TN TET Syllabus, Exam Pattern, Eligibility, Important Dates

Each paper is 150 multiple-choice questions, 150 marks, 3 hours, on an OMR sheet. There is no negative marking mentioned in the notices.

Pedagogy, Mathematics, Environmental Studies and the Paper II subject papers can be answered in Tamil or English. Paper I questions come from the state syllabus for classes I to V, set up to secondary standard. Paper II follows classes VI to VIII, set up to Higher Secondary standard.

TRB gives no separate syllabus booklet for TNTET. The notification's structure table is the syllabus: child development and pedagogy for the age group, the chosen language, English, and the school subjects from the state textbooks. Language papers test the medium of instruction and, for English, grammar and comprehension.

TRB's 7 July 2026 press note said that all questions in the 2026 papers followed the notification and the NCTE guidelines, after teachers complained the papers were hard.

Age (2025 notice). At least 18 years on 1 July 2025, no upper limit.

Paper I (classes I to V). Higher Secondary with 50 per cent (45 per cent where NCTE norms allow) and a 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education, passed or in the final year. A 4-year B.El.Ed. or a 2-year Diploma in Education (Special Education) with 50 per cent also qualifies.

Paper II (classes VI to VIII). A graduate who has passed or is in the final year of a 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education, or a graduate with a B.Ed. (50 per cent, or 45 per cent under NCTE norms). A 4-year B.El.Ed. or B.A./B.Sc.Ed. after Higher Secondary with 50 per cent also counts. B.E. with B.Ed. holders can take Paper II for the Mathematics and Science option only.

The 2026 test was restricted to teachers appointed on or before 1 September 2025 in Tamil Nadu schools, government, aided or private. Candidates in the final year of the course are allowed to sit, but the certificate is issued only after the pass documents reach TRB.

There is one stage, the written test. A candidate who reaches the qualifying mark gets the Paper I or Paper II eligibility certificate. Recruitment for teaching posts is a separate TRB exercise, and for SGT posts the year of the TNTET pass earns weightage marks there.

Apply only online at the TRB application portal. Paper I and Paper II need separate applications and separate fees. The fee in both 2025 and 2026 was ₹600, or ₹300 for SC, SCA, ST and differently abled candidates, paid online and not refundable. Upload the photo, signature, certificates and community certificate in the sizes the notice gives; for the working-teachers test a service certificate was also needed.

TRB's notifications page lists the 2025 papers as 15 and 16 November 2025, so the dates in the original notice moved. Watch the Recruitment section of the TRB notifications page for the next cycle.

Hall tickets are posted on the candidate login a few days before the test. Nothing is sent by post.

Results are published on the TRB site and in the candidate's dashboard, marked Qualified or Not Qualified. TRB published the 2026 working-teachers result with the final key on 12 October 2026, after releasing a tentative key with an objection tracker on 15 July 2026. In that test 59,535 teachers sat Paper I and 1,60,929 sat Paper II. Certificates for qualified candidates are downloaded from the dashboard about five days after the result.

Marks are out of 150. The 2025 table is from the open test; the 2026 table is for working teachers. Check the exact figures in the notice of the cycle you sit.

Work from the state school textbooks for the classes the paper covers, and spend time on child development and pedagogy, which is a fifth of every paper. TRB keeps a model question paper page for reference.

• TRB official site
• Recruitment notifications
• TNTET page
• Notification 01/2026, working teachers
• Notification 03/2025, TNTET 2025
• Results
• Model question papers
• Online application portal

Who conducts TNTET?

The Teachers Recruitment Board, Tamil Nadu, as the state's nodal agency for the TET.

Is there a TNTET notification open now?

No. The latest was the working-teachers test of 2026. The next notice, if any, will appear on the TRB site.

How many questions are there?

150 in each paper, 3 hours, OMR based.

Do I need TNTET to become an SGT?

Yes. The Secondary Grade Teacher recruitment of 2024 required a valid Paper I certificate.