TET தேர்ச்சி மதிப்பெண்கள் 5% குறைப்பு - அரசாணை வெளியீடு. - G.O(Ms)No.23 dt 28.01.2026 Tamil Nadu Teacher Eligibility Test (TNTET) category wise minimum qualifying marks

TET தேர்ச்சி மதிப்பெண்கள் 5% குறைப்பு - அரசாணை வெளியீடு. - G.O(Ms)No.23 dt 28.01.2026

தமிழகத்தில் ஆசிரியர் தகுதித் தேர்வு தேர்ச்சி மதிப்பெண்கள் 5% குறைத்து அரசாணை வெளியீடு

School Education - Tamil Nadu Teacher Eligibility Test (TNTET) - Fixing of category wise minimum qualifying marks - Orders - Issued.

பி.சி, எம்.பி.சி உள்ளிட்ட பிரிவினருக்கான 55% தேர்ச்சி 50%-ஆக குறைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது

* MBC, BC ...பிரிவினர் (50%) 150 க்கு. 75 மதிப்பெண்கள் பெற வேண்டும்,

* SC/ ST ..பிரிவினர் (40%) 60 மதிப்பெண்கள் பெற வேண்டும்.

* பொது பிரிவினர் -90

* 2025 தேர்வுக்கு மதிப்பெண் குறைப்பு பொருந்தும்.

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School Education - Tamil Nadu Teacher Eligibility Test (TNTET) category wise minimum qualifying marks - Orders - Issued. SCHOOL EDUCATION (TRB) DEPARTMENT -

G.O.(MS) No.23 -Fixing of

Dated: 28.01.2026

திருவள்ளுவர் ஆண்டு 2057

விசுவாவசு வருடம், தை 14 Read:-

1. G.O(Ms)No. 181, School Education (TRB) Department, dated 15.11.2011.

2. G.O(Ms)No.25, 06.02.2014.

School School Education (TRB) Department, dated

3. G.O(Ms)No.166, School Education (TRB) Department, dated 17.07.2025.

4. The Director of School Education, Letter Rc.No.56590/C2/E2/2025. Dated 13.01.2026

ORDER:-

In the Government order first read above, orders were issued, designating the Teachers Recruitment Board as the nodal agency for conducting the Tamil Nadu Teacher Eligibility Test and mandating that candidates must pass the Teacher Eligibility Test in order to be appointed to the post of teacher.

2. In the Government order second read above, orders were issued, prescribing minimum qualifying marks for passing Tamil Nadu Teacher Eligibility Test Paper I and Paper II (TNTET Paper I & II) to the candidates belonging to the Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Backward Class (BC), Backward Class Muslim (BC (M)), Most Backward Class (MBC), Denotified Communities (DNC) and Persons with Disabilities (PWD) categories as follows:-

Category
Maximum Marks
Minimum Qualifying Marks (%) to be obtained in Tamil Nadu Teacher
Eligibility Test (TNTET)
Paper-II
Paper-I
60% or 90
General
SC,SC(A), ST, BC, BC(M), MBC,DNC

150
60% or 90 Marks
Marks
55% or 82.5
55% or 82.5 Marks
150
Marks rounded
and Persons with
off to 82 Marks
rounded off to 82
Marks

Disability (PWD)

3. In the Government order third read above, orders were issued, fixing the minimum qualifying marks as 40%, for clearing the Teacher Eligibility Test 2025, in respect of the ST candidates, as one time concession. 4. In the letter fourth read above, the Director of School Education has requested the Government, to issue orders, fixing the minimum qualifying marks. of Tamil Nadu Teacher Eligibility Test (TNTET) Paper I and Paper II, by considering the minimum qualifying marks for passing the Tamil Nadu Teacher Eligibility Test (TNTET) on the basis of similar provisions in the States of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha, and Maharashtra and to implement the same as applicable to the Tamil Nadu Teacher Eligibility Test (TNTET) already conducted as per the Teachers Recruitment Board Notification No. 03/2025, dated 11.08.2025, as well as to the Tamil Nadu Teacher Eligibility Tests (TNTET) to be conducted in future.

5. The Government, after careful examination of the proposal of the Director of School Education, accept the same and decide to fix the category- wise minimum qualifying marks for passing the Tamil Nadu Teacher Eligibility Test in accordance with the guidelines issued by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) dated 11.02.2011 (Notification No. 76- 4/2010/NCTE/Acad) as given below and order accordingly. Category

Minimum Marks (%) to be obtained in TNTET
Maximum
Marks
Paper-I
Paper-II
General

150
60% or 90 Marks
60% or 90 Marks
BC, BC(M), MBC,

150
50% or 75 Marks
50% or 75 Marks

DNC/PWD
SC, SC(A), ST
150
40% or 60 Marks
40% or 60 Marks

Permission is hereby accorded to the Teachers Recruitment Board to follow the category-wise minimum qualifying marks fixed as above for the Teacher Eligibility Tests already conducted as per the Teachers Recruitment Board Notification No. 3/25, dated 11.08.2025. (BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR)

CHANDRA MOHAN. B.

ADDITIONAL CHIEF SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT

To

The Chairman, Teachers Recruitment Board, Chennai-600 006.

The Director of School Education, Chennai - 600 006.

The Director of Elementary Education, Chennai-600 006.

The Director of Private Schools, Chennai- 600 006.

The State Project Director, Samagra Shiksha, Chennai - 600 006.

Copy to

The Personal Assistant to Hon'ble Chief Minister's Office, Chennai-600 009. The Senior Personal Assistant to Hon'ble Minister for School Education, Chennai-600 009.

The Private Secretary to Additional Chief Secretary to Government,

School Education Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

The Private Secretary to Secretary to Government,

Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009. The Private Secretary to Secretary to Government,

BC, MBC & Minorities Welfare Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009. Stock File / Spare Copy.

//Forwarded by Order//

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