TN TET 2026 exam on July 4, 5 for working teachers; registration starts on February 18

The Teachers Recruitment Board (TRB), Tamil Nadu has announced the TN Teacher Eligibility Test (TNTET) 2026 exam date for working teachers. The registration process for TN TET 2026 will begin on February 18. Eligible candidates can apply for the written exam through the official website at trb.tn.gov.in.

According to the schedule, the TN TET 2026 registration window will close on April 10, and the correction window to edit the application form will be open from April 11 to 13. The TRB board will conduct the TN TET 2026 paper 1 on July 4 and paper 2 on July 5.

Only working teachers who were appointed on or before September 1, 2025, as SGT, BT Assistant, or other equivalent cadre teachers on time scale, consolidated pay, or part-time pay in Government, Government-aided, and recognised private schools in Tamil Nadu are eligible to apply for TNTET 2026.

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To complete the TN TET application, general category candidates will have to pay an application fee of Rs 600, while candidates belonging to the Scheduled Caste (SC), Special Central Assistance (SCA), Scheduled Tribe (ST), and differently abled categories are required to pay Rs 300.

TN TET 2026 exam pattern

As per the exam pattern, the paper has five sections: Child Development and Pedagogy (for ages 6 to 11 years), Language I (Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, or Urdu), Language II (English), Mathematics, and Environmental Studies.

The TN TET exam will be conducted in Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) sheet. The duration of the exam will be three hours, and the question paper will consist of 150 multiple-choice questions (MCQs).

To pass the TNTET exam, candidates must score at least 60% or 90 marks in the general category, 50% or 75 marks in the BC, BCM, MBC/DNC, and PWD categories, and 40% or 60 marks in the SC, SCA, and ST categories.