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TN TET 2026 (Special TET for working teachers) – Paper I
TRB · TN TET · Paper 1
- Exam date
- 4 Jul 2026Saturday
- Last date to apply
- 10 Apr 2026
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Notification No. 01/2026, dated 13 February 2026: a special TET only for working teachers (SGT, BT Assistant or equivalent, appointed on or before 1 September 2025, in government, government-aided and recognised private schools in Tamil Nadu), held after the Supreme Court ruling of 1 September 2025 that serving teachers must pass TET.
- Online application: 18 February to 10 April 2026; edit window 11 to 13 April 2026.
- Fee: Rs 600; Rs 300 for SC, SC(A), ST and differently abled candidates.
- Paper I exam: 4 July 2026 (150 questions, 3 hours, OMR).
- Tentative answer key: 15 July 2026.
- Result and final key: 12 October 2026; e-certificates downloadable from 17 October 2026. About 59,535 appeared in Paper I and about 47,628 passed (press figures).
- Pass mark: 90/150 (General), 75 (BC, BC(M), MBC/DNC, PwD), 60 (SC, SC(A), ST).
Next regular TN TET: TRB's tentative Annual Planner 2026 lists a second TN-TET cycle with notification in October 2026 and exam in December 2026. As of 21 October 2026 it has not been notified, so no date is confirmed. The last regular test (TNTET 2025) held Paper I on 15 November 2025.
