| APTET Eligibility Details |
APTET Eligibility Details:
School Education Department of Government of Andhra Pradesh conducts Andhra Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test (APTET). Candidates applying for the APTET can check their eligibility conditions, which are given below.
Eligibility: The candidates at the time of applying for APTET should have the minimum qualifications prescribed for a teacher for category I to V classes (Paper-I) and VI to VIII classes (Paper-II) as given below. or should pursuing Teacher Education Course.
Educational Qualification:
I. Minimum Qualifications for Classes I-V: for candidates already in possession of Respective Teacher Education Certificates or pursuing final year of respective Teacher Education Course.
Intermediate / Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 45% marks and pass in or pursuing final year of 2 – year Diploma in Elementary Education.
OR
Intermediate /Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and pass in or pursuing final year of 4-year Bachelor of Elementary Education (B.El.Ed.)
OR
Intermediate /Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and pass in or pursuing final year of 2 – year Diploma in Education (Special Education).
Note-1: Relaxation of 5% or such percentage as permitted by Govt. at the time of admission to Teacher education Course concerned in minimum qualifying 5 marks at Intermediate / Senior Secondary level is admissible for SC/ST/ Differently abled Candidates.
II. Minimum Qualifications for Classes VI-VIII for candidates already in possession of Respective Teacher Education Certificates or pursuing final year of Respective Teacher Education Course.
i. B.A./B.Sc./B.Com and pass in or pursuing final year of 2 – year Diploma in Elementary Education.
OR
B.A. /B.Sc./B.Com pass with at least 45% marks and pass in or pursuing 1 – year Bachelor in Education (B.Ed) Course.
OR
B.A. / B.Sc./B.Com pass with at least 50% marks and pass in or pursuing 1- year B.Ed. (Special Education)* Course.
OR
Intermediate /Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and pass in or pursuing final year of 4-year Bachelor in Elementary Education (B.El.Ed.) Course.
OR
Intermediate /Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and pass in or pursuing final year of 4-year B.Sc. Ed or B.A. Ed Course.
Note: 1. Relaxation of 5% in minimum qualifying marks in Intermediate/Senior Secondary Level is admissible for SC/ST/Differently abled candidates. Also relaxation of 5% or the quantum of relaxation in terms of the
Government Orders given at the time of admission into respective Teacher Education Course in minimum qualifying marks at BA/B.Sc/B.Com is admissible for SC/ST/BC/Differently abled candidates.
2. If the candidates has not secured the requisite % of marks in Bachelor’s Degree (B.A / B.Sc. / B.Com / but secured in Post Graduate Degree in relevant school subject she/he will be eligible for applying for Paper-II.
The above relaxation of 5% or the percentage permitted by Government is also applicable in this regard as well for candidates belonging to SC /ST / BC / Difficulty abled candidates.
III. In addition to above, candidates possessing Language Pandit Training (LPT) certificate or those pursuing LPT Course are also eligible. The qualifications are as follows:
| Telugu Pandit | B.A. (Telugu Literature) or BA (Oriental Language-Telugu) or Bachelor of Oriental Language Telugu or a graduate degree with optional subject Telugu or MA (Telugu) pass or pursuing Telugu Pandit Training Certificate |
| Hindi pandit | A graduate degree with optional subject Hindi or Bachelor of Oriental Language Hindi or Praveen of Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha or Vidwan of Hindi Prachar Sabha, Hyderabad of any other equivalent recognized qualification in Hindi (BA standard) by the Government of A.P. or M.A., Hindi pass or pursuing Hindi Pandit Training Certificate |
| Urdu pandit | BA (Urdu Literature) or BA (Oriental Language Urdu) or Bachelor of Oriental Language Urdu or Graduate Degree with optional subject Urdu or M.A. (Urdu) pass or pursuing Urdu Pandit Training Certificate. |
| Other Languages (Bengali, Gujarathi, Kannada, Marathi, Oriya, Sanskrit, Tamil) |
A Graduate Degree in the Language concerned pass or pursuing Pandit Training in the Language concerned or B.Ed with Language concerned as one of the methodologies. |
Note: (i). A diploma/degree course in teacher education recognized by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) only shall be considered. However, in case of Diploma in Education (Special Education) and B.Ed. (Special Education), a course recognized by the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) only shall be considered.
(ii). Intermediate qualification of Board of Intermediate Education of A.P. or Senior Secondary Education of a Recognized Board only will be considered. So also the Bachelor’s Degree of a University Recognized by UGC only will be considered.
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