The Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education (HPBOSE) invites applications for Himachal Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test (HP TET) November 2019. This is the second HP TET in the year 2019; the previous one was held in June.
HP TET registration is available from today to October 15, 2019. However, October 9, 2019 is the last date to register without late fee, and the October 15, 2019 deadline is to pay with late fee. So basically those who apply after October 9, 2019, and until the extended deadline will have to pay a late fee of Rs 300. The fee for the exam is Rs 800 for general category, and Rs 500 for SC, ST, OBC, PHH.
Application form corrections can be done from October 16, 2019, to October 17, 2019. Admit cards will be released four days prior to exam.
There are 8 papers in the HP TET 2019. JBT TET, Shastri TET will be held on November 9, 2019. TGT Non Medical TET, Language Teacher TET will be held on November 10, 2019. On November 12, 2019, TGT Arts TET and TGT Medical TET will be held. Then Punjabi TET, Urdu TET are on November 17, 2019. The first and the second exams shall be conducted from 10 am to 12.30 pm, and 2 pm to 4.30 pm respectively.
Interested candidates who wish to become teachers need to apply online at hpbose.org. There are five simple steps to it. First, register and fill details in the form. Second, upload images. Third, pay the fee. Fourth is to check details in form. And the fifth step is to submit.
The test will be held in 71 cities.
In June, 37.6% candidates had qualified in JBT, 35.01% in LT, 28.52% in Punjabi. Then 22.01% cleared the TET for Shastri, 20.84% did so for TGT Arts, and 13.16% for TGT Non Medical. The lowest pass percentages were 12.5% in Urdu, and 8.95% in TGT Medical.
The number of applicants, test takers, passing candidates respectively in each TET were as follows: TGT Arts – 26,867 applicants, 24,892 appeared, 5,187 passed; JBT – 13,158 applicants, 12,304 appeared, 4,626 passed; TGT Non Medical – 8,690 applicants, 8,076 appeared, 1,063 passed; LT – 6,686 applicants, 6,115 appeared, 2,141 passed; TGT Medical – 6,044 applicants, 5,688 appeared, 509 passed; Shastri – 2,703 applicants, 2,512 appeared, 552 passed; Punjabi – 355 applicants, 305 appeared, 87 passed; Urdu – 78 applicants, 64 appeared, 8 passed.
HP TET November 2019 will be a pen and paper based test. The TET certificate will be valid for 7 years from the date of issuance of the TET certificate.
14 Important Details To Enter During HP TET Registration
Candidates need to enter the following fourteen important details during registration for HP TET 2019. They are subject, name, date of birth, mobile number, email ID, category, sub category, gender, appearing status, nationality, address, bonafide Himachali or not, district or revenue sub-division to which you belong, exam centre preference.
Photograph and signature specifications for registration
The photograph and signature to be uploaded should be jpg format. They should be less than 20 kb and 15 kb respectively. The dimension should be 3.5 cm by 4.5 cm for photograph, and 3.5 cm by 1.5 cm for signature.
