CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Elementary School Teachers’ Federation has urged the School Education Department to postpone the special Teachers’ Eligibility Test for in-service teachers until the Supreme Court hears the State’s review petition challenging its recent order on mandatory TET qualification.

In a letter to the School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi, representatives of the federation said that since the Tamil Nadu government has filed a review petition seeking to reverse the requirement, it would be appropriate to wait for the court’s decision before conducting the exam.

The Supreme Court had, on September 1, directed all in-service teachers lacking TET qualification to acquire it within two years, failing which they would face compulsory retirement with terminal benefit

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