Telangana government shocks TET aspirants; Allots centres hundreds of kilometres away from their residence
On downloading their hall tickets, several candidates were shocked to find their test centres allocated hundreds of kms away from their homes
Hyderabad: For a two-hour examination, this 24-year-old woman will travel 210 km, a nearly four hour journey, to reach her exam centre. Another candidate will embark on a 130 km commute, taking about two and half hours to reach the centre.
This is the challenging situation that some teacher job aspirants face with the School Education department having allotted their Telangana Teacher Eligibility Test (TG TET) 2024 II centres far off from their residence. The TG TET is to be held from January 2 to 20.
On downloading their hall tickets, several candidates were shocked to find their test centres allocated hundreds of kms away from their homes.
A woman candidate, a resident of Rajanna Sricilla district, who registered for the TET paper -II has been assigned a test centre at JB Institute of Engineering & Technology in Moinabad Mandal, Ranga Reddy district, about 210 km away.
Another 26-year-old man, who registered for both TET paper – I and II, has been assigned centres at Laxman IT Academy and iON Digital Zone in Medchal-Malkajgiri district respectively, which are nearly 130 km away from his residence in Siddipet. In another case, a candidate from Khammam district received a centre in Siddipet district, which is about 210 km.
The situation is particularly challenging for women candidates, who face safety concerns and the possibility of travelling early in the morning to reach the centre in time. The paper – I will be held from 9 am and candidates have to present two hours prior to commencement of the exam. This will necessitate candidates to start their journey as early as 4 am!
Candidates lamented that despite selecting nearby areas as preferred exam centres, they were allotted centres hundreds of kilometres away from their residence. Attempts to reach School Education department officials for a comment proved futile.
A total of 2,75,773 candidates, including 94,335 for paper – I and 1,81,438 for paper – II, registered. The paper – I is conducted for aspirants seeking teaching eligibility for Classes I to V, while paper – II is held to determine eligibility to teach Classes VI to VIII.
The paper – I will be conducted from 9 am to 11.30 am, and paper – II from 2 pm to 4.30 pm. Candidates will be permitted into the centre from 7.30 am for morning session and 12.30 pm afternoon session for capturing biometric finger details.
