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TN TET 2026 (Special TET for working teachers) – Paper II
TRB · TN TET · Paper 2
- Exam date
- 5 Jul 2026Sunday
- 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 II exam: 5 July 2026 (150 questions, 3 hours, OMR).
- Tentative answer key: 15 July 2026.
- Result and final key: 12 October 2026, after a brief Madras High Court stay in July 2026; e-certificates downloadable from 17 October 2026. About 1.60 lakh appeared in Paper II and about 61,153 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 II on 16 November 2025.
