CHENNAI: The Directorate of Elementary Education (DEE) has issued detailed instructions to teachers applying for the 2nd phase of the Tamil Nadu Teacher Eligibility Test (TNTET-2), scheduled for December 20, warning that applications with incorrect personal details or outdated service certificates will face rejection.
The TNTET-2 is intended for teachers who joined service on or before September 1, 2025. The application deadline is November 19, while the correction window is from November 20 to 22.
The DEE has instructed teachers of government, government-aided and recognised private schools to carefully follow the guidelines issued by the Teachers Recruitment Board (TRB) while submitting their online applications.
Paper II is scheduled in the forenoon session and Paper I in the afternoon session. The TRB has also introduced a new service certificate format, which has been provided as an annexure to the proceedings.
Highlighting several errors noticed in applications submitted during the July TNTET, an official said, "These mistakes had created difficulties in issuing hall tickets and publishing exam results. Even after the results were announced, the board continued to receive requests from candidates seeking corrections in their eligibility certificates."
Teachers must use the three-day window to check all the information furnished in their applications, make necessary corrections and resubmit the applications after verifying the changes.
Meanwhile, the in-service teachers have been demanding a uniform pass mark of 60 for all candidates appearing for the TNTET, arguing that the same qualifying threshold should apply to everyone, irrespective of their community.
Teachers said the existing system of different pass marks based on community has resulted in thousands of candidates narrowly missing the qualifying mark, with at least 10,000 teachers reportedly failing the exam this time by marginal marks.
In TNTET 1, about 1.08 lakh candidates qualified out of more than 2.20 lakh who appeared for the exam conducted in July. The overall pass percentage stood at 49.34%, while more than 1.11 lakh in-service teachers failed to clear the test.