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Unit 12: Selection Criteria for Teachers and Teacher Educators

television. Another method of advertising frequently used is a notice-board placed at the gates of Notes
the ompany.
Third-party Methods: The most frequently used third-party methods are public and private
employment agencies. Public employment exchanges have been largely concerned with factory
workers and clerical jobs. They also provide help in recruiting professional employees. Private
agencies provide consultancy services and Key HR Practices charge a fee. They are usually
specialised for different categories of operatives, office workers, salesman, supervisory and
management personnel.

12.3 Selection Criteria for Primary level Teacher

Pre Primary Teacher, should preferably be 12th class pass with at least 50% marks aggregate.
There are a number of vocational training centers which conduct training for pre-school teachers.
There are Montessori Teacher training schools which give training for pre-school education.
Primary Teacher the minimum requirement to be a primary school teacher is a graduate with a
nursery training certificate/diploma or degree. Normally candidates who have a Bachelors in
education (B.Ed.) start their career as primary school teachers and gradually move up. Candidates
who are graduates in home science can also be selected for primary school teachers. The candidate
must be a graduate or post graduate with at least 55% marks aggregate and holding either a
diploma or degree in education or teaching. The candidate would have at studied least one of the
teaching subjects during graduation.

More than the academic records it is the personal skills and aptitude that is more
important.

Teachers who have this B.Ed. degree after their graduation are called Trained
Graduate Teachers.

12.4 Teacher Eligibility Test (TET)

Qualifying in a Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) is now mandatory for all existing and aspiring
primary and middle school teachers in the country, with the passing of the Right To Education
Act. The National Council of Teacher Education (NCTE) has published the guidelines for conducting
the TET, providing complete details about rationale for the test, eligibility to take the test, the
structure and syllabus for the test, the type of questions that would be asked and the marks
required to qualify as a teacher.
To be eligible to take the CTET or any other TET conducted by the states, one has to have a
degree in education (B.Ed or D. Ed) or be on the verge of completing a degree in the year of
taking the test. Teachers will need to take the TET within a period of 5 years from the time the
TET is first notified. This kind of a qualifying test can help improve the quality of teachers right
from the recruitment stage.
The Central Government and many States have begun conducting the TET. The next CTET will be
held on January 29, 2012. Here's how the CTET web site describes the Test.
It had been inter alia provided that one of the essential qualifications for a person to be eligible
for appointment as a teacher in any of the schools referred to in clause (n) of section 2 of the
Right To Education Act is that he/ she should pass the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) which will
be conducted by the appropriate Government in accordance with the Guidelines framed by the
NCTE.

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