Goa TET 2018-19 Eligibility Criteria: The Goa government is all set to conduct its Goa TET exam for the teacher recruitment. The Goa TET notification was released in January 2019 and as per the notification, the Goa TET exam will be conducted in the last week of February 2019. This exam is an excellent opportunity to be a teacher in the Goa state schools.
The Goa TET exam is mandatory for all teaching candidates, who reside in the Goa state. However, it does not offer or promise of any immediate employment but it is prerequisite for the appointment on the teaching posts. After qualifying the Goa TET exam, the successful candidates will receive a certificate stating your suitability to the teaching posts. With this qualifying certificate, you can appear in the interview stages conducted by the state government time to time for filling the required teaching posts. This certificate will be valid for the next 5 years. It implies that you do not need to appear in the Goa TET exam repeatedly if you have qualified it at once. So, we advise you to take this exam very seriously and start preparing for it immediately. We assume that candidates, who have appeared in the CTET exam, will not get surprised in this exam because the Goa TET exam pattern and syllabus is quite similar to each other.
Goa TET 2018-19:Notification, Exam pattern, Cutoff Marks, Syllabus, Previous Year Papers, and More
To sit in the Goa TET 2018-19 Exam, you should possess the minimum qualifications/requirements as stated by the Goa government in the TET notification. During filling up the Goa TET exam form, make sure that you have entered all the details by referencing the relevant documents and all the mentioned criteria are fulfilled by you at that time because in any case, if you are found incapable of reproducing the supporting documents before the authority, you candidature may get cancelled immediately. In the following article, we will learn about the minimum educational qualifications and other criteria that are necessary to appear in the Goa TET exam.
Goa TET Exam Eligibility Criteria
The eligibility criteria to the Goa TET exam is very similar to all other state TET exams including CTET, UPTET, HPTET, MPTET, HTET, PSTET, MTET and so on. The Goa TET exam is organized every year to appoint candidates on teaching posts for primary (Classes I-V) and upper primary classes (Classes VI-VIII). There will be two distinct papers i.e. Paper-1 and Paper-2.
- Paper-1: This paper will be compulsory for primary class teaching candidates, who want to teach for Classes I-V. The difficulty level of this paper will be of the secondary level.
- Paper-2: This paper is mandatory to teach for Classes VI-VIII and the difficulty level of this paper will be of the senior secondary level of the state board.
Note: Candidates, who want to be a teacher at both levels, has to sit in both papers.
Now, let us know about the Goa TET eligibility criteria in detail through the following article-
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1. Minimum qualifications for becoming Teacher for Classes I-V (Paper-1)
Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 2- year Diploma in Elementary Education
OR,
Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year or 4th year Bachelor of Elementary Education (B.El.Ed.)
OR,
Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 2- year Diploma in Education (Special Education)
OR,
B.A / B.Sc. Graduation with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education
Goa TET 2018-19 Exam Pattern and Syllabus
2. Minimum Qualifications for becoming Teacher for Classes VI-VIII (Paper-2)
B.A / B.Sc. Graduation with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education
OR,
B.A / B.Sc. / Graduation with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 2-year Bachelor in Education (B.Ed.)
OR,
Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 4- year Bachelor in Elementary Education (B.El.Ed)
OR,
Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 4- year B.A.Ed. /B.Sc.Ed.
OR,
B.A. / B.Sc. Graduation with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in Final-year B.Ed. (Special Education)
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3. Minimum Qualifications for becoming Teacher for Classes I-VIII (Paper-1 & 2)
Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 4- year Bachelor of Elementary Education (B.El.Ed).
OR,
B.A/B.Sc. Graduation with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education
Important Points:
- Relaxation of up to 5% in the qualifying marks shall be allowed to reserved categories such as SC/ST/CI/Differently abled.
- A Diploma/Degree course in teacher education approved by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) will be considered valid only.
Goa TET 2018-19 Important Dates
The important dates of Karnataka TET (KARTET) exam are as follows-
| Particulars | Dates |
| Online submission of Goa TET application form | January 2019 to February 2019 |
| Date of downloading Goa TET admit card | February 2019 |
| Goa TET examination date | Last week of February |