Telangana Notifies Second Special TGTET for In-Service Teachers
Results of the first TGTET-in-service teachers-2026 were announced on September 26. Of the 24,986 applicants, 22,477 appeared for the September 8 and 9 examination and 15,749 qualified, giving a pass rate of 70.07 per cent.
HYDERABAD: Telangana has notified a second special TGTET for in-service teachers, with applications open from October 7 to 16 and the computer-based examination scheduled from November 16 to 21.
The fresh test comes days after 6,728 teachers, or 29.93 per cent of those who appeared for the first special TET, failed to qualify, while serving teachers, covered by the Supreme Court ruling, have until August 31, 2028, to acquire the qualification.
Results of the first TGTET-in-service teachers-2026 were announced on September 26. Of the 24,986 applicants, 22,477 appeared for the September 8 and 9 examination and 15,749 qualified, giving a pass rate of 70.07 per cent.
The second test is again open only to in-service teachers and can be used for continuation in the present post or promotion, but cannot be used for future direct recruitment. Candidates seeking direct recruitment must clear the regular TET.
Hall tickets will be available from November 9 and results are scheduled between December 9 and 11. General, EWS and BC candidates will pay `750 for one paper and `1,000 for both, while the fee for SC, ST and PwD candidates is `700 for one paper and `950 for both.
The special tests follow the Supreme Court’s September 1, 2025 ruling in the Anjuman Ishaat-E-Taleem Trust case. The court ruled that eligible in-service teachers covered by the RTE Act must qualify TET to continue in service and that TET is compulsory for promotion. Teachers appointed before the RTE Act, who had less than five years of service left as of September 1, 2025, were allowed to continue until retirement without TET, though they must clear it for promotion.
The Supreme Court rejected review petitions on May 29, 2026, but extended the deadline from August 31, 2027, to August 31, 2028. It also asked states to conduct TET periodically, preferably twice a year.
Teachers’ unions have continued to seek relief from the TET requirement. Telangana State United Teachers’ Federation president Chava Ravi and general secretary A. Venkat had said it was “regrettable that TET exemption has been denied to in-service teachers” and sought an amendment to section 23 of the RTE Act to protect teachers appointed before TET became mandatory. The union has also sought subject-wise special TET papers, lower qualifying marks and service weightage, arguing that senior teachers are struggling with the present syllabus and computer-based examination after spending years in service.