TET - தகுதித்தேர்வு விலக்கு கேட்டு மத்திய அரசுக்கு முதல்வர் கடிதம்

TET - தகுதித்தேர்வு விலக்கு கேட்டு மத்திய அரசுக்கு முதல்வர் கடிதம் - 25.11.25.

TET - தகுதித்தேர்வு விலக்கு கேட்டு மத்திய அரசுக்கு முதல்வர் கடிதம் - 25.11.25.. இலவச மற்றும் கட்டாய கல்வி உரிமைச் சட்டம் , 2009 ( The RTE Act , 2009 ) பிரிவு 23 மற்றும் தேசிய ஆசிரியர் கல்விக் குழும சட்டம் , 1993 ( NCTE Act 1993 ) , பிரிவு 12A- ல் உரிய திருத்தங்கள் மேற்கொண்டு , ஆசிரியர்களைப் பாதுகாப்பதுடன் , குழந்தைகளின் கல்வியும் பாதிக்கப்படாமல் இருப்பதை உறுதிசெய்திட வேண்டுமென வலியுறுத்தி மாண்புமிகு இந்தியப் பிரதமர் திரு . நரேந்திர மோடி அவர்களுக்கு மாண்புமிகு முதலமைச்சர் திரு . மு.க.ஸ்டாலின் அவர்கள் கடிதம்

பணியிலுள்ள ஆசிரியர்களை பாதுகாக்கும் வகையில் சட்டத் திருத்தம் (TET விலக்கு) கொண்டு வர வேண்டும் - பிரதமருக்கு தமிழ்நாடு முதலமைச்சர் கடிதம்!

Text of the D.O. Letter of Hon’ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Thiru M.K. Stalin addressed to Thiru. Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Prime Minister of India to take necessary steps to suitably amend RTE Act, 2009 and NCTE Act 1993 to ensure that the teachers who were in service on 23.08.2010 are duly protected I write to seek your support in resolving an urgent and significant matter affecting lakhs of teachers across the country, including a substantial number in Tamil Nadu.

The recent judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court dated 01.09.2025 in Civil Appeal No.1405 / 2025, 1385 / 2025 with Civil Appeal No. 1386 / 2025 and others, requires all in-service teachers who have not passed the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) to acquire such qualification within two years to continue in service, and further, that even teachers with less than five years of service left, while permitted to continue, shall not be eligible for promotions unless they qualify in TET. The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) initially exempted teachers appointed before August 23, 2010, from new qualification requirements like the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET). However, this subsequent interpretation of the Right to Education (RTE) Act by the Supreme Court has made TET compulsory even for these existing teachers, superseding the earlier exemption. Consequently, these teachers are now obliged to pass the TET within two years or face termination of their employment, leading to significant administrative and personal hardship. Such alteration of service conditions and disruption of their legitimate expectation of promotion after appointment certainly violate their rights. This directly impacts a very large section of the teachers who were fully eligible, properly qualified, and duly recruited under the statutory rules in force at the time of their appointment. In Tamil Nadu alone, nearly four lakh teachers fall into this category. These teachers had satisfied all academic and professional qualifications prescribed at the time, were recruited through valid and rigorous processes, and entered service many years before the introduction of TET in 2011.

The retrospective application of TET to this group, both for continuation in service and for eligibility for promotions, creates a significant disruption of long-settled service rights, an administrative impossibility for the State, and poses a serious risk of destabilising the functioning of the school education system.

The large-scale consequences of retrospective enforcement are evident across the country. Replacing such a vast number of teachers is not feasible for any State, given recruitment cycles, availability of qualified candidates, and service conditions in rural and remote areas. Further, depriving long-serving teachers of promotional avenues solely on account of a qualification introduced long after their appointment results in disproportionate hardship and stagnation, despite decades of service and experience. Lakhs of teachers across the country will thus be affected due to this interpretation of Section 23 of the RTE Act. The disruption from such an interpretation also has direct implications for the constitutional right to education under Article 21-A. In view of the above, I request you to instruct the Ministry of Education to take necessary steps to suitably amend Section 23 of the RTE Act, 2009, and Section 12A of the NCTE Act, 1993. Such amendments alone can ensure that teachers who were in service as on 23.08.2010 are duly protected, remain eligible for promotions, and continue to contribute without disruption to the education of our children.

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