The Tamil Nadu Graduate Teachers’ Association has urged the Tamil Nadu School Education Department to reduce the minimum qualifying marks for TET Paper 1 and Paper 2, held on November 15 and 16, 2025, from 55% to 50%.

In India, under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, secondary and graduate teachers must pass the Teacher Eligibility Test to be appointed. Tamil Nadu has been conducting the TET since 2012, and appointments continue based on this requirement. For the 150-mark examination, general category candidates must score 90 marks, while candidates from backward, most backward and scheduled communities must secure 82 marks.

Following the Supreme Court’s directive that teachers appointed before the implementation of the Right to Education Act (2009) must a

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