The Department of School Education, Government of AP has circulated a notification regarding the Andhra Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test (AP TET). This is a state-level exam, which is conducted to select eligible candidates as Classes 1 to 8 teachers in government schools. Those who want to become a state government teacher at the Primary & Upper Primary levels must have the required eligibility as per the notification. Interested candidates can apply for the same on or before the last date. Check below the complete AP TET 2024 exam details including the exam dates, schedule, application process, eligibility, exam pattern, syllabus, passing marks, and others. The online AP TET Exam will be conducted from 27th February to 9th March 2024.
AP TET 2024 Exam
Department of School Education, Government of AP is responsible for conducting the Andhra Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test (AP TET) to determine the eligibility of candidates as teachers of Classes 1 to 8 in all schools of Andhra Pradesh (Government/ ZP/ MP/ Municipal/ Recognized Private Aided & Private Unaided etc.). The AP TET 2024 will conducted in several exam centers in 24 districts in Andhra Pradesh except for Manyam and AlluriSita RamaRaju (ASR) districts. AP TET 2024 will be held online as a Computer Based Test (CBT). "The objective is to ensure National Standards and benchmark of Teacher quality in the recruitment process following the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE)", informs the official notification of AP TET.
AP TET 2024 Exam Summary
Andhra Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test (AP TET) is held once a year by the Department of School Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh. 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 2024 exam highlights below.
AP TET 2024- Exam Summary | |
Full Form | Andhra Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test (AP TET) |
Conducted by | Department of School Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh |
Exam Name | AP TET Feb 2024 |
Exam Level | State |
Frequency of Exam | Once a year |
Exam Mode | Online |
AP TET Exam 2024 | 27th February to 9th March 2024 |
Exam Duration | 150 minutes |
No. of Papers | Paper 1 and Paper 2 |
Exam Purpose | To determine the eligibility of candidates for appointment as teachers of Classes 1-8 |
Language of Exam | English & Language Chose by candidate |
No. of Test Districts | 24 districts of Andhra Pradesh (except Manyam and ASR) |
Official Website | https://aptet.apcfss.in |
AP TET 2024- Important Dates
Important dates related to AP TET 2024 Notification, Apply Online, Exam Dates, Hall Ticket, Answer Key, Result, and more have been along with its notification. The exam is to be held from 27th February to 9th March 2024.
AP TET Exam 2024- Important Dates
AP TET Events | AP TET 2024 Dates |
Release of Notification | 8th February 2024 |
Application Process Commencement | 8th February 2024 |
Last Date of Submission of Application Form | 18th February 2024 |
Payment Gateway Window Open | 17th February 2024 |
APTET Hall Ticket 2024 | 23rd February 2024 |
AP TET Exam Date 2024 | 27th February to 9th March 2024 |
AP TET Answer Key | 10th March 2024 |
AP TET Results 2024 | Soon |
AP TET 2024 Results
Department of School Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh will release AP TET Results and Score Card shortly at the official website. The candidates who have appeared for the AP TET 2024 Exam must click on the below link to check all details related to the AP TET Result.
AP TET Results 2024- Click to Check
AP TET 2024 Notification PDF
It is announced that the Department of School Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh (AP) has released a detailed AP TET Notification PDF for the APTET 2024 February exam on 8th February 2024. The AP TET examination is to be held to determine the eligibility of candidates as teachers of Classes 1 to 8 in all schools of Andhra Pradesh. Interested candidates can go through the detailed AP TET Notification from last year from the direct link below. AP TET Candidates are advised to read carefully this information brochure, check their eligibility and applicable reservation category etc. before filling out and submitting the application.
AP TET Notification 2024 PDF- Click to Download
AP TET 2024 Information Bulletin- Click to Download
AP TET Online Application Form
The online application forms for the AP TET 2024 February Exam have been available on 8th February 2024. AP TET 2024 direct Apply Link has been updated here as activated on the official website https://aptet.apcfss.in. The AP TET Application will be submitted online mode only and candidates are advised to submit their duly filled application forms before the last registration registration. The deadline to apply online for the AP TET Exam is 18th February 2024.
AP TET 2024 Online Application Form 2024 Link (Active)
AP DSC 2024 Notification Out for 6100 Vacancies- Click to Check
AP TET 2024 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 2024 application fee is mentioned below in the table.
AP TET 2024 Application Fee | |
Paper | Application Fees |
Paper-I | Rs. 750/- |
Paper-II | Rs. 750/- |
Paper-I & Paper-II | Rs. 1500/- |
How to Apply for AP TET 2024?
The candidates interested in the AP TET 2024 February Exam have to submit their duly filled application forms by 18th February 2024 at the official portal www.aptet.apcfss.in. Follow the below steps to submit your applications for AP TET February 2024.
Step 1- Open the website Department of School Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh, www.aptet.apcfss.in.
Step 2- Click on the online application for the posts of the AP TET Examination 2024.
Step 3- Fill all the particulars in the online application carefully at appropriate places.
Step 4- Upload a recent passport-size photograph and signature
Step 5- Pay the requisite amount of the application fee, if required
Step 6- Check all the details and submit the application form
Step 7- Take a printout of the AP TET 2024 application form and keep it for future reference.
AP TET 2024 Eligibility Criteria
In the official AP TET 2024 Notification, the Department of School Education has mentioned the detailed AP TET Eligibility 2024 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 2024.
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 2024 scores for Teacher Recruitment in AP
The AP TET Marks & Scores will be added in the DSC Exam Final Results. The Andhra Pradesh State Government giving the 20% Marks. Weightage for AP TET Exam in AP DSC 2024. This APTET 20% Marks Weightage will be given for all the AP TET candidates in DSC 2024 Recruitment of all the Posts.
AP TET 2024 Exam Pattern
In the below section the applicants will be able to get the complete information about the AP TET 2024 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.
- Mode of Exam: The entrance exam will be organized in online.
- Duration of Exam: The entrance exam will be organized for 2 hrs. 30 minutes duration only.
- Language of Exam: The applicant will have to appear for the entrance exam in the English language.
- Total Number of Questions: The question paper of the entrance exam will contain a total of 150 questions for the applicants to answer.
- Total Marks: The question paper of the entrance exam will contain a maximum of 150 marks.
- Type of Questions: The applicants will have to appear objective-type multiple-choice questions in the entrance exam.
- Marking Scheme: The applicant will be awarded with 1 mark for each correct answer given
- Negative Marking: No provision of negative markings in the entrance exam.
- 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)
Subject | Questions | Marks |
Child Development and Pedagogy | 30 MCQs | 30 Marks |
Language I (Tel/Urdu/Hindi/Kannada/Tamil/ Odiya | 30 MCQs | 30 Marks |
Language II (English) | 30 MCQs | 30 Marks |
Mathematics | 30 MCQs | 30 Marks |
Environmental Studies | 30 MCQs | 30 Marks |
Total | 150 MCQs | 150 Marks |
AP TET Exam Pattern Paper-I (B)
Subject | Questions | Marks |
Child Development and pedagogy (in Special Education) | 30 MCQs | 30 Marks |
Language I (Tel/Urdu/Hindi/Kannada/Tamil/ Odiya | 30 MCQs | 30 Marks |
Language II (English) | 30 MCQs | 30 Marks |
Mathematics | 30 MCQs | 30 Marks |
Environmental Studies | 30 MCQs | 30 Marks |
Total | 150 MCQs | 150 Marks |
AP TET Exam Pattern Paper-II (A)
Subject | Questions | Marks |
Child Development and pedagogy | 30 MCQs | 30 Marks |
Language I (Tel/Urdu/Hindi/Kannada/Tamil/ Odiya | 30 MCQs | 30 Marks |
Language II (English) | 30 MCQs | 30 Marks |
Mathematics | 60 MCQs | 60 Marks |
Social Studies | ||
Languages (Telugu/Urdu/Hindi/English/Kannada/Odiya/ Tamil and Sanskrit) | ||
Total | 150 MCQs | 150 Marks |
AP TET Exam Pattern Paper-II (B)
Subject | Questions | Marks |
Child Development and pedagogy | 30 MCQs | 30 Marks |
Language I (Tel/Urdu/Hindi/Kannada/Tamil/ Odiya | 30 MCQs | 30 Marks |
Language II (English) | 30 MCQs | 30 Marks |
Category of Disability Specialization and pedagogy | 60 MCQs | 60 Marks |
Total | 150 MCQs | 150 Marks |
AP TET 2024 Syllabus
AP TET 2024 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 2024 Paper-I Syllabus
- The test portions on Child Development & Pedagogy will focus on the Educational Psychology of teaching and learning relevant to the primary level.
- 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.
- The candidates who studied CBSE/ ICSE curriculum can choose the Language which they studied up to Class X.
- Language II shall be English for all the candidates.
- The syllabus for Language-I & II shall be based on Proficiency in the Language, Elements of language, communication and comprehension abilities.
- The syllabus for Mathematics & Environmental Studies is designed based on topics of Classes I to V.
AP TET 2024 Paper-II(A) and Paper-II(B) Syllabus
- 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.
- 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.
- The candidates who studied CBSE/ ICSE curriculum can choose the Language which they studied up to Class X.
- Language Teachers have to choose the Language of their study in Pandit Training concerned under Language-I of TET Paper II-(A).
- 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).
- 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.
- 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 2024 & Exam Pattern- Click Here
AP TET 2024 Qualifying Marks
The candidates have to score more than AP TET 2024 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.
Category | Cut-Off Marks |
General | 60% Marks and above |
BC | 50% Marks and above |
SC/ ST/ Differently abled (PH) & Ex-servicemen | 40% Marks and above |
AP TET 2024 Exam Centers
The AP TET is conducted online in 13 districts and centres at Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai and Odisha. 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 2024 Answer Key
The AP TET answer key 2024 will be released soon after the conduct of the exam. Initially, the Department of School Education, the government of AP will release the provisional answer key to invite objections from candidates. The final AP TET answer key 2024 will be released after the examination of challenges received from candidates.
AP TET 2024 Result
AP TET 2024 Result will be released for the candidates who qualify in AP TET 2024 Exam.
To download the AP TET 2024 Result, follow these steps:
- Visit the Official Website.
- Click on Results.
- Enter Admit Card number and Date of Birth.
- Click on Get Result.
- AP TET Results 2024 will be announced on their official website.
- Candidates shall check their results and take a print out of the result sheet for further reference.
AP Teacher Eligibility Test 2024 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 2024 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 2024. 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 2024. If the aspirants want to get any details regarding the AP TET 2024 please comment below we updated our portal. For the latest updates, the aspirants visit our portal frequently.