TET Exam Date Postponed

Updated on: Tuesday, September 01, 2015

tet The West Bengal government has once again changed the date for primary Teachers' Eligibility Test (TET) exam. Initially, the TET exam was initially scheduled to be conducted on August 30, however the date was rescheduled to October 4.

The date was changed the first time due to question papers going missing while being transported to Serampore. The State Chief Secretary, Sanjoy Mitra said that the TET exam date has now been postponed to October 11 due to many reasons, these include by-elections, various other exams and flood relief operations.

This TET Exam date has been changed after a meeting with the Education Minister, Partha Chatterjee, Home Secretary and a video conference with district administration and other officials. Mitra said that an investigation has already been launched into the incident of missing TET question papers and the government will try to ensure transparency and confidentiality in the conduct of TET exam. The State Chief Secretary added that a detailed guideline will be published in all newspapers and requested the students to follow it.

The CID is also investigating the missing TET Exam question papers case. The question papers, meant to be distributed at different examination centres in Hooghly, were transported in 154 bags from the state education department's Salt Lake office to Serampore. The postal department was in charge of carrying them while the state transport department provided the buses. On reaching Serampore, it has been noticed that one of the bags containing the TET question papers was found missing.

Approximately 23 lakh aspirants have registered for the West Bengal Teachers Eligibility Test. The TET exam is conducted for recruitment of teachers in primary schools.

TET Exam Date Postponed

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