HARYANA TEACHER ELIGIBILITY
TEST (HTET)
Know Your Exam
A person
to be eligible for appointment as a teacher or Lecturer in any of
the schools recognized by the Department of School Education, Haryana
and affiliated by the Board of School Education, Haryana has to qualify
the “Haryana Teacher’s Eligibility Test”. Qualifying in the Teacher
Eligibility Test is made mandatory to ensure that persons recruited as
teachers possess the essential aptitude and ability to meet the
challenges of teaching at Elementary, Secondary and Senior Secondary
levels.
In the year 2008, the Board was notified as examining body for the
conduct of “Teachers Eligibility Test” by the State Government and
thereafter the Board started conducting this test with effect from the
year 2008 in the name of “STET” (School Teachers Eligibility Test) till
2009. However after implementation of RTE Act, 2009 and issuance of
notification by the NCTE in the year 2011, this examination was renamed
as “HTET”(Haryana Teachers Eligibility Test). This test is conducted by
this Board for all the three categories of school teachers i.e. Primary,
TGT and PGT. in accordance with the guidelines and such other
Rules/Regulations/Instructions/Policies laid down by the National
Council for Teacher Education/Department of School Education, Haryana.
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APPLICABILITY
OF HTET
In
accordance with the provisions made in the Service Rules of
various categories of teaching staff in the State of Haryana, RTE Act,
2009 and
guidelines framed by the NCTE, HTET shall apply to –
i) Schools of the State Government / Local authority referred to in the
Service Rules and also Sub-clause (i) of clause (n) of Section 2 of the RTE Act,
2009; and
ii) Schools referred to in Sub clause (ii) of clause (n) of the RTE Act
in Haryana.
Provided a School referred to in Sub-clause (iv) of clause (n) of Section 2 of
the
RTE Act may, for the purpose of Elementary levels, exercise the option of
considering either this HTET or the TET conducted by the Central Government.
Eligibility
All individuals who posses minimum
educational qualifications etc. as prescribed by the
Department of School Education, Government of Haryana are eligible to
take this eligibility test. This will be for three categories:-
- who intents to be a teacher for
classes I to V and fulfills the minimum qualification.
- who intents to be a teacher for
classes VI to VIII and fulfills the minimum qualification.
- who intents to be a lecturer for
classes IX to XII and fulfills the minimum qualification.
IMPORTANT
After qualifying “HTET” the candidates will acquire the eligibility in
respect of having qualified “HTET”. However, such HTET qualified
candidates will need to satisfy all eligibility requirements as per
State Recruitment Rules in order to become qualified for getting
recruited as teacher of respective category in any of the school as per
the qualifying condition laid down by prospective employers.
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VALIDITY OF CERTIFICATE,
WEIGHTAGE AND IMPROVEMENT OF PERFORMANCE
i). A person who scores
60% or more (90 or more out of 150), in case of all Caste Categories
except SC Candidate and 55% or more( 83 or more out of 150), in case
of S.C. Category Candidate in the HTET exam. will be considered as
HTET pass and weightage shall be given to the HTET in the
recruitment process. However, qualifying the HTET would not confer a
right on any person for recruitment/employment as it is only one of
the eligibility conditions for appointment. In addition, the
candidate will have to fulfill other additional
qualifications/conditions prescribed from time to time as per State
Recruitment Rules, while applying for the said post.
ii). A person who has
qualified HTET/STET may also appear again for improving his/her
score.
iii). The Validity Period
of HTET qualifying certificate for appointment will be five years
from the date of passing HTET.
iV). Validity of already
qualified STET certificate of all the above said three categories
will continue for a period of five years (from the date of passing
on the pattern of present HTET), instead of unspecified period as
per earlier notification dated 24th July 2009.
V). There is no
restriction on the number of attempts a person can take for
acquiring HTET Certificate.
Vi). Candidates who have
already qualified STET/HTET will have the option to appear in the
fresh HTET to improve their score, if they so desire as the
weightage will be given to HTET score at the time of recruitment.
Note:
- Old STET
Certificate of JBT Category will be valid for Classes I to V only.
- Old STET
Certificate of Master Category will be valid for Classes VI to VIII
only.
- Old Certificate of
STET (Lecturer) shall be considered as valid for eligibility for
Lecturer/PGT category.
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VALIDITY OF CERTIFICATE, WEIGHTAGE AND IMPROVEMENT OF PERFORMANCE
- A person who scores 60% or more
(90 or more out of 150), in case of all Caste Categories except SC
Candidate and 55% or more( 83 or more out of 150), in case of S.C.
Category Candidate in the HTET exam. will be considered as HTET pass
and weightage shall be given to the HTET in the recruitment process.
However, qualifying the HTET would not confer a right on any person
for recruitment/employment as it is only one of the eligibility
conditions for appointment. In addition, the candidate will have to
fulfill other additional qualifications/conditions prescribed from
time to time as per State Recruitment Rules, while applying for the
said post.
- A person who has qualified HTET/STET
may also appear again for improving his/her score.
- The Validity Period of HTET
qualifying certificate for appointment will be five years from the
date of passing HTET.
- Validity of already qualified STET
certificate of all the above said three categories will continue for
a period of five years (from the date of passing on the pattern of
present HTET), instead of unspecified period as per earlier
notification dated 24th July 2009.
- There is no restriction on the
number of attempts a person can take for acquiring HTET Certificate.
- Candidates who have already
qualified STET/HTET will have the option to appear in the fresh HTET
to improve their score, if they so desire as the weightage will be
given to HTET score at the time of recruitment.
Note:
- Old STET Certificate of JBT
Category will be valid for Classes I to V only.
- Old STET Certificate of Master
Category will be valid for Classes VI to VIII only.
- Old Certificate of STET (Lecturer)
shall be considered as valid for eligibility for Lecturer/PGT
category.
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SCHEME/STRUCTURE
AND CONTENT:
SCHEME
The duration of examination will be one and a half hours.
There shall be only one paper having 150 “ Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)”
each carrying one mark with four alternative out of which one answer
will be correct. The question paper for each category will be based on
the content & structure as prescribed by the Department of School
Education, Government of Haryana.
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STRUCTURE AND CONTENT
(Followed for HTET 2011)
CATEGORY NO. 1 (TEACHER
FOR CLASSES I TO V)
| Child Development and pedagogy |
30 MCQs |
30 Marks |
| Mathematics |
30 MCQs |
30 Marks |
| Environmental Studies |
30 MCQs |
30 Marks |
| Language I (Hindi) |
30 MCQs |
30 Marks |
| Language II (English) |
30 MCQs |
30 Marks |
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NATURE AND STANDARD OF QUESTIONS: |
- The test
items on Child Development and Pedagogy will focus on
educational psychology of teaching and learning relevant to
the age group of 6-11 years. They will focus on
understanding the characteristics and needs of diverse
learners, interaction with learners and the attributes and
qualities of a good facilitator of learning.
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The test items in Mathematics and Environmental Studies will
focus on the concepts, problem solving abilities and
pedagogical understanding of the subjects. In all these
subject areas, the test items shall be evenly distributed
over different divisions of the syllabus of that subject
prescribed for classes I-V by the Education Department,
Govt. of Haryana.
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- The Test
items for Language – I (Hindi) will focus on the
proficiencies related to the medium of instruction.
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- The
Language II (English) will focus on the elements of
language, communication and comprehension abilities.
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- The
questions in the tests for Paper I will be based on the
topics of the prescribed syllabus for classes I-V, but their
difficulty standard, as well as linkages, could be upto the
secondary stage.
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CATEGORY –II (TEACHER FOR CLASSES VI TO VIII)
(1) Mathematics and Science Teacher:
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Child Development & Pedagogy (compulsory) |
30 MCQs |
30 Marks |
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Mathematics and Science
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60 MCQs |
60 Marks |
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Language I (Hindi) (Compulsory) |
30 MCQs |
30 Marks |
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Language II (English) (Compulsory) |
30 MCQs |
30 Marks |
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(2) Social Studies Teacher:
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Child Development & Pedagogy (compulsory) |
30 MCQs |
30 Marks |
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Social Studies
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60 MCQs |
60 Marks |
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Language I (Hindi) (Compulsory) |
30 MCQs |
30 Marks |
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Language II (English) (Compulsory) |
30 MCQs |
30 Marks |
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(3) Hindi, Home Science and DPE Teacher:
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Child Development & Pedagogy (compulsory) |
30 MCQs |
30 Marks |
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(a.)Social Studies or (b.) Mathematics and Science
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60 MCQs |
60 Marks |
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Language I (Hindi) (Compulsory) |
30 MCQs |
30 Marks |
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Language II (English) (Compulsory) |
30 MCQs |
30 Marks |
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(4.) Sanskrit/ Punjabi / Urdu Language Teacher:
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Child Development & Pedagogy (compulsory) |
30 MCQs |
30 Marks |
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(a.)Social Studies or (b.) Mathematics and Science
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60 MCQs |
60 Marks |
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Language I (Hindi OR English)(Compulsory) |
30 MCQs |
30 Marks |
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Language II(Sanskrit OR Punjabi OR Urdu)(Compulsory) |
30 MCQs |
30 Marks |
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CATEGORY-III (LECTURER)
| Child Development & Pedagogy (compulsory) |
30 MCQs |
30 Marks |
| Language I (Hindi)(Compulsory) |
30 MCQs |
30 Marks |
| Language II(English) (Compulsory) |
30 MCQs |
30 Marks |
| Subject specific |
60 MCQs |
60 Marks |
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| NATURE AND STANDARD OF QUESTIONS: |
- The test
items on Child Development and Pedagogy will focus on
educational psychology of teaching and learning, relevant to
the age group of 14-17 years. They will focus on
understanding the characteristics, needs and psychology of
diverse learners, interaction with learners and the
attributes and qualities of a good facilitator of learning.
- The test
items for language I (Hindi) will focus on the proficiency
related to the medium of instruction relevant to the age
group of 14-17 years.
- The
Language II (English) will focus on the elements of
language, communication and comprehension abilities relevant
to the age group of 14-17 years.
- The test
items in subject specific will focus on the concepts,
problem solving abilities and pedagogical understanding of
these subjects. The test items shall be evenly distributed
over different divisions of the syllabus of that subject as
prescribed for classes IX-XII by the Board of School
Education Haryana.
- The
questions in the test will be based on the topics of the
prescribed syllabus of the Board of School Education Haryana
for classes IX-XII but their difficulty standard as well
linkages could be upto the Post-Graduate level.
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Qualifying Criteria
(i) FOR SCHEDULED CASTE CANDIDATES : 55%
(83 out of 150)
(ii) FOR ALL OTHER CATEGORIES CANDIDATES : 60% (90 out of 150)
There shall
be no negative marking.
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