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Tamil Nadu to Approach Supreme Court over TET Verdict: Education Minister
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- The Tamil Nadu State government will file a review petition in the Supreme Court regarding its recent Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) judgment.
- The judgment mandates that all in-service teachers lacking TET qualification acquire it within two years or face compulsory retirement with terminal benefits. Teachers with less then five years until retirement may remain but are excluded from promotions.
- Over one lakh teachers appointed before 2011 are affected, and teacher associations have expressed concerns over the decision’s impact on livelihoods and education stability.
- School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi stated that while TET should remain mandatory for future appointments, its retrospective request to currently employed teachers creates grave challenges, including potential mass retirements.
- The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, as well as an NCTE notification from 2010, are cited by the government as grounds for contesting retrospective qualification requirements.
- Tamil Nadu Post Graduate Teachers’ Association welcomed the move to file a petition and expressed hope for a favorable outcome.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The Supreme Court’s ruling highlights crucial concerns about maintaining teaching standards while also preserving fairness toward existing educators. Retrospective enforcement of Teacher Eligibility Tests risks creating significant disruptions in Tamil Nadu’s education system by forcing mass retirements of qualified but non-TET certified teachers who were recruited under earlier norms.
Given India’s chronic teacher shortages in many areas, implementing these changes abruptly could harm educational outcomes for students while leaving schools understaffed due to recruitment challenges posed by such large-scale workforce displacement within tight timelines.The State government is right to seek legal remedy based on previous regulatory provisions-especially as balancing systemic improvement through prospective TET compliance without destabilizing livelihoods appears crucial here both from ethical governance and policy continuity perspectives.
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