Now a larger bench of the Supreme Court will hear the petitions challenging the decision of the Supreme Court to make Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) mandatory for teachers of government schools teaching students from class 1 to 8 across the country.
Supreme Court The bench of Justice Dipankar Dutta and Justice Augustin George Masih, hearing the case, said that there are many legal questions and aspects in this petition. Therefore, this bench forwards this case to the Chief Justice for hearing along with other similar cases. So that by constituting a larger bench, those legal questions can be answered after a detailed hearing on all the aspects related to this case.
The hearing was held before this
Earlier, after hearing the petitions challenging the mandatoryness of TET in Uttar Pradesh and some states, the Supreme Court had ordered to conduct such examinations in the entire country. On September 1, 2025, the Supreme Court bench of Justice Dipankar Dutta and Justice Manmohan gave its decision in this case.
What are the rules of TET?
According to this, it is mandatory for all teachers teaching students from class 1 to 8 to pass TET. This rule applies to teachers appointed after 2011, who have not passed TET. They will have to pass TET within two years or else they will have to take compulsory retirement. Teachers who are near retirement and have less than five years left in their job are exempted from this rule. But if they want promotion then they will have to pass TET.
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