Updated on: Thursday, November 01, 2012
The process for the Teachers Eligibility Test for recruitment of primary school teachers has been initiated in Cooch Behar district.
The authorities of the District Primary School Council (DPSC) and the Uttar Banga Kshetriya Gramin Bank reached an agreement in this regard on Wednesday evening.
The matter is now under consideration of the district magistrate for his approval.
DPSC chairperson Kalyani Poddar said on Thursday that the application forms for the TET will be distributed from the selected 35 branches of the Gramin Bank on and from November 17.
The forms will arrive in Cooch Behar from Kolkata within a day or two, Poddar said.
The DPSC chairperson also said that the TET examination will be held on the same day all over the state.
After the completion of the TET examination, the DPSC will be able to fill up vacant posts of teachers in the primary schools.
Presently there are 1,245 posts of teachers lying vacant at different government primary schools in the district, she said.