ATTITUDE TOWARDS TEACHER ELIGIBILITY TEST AMONG BED TRAINEES

Teacher Eligibility Test known as TET is an Indian entrance examination for teachers. The test is conducted by both Central government and State governments in India. The test is conducted in order to fulfill the achieve Right to education goals. After passing the teacher eligibility test only teachers will be selected for the government services. Even most of the teachers are against teacher eligibility test. The present study will plan to know the views & attitude towards teacher eligibility test among the school teachers. Attitude is simply defined as views, opinions, ideas, feelings, fears, towards particular event. This paper is an attempt to find the Attitude towards teacher eligibility test among BEd trainees. In the present study survey method was used. The investigator adopted the survey method to study the attitude of BEd trainees towards teacher eligibility test. Investigators selected only 300 BEd trainees as sample in Coimbatore district using stratified random sampling. The findings reveal that there is a moderate attitude towards teacher eligibility test among the selected BEd trainees in Coimbatore district.


Introduction
Qualifying in a Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) is now mandatory for all existing and aspiring primary and middle school teachers in the country, with the passing of the Right to Education Act. The National Council of Teacher Education (NCTE) has published the guidelines for conducting the TET, providing complete details about rationale for the test, eligibility to take the test, the structure and syllabus for the test, the type of questions that would be asked and the marks required to qualify as a teacher. Http://www.granthaalayah.com ©International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH [2] To be eligible to take the CTET or any other TET conducted by the states, one has to have a degree or diploma in education (BEd or D. Ed) or be on the verge of completing a degree in the year of taking the test. Teachers will need to take the TET within a period of 5 years from the time the TET is first notified. This kind of a qualifying test can help improve the quality of teachers right from the recruitment stage.
The Central Government and many States have begun conducting the TET. The Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) was conducted by the CBSE for the first time in June 2011. The next CTET will be held on January 29, 2012.
It had been inter alia provided that one of the essential qualifications for a person to be eligible for appointment as a teacher in any of the schools referred to in clause (n) of section 2 of the Right To Education Act is that he/ she should pass the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) which will be conducted by the appropriate Government in accordance with the Guidelines framed by the NCTE.
The rationale for including the TET as a minimum qualification for a person to be eligible for appointment as a teacher is as under:  It would bring national standards and benchmark of teacher quality in the recruitment process.  It would induce teacher education institutions and students from these institutions to further improve their performance standards.  It would send a positive signal to all stakeholders that the Government lays special emphasis on teacher quality.

Cooch Behar (WB):
The process for the Teachers Eligibility Test for recruitment of primary school teachers has been initiated in Cooch Behar district. The authorities of the District Primary School Council (DPSC) and the Uttar Banga Kshetriya Garmin Bank reached an agreement in this regard on Wednesday evening. The matter is now under consideration of the District Magistrate for his approval. DPSC chairperson Kalyani Poddar said today that the application forms for the TET will be distributed from the selected 35 branches of the Garmin Bank on and from November 17. The forms will arrive in Cooch Behar from Kolkata within a day or two, Poddar said. The DPSC chairperson also said that the TET examination will be held on the same day all over the state. After the completion of the TET examination, the DPSC will be able to fill up vacant posts of teachers in the primary schools.

Teaching Aptitude Tests in India
The national commission on teachers (i) 1983-85 has very rightly lamented the absence of measuring teaching aptitude while selecting teachers. It said, "our feelings is that in the absence of reliable tests of general ability and aptitude for teaching, in the most places there has been a tendency to go primarily by the qualification of the candidates as recorded in certificates". Http://www.granthaalayah.com ©International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH [3] An NCERT publication entitled, tools for BEd admission has stressed the important of selecting right types of teachers on some reliable criteria.

HYPOTHESIS: 1
There will be a significant mean score difference in the attitude towards teacher eligibility test between Govt and Private college selected B.Ed, trainees.  Http://www.granthaalayah.com ©International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH [4] Chart 1:

HYPOTHESIS: 2
There will be a significant mean score difference in attitude towards teacher eligibility test between Tamil and English medium selected B.Ed, trainees. Http://www.granthaalayah.com ©International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH [6] attitude than English medium students. This may be because in Tamil Nadu Government teacher recruitment, tamil medium students are given more preferences.