Assam decides not to conduct recruitment exam for LP, UP teachers

Assam will recruit LP and UP teachers on the basis of marks in Class 12, graduation degree, diploma in elementary education and Teacher Eligibility Test.

NEW DELHI: The Assam Government will not conduct recruitment examinations for filling the posts of teachers of lower primary (LP) and upper primary government schools. Ranoj Pegu, education minister of Assam, in a tweet said the decision has been taken by the Assam cabinet.

The recruitment will be done on merit basis wherein marks in higher secondary (Class 12), graduation degree, diploma in elementary education and Teacher Eligibility Test will carry 5%, 10% and 80% weightage, respectively.

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Pegu tweeted on his official handle, “Assam Cabinet has changed the LP & UP Teachers recruitment policy. The weightage for preparation of merit list will be HS (5%), graduation (10%) DElEd (5%) and TET (80%). There will be no recruitment examination.”

Assam Cabinet has changed the 𝐋𝐏 & 𝐔𝐏 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 policy. The weightage for preparation of merit list will be 𝐇𝐒 (𝟓%), 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝟏𝟎%), 𝐃.𝐄𝐥.𝐄𝐝. (𝟓%) 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐄𝐓 (𝟖𝟎%). There will be no recruitment examination.

— Ranoj Pegu (@ranojpeguassam) August 25, 2023

Earlier, the Assam cabinet had decided to waive off the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) for graduate and postgraduate (GT and PGT) teachers of secondary schools. The Assam government has decided to conduct a TET-cum-Recruitment Test for the positions.

The state government had said that as per the new approach successful candidates in the TET-cum-recruitment test will be considered equal to the number of vacancies available. The decision was taken to streamline the recruitment process and ensure that deserving candidates get a fair chance at securing teaching positions in secondary schools.

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