The Supreme Court on Monday held that clearing the Teachers’ Eligibility Test is mandatory for those seeking teaching jobs as well as for teachers seeking promotions, Live Law reported.

In the cases of teachers appointed before the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 was enacted, the court granted a two-year window to clear the exam if they have more than five years of service left.

If they do not do so, such teachers can quit their posts or apply for compulsory retirement with terminal benefits, Bar and Bench quoted the court as saying.

The court also referred to a larger bench the question of whether states can require educators in minority institutions to clear the Teachers’ Eligibility Test.

The court was hearing a batch of appeals about whether the Teachers’ Eligibility Test is mandatory for teaching service.

The National Council for Teacher Education in 2010 had laid down certain minimum qualifications for a person to be eligible for appointment as a teacher in Class 1 to Class 8 in a school. Subsequently, the National Council for Teacher Education introduced the Teachers’ Eligibility Test.

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