The AP TET (Andhra Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test) is organized to assess the eligibility of candidates for teaching roles in schools across the state of Andhra Pradesh. The exam is divided into two papers: Paper 1 is for those who wish to teach students from classes 1 to 5 while Paper 2 is for those aiming to teach students in classes 6 to 8. Those who want to become a state government teacher at the Primary & Upper Primary levels must have the required eligibility as per the AP TET notification 2025. Check below the complete AP TET 2025 exam details including the exam dates, schedule, application process, eligibility, exam pattern, syllabus, passing marks, and others. 

AP TET 2025 Notification

AP TET Examination is conducted every year, so the Department of School Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh (AP) is expected to release the detailed AP TET Notification PDF for the APTET 2025 soon. For Now, AP TET Candidates are advised to read carefully this information brochure, check their eligibility and applicable reservation category etc.

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AP TET 2025 Notification Summary

Department of School Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh is responsible for conducting the Andhra Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test (AP TET). The AP TET Exam consists of two papers, Paper 1 and Paper 2 and each paper carries 150 marks. Have a look at the AP TET 2025 Notification highlights below.

AP TET 2025- Notification Summary
Full FormAndhra Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test (AP TET)
Conducted byDepartment of School Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh
Exam NameAP TET 2025 Exam
Exam Level  State
Frequency of ExamDepends
Exam ModeOnline
Exam DatesTo be released
Exam Duration150 minutes
No. of PapersPaper 1 and Paper 2
Exam Purpose To determine the eligibility of candidates for appointment as teachers of Classes 1-8
Language of ExamEnglish & Language Chose by candidate
No. of Test Districts24 districts of Andhra Pradesh (except Manyam and ASR)
Official Website https://aptet.apcfss.in

AP TET 2025- Important Dates

The important dates for the AP TET 2025, such as when to apply online, the exam date, when the hall ticket will be available and other details, will be updated as the dates are announced officially. Keep an eye on the official notification for the most accurate and updated information.

AP TET EventsAP TET 2025 Dates
AP TET Notification 2025--
Application Process Commencement--
Last Date of Submission of Application Form--
Payment Gateway Window Open--
AP TET Hall Ticket 2025--
AP TET Exam Date 2025--

AP TET Online Application Form 2025

The online application forms for the AP TET 2025 exam will soon be available on the official website https://aptet.apcfss.in. Candidates must fill out and submit their application forms online. It is important to complete and submit the application before the registration deadline to avoid any issues.

AP TET 2025 Application Fee

The fee for submission of an online application and the conduct of a computer-based examination is Rs 750/- for each paper. The application fee is the same for all categories and without an application fee, candidates' application forms will not be considered complete. AP TET 2025 application fee is mentioned below in the table.

AP TET 2025 Application Fee
PaperApplication Fees
Paper-IRs. 750/-
Paper-IIRs. 750/-
Paper-I & Paper-IIRs. 1500/-

How to Apply for the AP TET 2025 Exam?

The candidates interested in the AP TET 2025 Exam will have to submit their duly filled application forms at the official portal www.aptet.apcfss.in. Follow the below steps to submit your applications for AP TET 2025

  1.  Open the website Department of School Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh, www.aptet.apcfss.in.
  2.  Click on the online application for the posts of the AP TET Examination 2025.
  3. Fill all the particulars in the online application carefully at appropriate places.
  4. Upload a recent passport-size photograph and signature.
  5.  Pay the requisite amount of the application fee, if required.
  6.  Check all the details and submit the application form.
  7. Take a printout of the AP TET 2025 application form and keep it for future reference.

AP TET 2025 Eligibility Criteria

In the official AP TET 2025 Notification, the Department of School Education will mention the detailed AP TET Eligibility 2025 which includes education qualification and age limit. In the below section, both are discussed for your reference. 

AP TET Age Limit 

The candidates must fall in the age group of 18 years to 40 years to be eligible to apply for the AP TET Exam 2025. 

AP TET Educational Qualification

The educational qualification for teacher posts is based on AP TET Notification is mentioned below.

Primary Teachers

1. Intermediate /Senior Secondary with minimum 45% marks and pass in or pursuing the final year of a 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education. 

2. 5% relaxation or such percentage as permitted by the Andhra Pradesh Government at the time of teacher education course admission regarded in minimum qualifying marks at intermediate/ Senior secondary level is suitable for SC/ ST/ Differently abled aspirants.

3. Intermediate /Senior Secondary with minimum 50% marks and pass in or pursuing the final year of 4 years Bachelor of Elementary Education (B. E/. Ed).

4. Intermediate /Senior Secondary with minimum 45% marks and pass in or pursuing the final year of a 2-year Diploma in Education (Special Education).

5. NCTE guidelines of August 2010 quote that aspirants who qualified prior to August 2010 are eligible with the above-said qualification or percentage of marks.

6. B.Sc./ B.A. /B. Com pass or pursue the final year of a 2-year diploma in elementary education.

Upper Primary Teachers

1. B.Sc./ B.A./ B.Com. Pass with a minimum of 45% marks and pass in or pursue the 1-year bachelor in education. 

2. 5% Relaxation in minimum qualifying marks in 12th Class/ Senior Secondary level is allowed for ST/ SC /Differently abled candidates.

3. The quantum relaxation in terms of Andhra Pradesh state government orders provided at the time of respective teacher education course admission with qualifying marks in B.A/ B.com / B.Sc degree is allowed for ST/ SC/ BC/ Differently abled candidates.

4. If the aspirants have not secured the requisite amount of percentage in bachelor’s degree but secured post-graduation in relevant school subjects, she/he will be eligible for applying for paper 2 (a) (b).

5. B.A./B.Sc./B.Com. Pass with at least 50% marks and pass in or pursue 1 year B. Ed Special Education Course.

AP TET Exam Certificate Validity

The AP TET-qualified candidates will be awarded the eligibility certificates. The AP TET certificates would remain valid for life. The AP TET certificate contains the following details:

1. Name and address of the candidate

2. Registration number

3. Year/ Month of award of a certificate

4. Marks obtained in each paper

5. Class level of its validity (Class 1 to 5/, 6 to 8 or Both)

Weightage to AP TET 2025 scores for Teacher Recruitment in AP

The AP TET Marks & Scores will be added to the DSC Exam Final Results. The Andhra Pradesh State Government giving the 20% Marks. Weightage for AP TET Exam in AP DSC 2025. This APTET 20% Marks Weightage will be given for all the AP TET candidates in DSC 2025 Recruitment of all the Posts.

AP TET 2025 Exam Pattern

In the below section the applicants will be able to get the complete information about the AP TET 2025 Exam Pattern for the entrance exam such as the exam mode, exam duration, exam language, total questions, total marks, marking scheme, negative markings, and many more.

  1. Mode of Exam: The entrance exam will be organized in online.
  2. Duration of Exam: The entrance exam will be organized for 2 hrs. 30 minutes duration only.
  3. Language of Exam: The applicant will have to appear for the entrance exam in the English language.
  4. Total Number of Questions: The question paper of the entrance exam will contain a total of 150 questions for the applicants to answer.
  5. Total Marks: The question paper of the entrance exam will contain a maximum of 150 marks.
  6. Type of Questions: The applicants will have to appear objective-type multiple-choice questions in the entrance exam.
  7. Marking Scheme: The applicant will be awarded with 1 mark for each correct answer given
  8. Negative Marking: No provision of negative markings in the entrance exam.
  9. Several papers: The question paper of the entrance exam will contain two papers (Paper I and Paper II).

AP TET Exam New Pattern Paper-I (A)

SubjectQuestionsMarks
Child Development and Pedagogy30 MCQs30 Marks
Language I (Tel/Urdu/Hindi/Kannada/Tamil/ Odiya30 MCQs30 Marks
Language II (English)30 MCQs30 Marks
Mathematics30 MCQs30 Marks
Environmental Studies30 MCQs30 Marks
Total150 MCQs150 Marks

AP TET Exam Pattern Paper-I (B)

SubjectQuestionsMarks
Child Development and pedagogy (in Special Education)30 MCQs30 Marks
Language I (Tel/Urdu/Hindi/Kannada/Tamil/ Odiya30 MCQs30 Marks
Language II (English)30 MCQs30 Marks
Mathematics30 MCQs30 Marks
Environmental Studies30 MCQs30 Marks
Total150 MCQs150 Marks

AP TET Exam Pattern Paper-II (A)

SubjectQuestionsMarks
Child Development and pedagogy30 MCQs30 Marks
Language I (Tel/Urdu/Hindi/Kannada/Tamil/ Odiya/ Sanskrit30 MCQs30 Marks
Language II (English)30 MCQs30 Marks
Mathematics60 MCQs60 Marks
Social Studies
Languages (Telugu/Urdu/Hindi/English/Kannada/Odiya/ Tamil and Sanskrit)
Total150 MCQs150 Marks

AP TET Exam Pattern Paper-II (B)

SubjectQuestionsMarks
Child Development and pedagogy30 MCQs30 Marks
Language I (Tel/Urdu/Hindi/Kannada/Tamil/ Sanskrit30 MCQs30 Marks
Language II (English)30 MCQs30 Marks
Category of Disability Specialization and pedagogy60 MCQs60 Marks
Total150 MCQs150 Marks

AP TET 2025 Syllabus 

AP TET 2025 Syllabus is the most important for the candidates to prepare for the examination according to the syllabus and plan a better strategy for the upcoming examination. AP TET Syllabus consists of Paper 1 and Paper 2. Candidates can check the details from here. 

AP TET 2025 Paper-I Syllabus

  1. The test portions on Child Development & Pedagogy will focus on the Educational Psychology of teaching and learning relevant to the primary level.
  2. Language–I of AP TET Paper-I: Telugu, Urdu, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, and Odiya are offered as First languages in the schools under the state's syllabus. Candidates have to choose among these 6 languages and he/she must have studied that language as a study medium or first language up to class X.
  3. The candidates who studied CBSE/ ICSE curriculum can choose the Language which they studied up to Class X.
  4. Language II shall be English for all the candidates.
  5. The syllabus for Language-I & II shall be based on Proficiency in the Language, Elements of language, communication and comprehension abilities.
  6. The syllabus for Mathematics & Environmental Studies is designed based on topics of Classes I to V.

AP TET 2025 Paper-II(A) and Paper-II(B) Syllabus

  1. The test portions on Child Development & Pedagogy will focus on the Educational Psychology of teaching and learning relevant to the Elementary level for Paper-II (A) Physical Education Pedagogy for Paper-II (B) will focus on the Elementary level.
  2. As Language-I other than Language teachers have to choose between Telugu, Urdu, Kannada, English, Hindi, Tamil, Odiya, and Sanskrit, Candidate must have studied the chosen language as a study medium or first language up to class X.
  3. The candidates who studied CBSE/ ICSE curriculum can choose the Language which they studied up to Class X.
  4. Language Teachers have to choose the Language of their study in Pandit Training concerned under Language-I of TET Paper II-(A).
  5. For Physical Education Teacher a candidate has to choose one among five Languages Telugu, Urdu, Tamil, Odiya, and Kannada as Language I of TET Paper-II (B).
  6. The syllabus for Language-I & II for Paper-II(A) shall be based on proficiency in the Language, Elements of Language, Communication and Comprehension abilities.
  7. For Physical Education Teachers the syllabus for Language-I & II shall be based on proficiency in the Language, Elements of Language, Communication and Comprehension abilities.

AP TET Syllabus 2025 & Exam Pattern- Click Here

AP TET Previous Year Question Papers- Download PDF

AP TET 2025 Qualifying Marks

The candidates have to score more than AP TET 2025 Qualifying marks to pass the examination which has been tabulated below for each category. Candidates from the general category are required to score a minimum of 60 % marks, and candidates from the Backward class are required to score a minimum of 50% marks. 

CategoryCut-Off Marks
General60% Marks and above
BC50% Marks and above
SC/ ST/ Differently abled (PH) & Ex-servicemen40% Marks and above

AP TET 2025 Exam Centers

The AP TET is conducted online in 24 districts in Andhra Pradesh except for Manyam and AlluriSita RamaRaju (ASR) districts. Candidates need to choose the district of their choice. If a session capacity of a particular district or centre is exhausted, then the candidate needs to select another date and session at the available districts. If a candidate fails to opt examination centre on the prescribed date, the education department will allot the centre. The allotment of centres is at the discretion of the department and a request for a change of centres or exam sessions is not allowed under any circumstances. Candidates are allotted the exam centre from among the 5 preferences given by them. 

AP TET 2025 Result

AP TET 2025 Results will be released for the candidates who qualify for the AP TET 2025 Exam. To download the AP TET 2025 Result, follow these steps:

  1. Visit the Official Website.
  2. Click on Results.
  3. Enter your Admit Card number and Date of Birth.
  4. Click on Get Result.
  5. AP TET Results 2025 will be announced on their official website.
  6. Candidates shall check their results and take a printout of the result sheet for further reference.

AP TET 2025 Merit List

1. After the written exam is completed the board authorities plan to announce the TET merit list. The board authorities issue the Andhra Pradesh TET 2025 merit list on their web portal. After the exam is completed for 15 days the board authorities declare the eligibility test merit list. The AP state board authorities may issue the exam merit list on the official website. Once the board issues the exam merit list in the candidate visit the official site and check the test merit list. After a few days, the board prepares the AP TET Merit list 2025. The board authorities prepare the merit list by using the cutoff marks. The state board authorities issue the selected list file on their portal.

2. The candidates who satisfy the board-declared cutoff marks all qualified in the TET 2025. If the aspirants want to get any details regarding the AP TET 2025 please comment below we updated our portal. For the latest updates, the aspirants visit our portal frequently.

AP TET Notification 2025: FAQs

Ans. Yes, you can apply for the exam again. There is no restriction on the number of attempts.

Ans: The AP TET certificate is now valid for life. The NCTE has officially extended the TET certificate validity to a lifetime period.

Ans: Open category candidates should score 60 per cent or above marks in the exam to be considered as AP TET pass, BC category candidates need to obtain 50 per cent marks and SC/ ST/ PH/ Ex-servicemen need to obtain 40 per cent marks.

Ans: No, there is no negative marking in the AP TET exam. Candidates are awarded one mark for every correct answer in the exam.

Ans: There is no limit on the number of attempts for the AP TET exam. This means that candidates can appear for the AP TET exam as many times as they want.

Ans: No, there is no age limit to take the AP TET exam.

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