhand.