Uttar Pradesh CM asks education department to seek review of SC order on TET for in-service teachers
Press Trust of India | September 16, 2025 | 02:57 PM IST | 1 min read
Uttar Pradesh: The state's teachers are experienced and have been trained from time to time by the government, however, ignoring their qualifications and years of service is not justified, said the state chief minister in a post on X.
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday directed the Basic Education Department to file a review petition against the Supreme Court order making the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) mandatory for in-service teachers.
In a post on X, the CM's office posted: "The Basic Education Department has been instructed by the CM to file a revision against the Hon'ble Supreme Court order mandating TET for serving teachers ". "The state's teachers are experienced and have been provided training from time to time by the government. Ignoring their qualifications and years of service is not justified," it said.
The TET is a mandatory qualifying exam for recruitment of teachers in primary and upper primary schools in India. Recently, the Supreme Court ruled that even serving teachers who do not possess TET qualifications must clear the exam to continue in service.
Follow us for the latest education news on colleges and universities, admission, courses, exams, research, education policies, study abroad and more..
To get in touch, write to us at news@careers360.com.
Next Story
]SC gives UGC 8 weeks to finalise anti-caste discrimination rules; proposes witness protection, penalties
The SC directive suggests that NAAC should add anti-discrimination benchmarks and conduct social audits with anonymised data. Accreditation to be withdrawn if universities fail to follow rules.
Anu Parthiban | 1 min readFeatured News
]- Tamil Nadu plans to strengthen Govt college libraries, polytechnics and diploma engineering courses
- ‘No one feels secure’: Jadavpur University ABVP ‘raid’ leaves students scarred, questioning security collapse
- Tagore in the morning, Shakespeare at noon: My Bengali-medium schooling doesn’t hamper my English-medium job
- ‘This is my way of giving back...’: CJP’s Ashutosh Ranka on ‘School Thik Karo’ campaign
- Delhi Private Universities Bill: New regulator, zero standards, minister as visitor; why teachers are wary
- ‘Chowkidar-cum-Gatekeeper’: Why Visva-Bharati’s biotech head won’t enforce order for monthly workload reports
- IIT Placements 2026: Many in BTech Computer Science aim for trading firms, not Google; internships show why
- Locked Toilets to Teacher Shortage: CJP’s school audit campaign reveals chronic neglect of govt schools
- NITs to offer dual-track M.Tech programmes, industry-led PhD; aim for NBA accreditation for all courses
- Maharashtra NEET Counselling: Medical colleges try deemed, pvt university, company tags to avoid state control