APTET/DSC

ANDHRA PRADESH STATE TEACHER ELIGIBILITY TEST (APTET) May, 2018 INFORMATION BULLETIN

IMPORTANT NOTES:

  1. Candidates can apply for APTET May, 2018 to be held from 06.2018 to 21.06.2018 ‘ONLINE’ only through APTET website http://cse.ap.gov.in/ from 04.05.2018.
  2. Steps to be followed in submission of application on line.
    1. The candidates shall first download the ‘Information Bulletin’ free of cost from the APTET website http://cse.ap.gov.in/, go through it carefully and satisfy their eligibility for appearing for APTET, May

 

  1. The candidate after satisfying himself/herself about the eligibility criteria for APTET shall pay a fee of Rs.500.00 through Payment Gateway between 05.2018 to 22.05.2018 for submission of application Online. On receipt of fee at APONLINE e-Seva the candidate shall be issued a ‘Journal Number’ with which he/ she can proceed with submission of application online. Issue of Journal Number does not mean that the candidate has completed submission of application online. It is only a confirmation of the fee received.

 

  • The candidates shall follow the procedure for submission of online application as given in the ‘Information Bulletin’ and user guide and instructions provided online while filling up the online application form. The Candidate should be ready with photograph of size 3.5X3.5cms before filling in on-line ’
    1. Paste the photograph on a white paper and sign below (sign in Black Ink only). Look for the sample at point 16(iii), of the Information Bulletin on Page No.11. Ensure that the signature is within the box. Scan the required size containing the photograph and signature. Please do not scan the complete page. The entire image consisting of photo along with signature is required to be scanned and stored in *.jpeg format on local Ensure that the size of the scanned image is not more than 50kb. If the size of the image is more than 50 kb, then adjust the settings of the scanner such as dpi resolutions, number of colours during the process of scanning.
    2. Applications with no photo / unclear photo / inadequate size photograph will be rejected. Hall – Ticket will not be issued to such candidates. Hence, after pressing the ‘UPLOAD’ button check if the photo is of required size, clear and is of the same candidate of whom the details are to be filled in the application. If the photo is smaller in size, not clear or does not belong to the candidate press ‘BACK’ button below the photograph on the application form and restart with scanning of the
    3. Complaints relating to mismatch of photograph and candidate details will not be accepted after submission of application at any cost.

 

  1. For latest updates, please check at APTET website http://cse.ap.gov.in/

 

APTET :: MAY-2018 RESULTS : Click here

 

4.    SCHEDULE OF EXAMINATION:

 

DATE OF EXAMINATION PAPER TIMING DURATION
 
10.06.2018 to
12.06.2018		  
I		 09.30 A.M. to 12.00 Noon Morning session  
2:30 Hours
02.30 P.M. to 5.00 P.M.
Afternoon session		  
2:30 Hours
13.06.2018 to
15.06.2018 &
17.06.2018 to
19.06.2018		  
lI (A)		 09.30 A.M. to 12.00 Noon Morning session  
2:30 Hours
02.30 P.M. to 5.00 P.M. Afternoon session 2:30 Hours
21.06.2018 lI (B) 09.30 A.M. to 12.00 Noon Morning session 2:30 Hours
  1. ELIGIBILITY:

The candidate at the time of applying for APTET- May, 2018 should be having the minimum qualifications prescribed for a teacher for category I to V classes            (Paper – I) and VI to VIII classes ( paper-II (A) & (B) ) as given below.

Structure and Content (All Compulsory):
 

S.No. Subject No. of
MCQs		 Marks
1 Child Development and Pedagogy 30 30
2 Language I 30 30
3 Language II (English) 30 30
4 Mathematics 30 30
5 Environmental Studies 30 30
TOTAL 150 150

 

  1. The test items on Child Development & Pedagogy will focus on Educational Psychology of teaching and learning relevant to the primary
  2. How to choose language–I of APTET Paper-I: The following languages are offered under First Language in the Schools under the State Syllabus , Telugu, Urdu, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil and Odiya. A Candidate has to choose one of these 6 Languages under Language-I of TET, those candidates should have compulsorily studied that Language either as medium of study or as First Language at least up to Class X. The candidates who studied CBSE/ ICSE curriculum can choose the Language which they studied up to Class X.
  • The Language-II shall be English for all the

 

  1. The syllabi for Language I & II shall be based on Proficiency in the language, Elements of language, communication and comprehension abilities (Standard up to class X level).
  2. For 30 MCQs under Language I&II, 24 MCQs will be on content and 6 MCQs on Pedagogy on a Language
  3. The syllabi for Mathematics & Environmental Studies are designed on the basis of topics of Classes I to The difficulty standard as well as linkages of content/topics could be up to Secondary Stage (up to Class X) for testing. The test items in Mathematics and Environmental Studies will contain Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) not only on Content but also on Pedagogy. In Mathematics,

24 MCQs will be on Content and 6 MCQs on Pedagogy. Similarly, in Environmental Studies 24 MCQs will be on Content and 6 MCQs on Pedagogy.

  • The detailed syllabus for all subjects shall be the designed by the SCERT and the same shall be issued along with the
  1. Paper II- A: No of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) – 150 Duration of examination: 2 hours and 30 minutes

Structure and Content:
 

S.No. Subject No. of MCQs Marks
1 Child Development and Pedagogy 30 30
2 Language I 30 30
3 Language II (English) 30 30
 
 
4		 (a)    For Mathematics & Science Teachers:
(b)    For Social Studies Teacher
(c)    For any other Teacher – Either (iv)(a) or (iv)(b)		  
 
60		  
 
60
TOTAL 150 150

 d) Paper II- B: No of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) – 150 Duration of examination: 2 hours and 30 minutes

Structure and Content:
 

S.No. Subject No. of MCQs Marks
1 Physical Education Pedagogy 30 30
2 Language I 10 10
3 Language II (English) 10 10
4 Physical Education (Content) 100 100
TOTAL 150 150
5 Incentive Marks for Meritorious Sports Candidates 30

Note:-
 The test items on Child Development & Pedagogy will focus on 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 Elementary

  1. How to choose Language – I  of   AP-TET   Paper-II   A   &   B: The following Languages are offered under First Language in Secondary schools under the State Syllabus viz., Telugu, Urdu, Hindi, English, Kannada, Tamil, Odiya and Sanskrit. Other than Language Teachers has to choose one of these 8 Languages under Language I of TET, those candidates should have compulsorily studied that Language either as medium of study or First Language at least 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 of the five (5) Languages (Teugu, Urdu, Tamil, Odiya and Kannada) Under Language I of TET Paper II-B

  • The Language-II shall be English for all the
  1. The syllabi for Language I & II for Paper II-A shall be based on  proficiency in the Language, Elements of Language, Communication and Comprehension abilities (standard up to Senior Secondary Level (12th Class). 30 MCQs for Language I and 30 MCQs for Language II will be given on content only

For Physical Education Teachers the syllabi for Language I & II shall         be based on proficiency in the Language, Elements of Language,        Communication and Comprehension abilities (standard up to 7th Class)                  10 MCQs for Language I & 10 MCQs for Language II will be given on               content only.

  1. For Paper II- A – questions will be as follows:-
  2. (i) Mathematics 30 MCQs (Content 24, Pedagogy 6)

(ii) Science                                   30 MCQs (Content 24, Pedagogy Content –Physical Science  12 MCQs.
Content –Biological Science 12 MCQs. Science Pedagogy                   06 MCQs.

  1. Social Studies 60 MCQs (Content 48, Pedagogy 12)
  2. Language Teachers 60 MCQs (Content 48, Pedagogy 12)

The syllabi for TET of concerned Paper II (A) and are special based
and     topics of Classes VI to VIII. The difficulty standard of questions as   well        as their linkages could be up to Senior Secondary Level (12th class).

  1. For Paper II (B), the syllabi for TET of Physical Education Teacher (PET) and School Assistant Physical Education (PE) are based on topics of Classes VI to
  2. The difficulty standard of questions as well as their linkages could be up to Senior Secondary Level (12th class).

vii)    Incentive Marks shall be given to the Physical Education TET candidates under three categories as listed below.

30 Marks:

  • International level participation representing India
  • National level Medal Winners
  • All India Inter University Medal Winners
  • All India Federation cup Medal Winners
  • National School Games medal Winners 25 Marks
  • National Participation representing Andhra Pradesh State
  • All India Inter University Participation
  • South Zone Inter University Participation & Medal Winners
  • South Zonal interstate participation & Medal Winners
  • National School Games participation

20 Marks

  • State Level Medal Winners(Inter District)
  • State level School Games Medal Winners i.e. Gold, Silver and Bronze
  • If the candidate is having more than one certificate achieved at International, National or State level. The certificate secured at high level will be considered. At any rate a combination of all certificates will not be
  1. Participation in veteran Championship (Master men, Master women), Invitation tournaments, Private tournaments and occasional tournaments are not
  2. The list of Games and Sports for considering the incentive marks is given in
  3. 20% Weightage marks for Teacher Recruitment Test (TRT) of the State Government for Physical Education candidates will be considered on the basis of Written Marks + Incentive Marks. 20% Weightage marks will be arrived by limiting total marks to 150 only.

Note: Syllabi for Paper I and II A & B for each subject notified on website http://cse.ap.gov.in
 

  1. MEDIUM OF QUESTION PAPER:

The Question Paper shall be bilingual (i.e). English followed by the Language-I chosen by the candidates for all Languages except Sanskrit. For the candidates choosing Sanskrit, the questions shall be in Telugu followed by Sanskrit (Devanagari Script).

8. PASS CRITERIA OF APTET- DECEMBER, 2018:

APTET–May, 2018 Results will be declared in the Last week of June, 2018. The criteria for considering pass in APTET is as follows:

Community Pass marks
i) OC 60% Marks and above
ii) BC 50% Marks and above
iii) SC/ ST/ Differently abled
(PH) & Ex-servicemen		 40% Marks and above

 

  1. The validity of Certificates shall be for a period of 7 years from the date of TET concerned as per CTET. A person who has qualified in TET examination may appear again for improving his/her scores in subsequent years. The said certificates will be given in digital format.
  • The Certificate shall contain the Name and Address of the Candidate, Registration , Year/ Month of Award of Certificate, Marks obtained in each Paper, Class level of its validity (Class 1st to 5th, Class 6th to 8th or Both) and in case of Classes 6th to 8th, the Subject Area (Mathematics, Science and Social studies) etc., The Certificate

may be Electronically generated with adequate security features to avoid any kind of malpractice.

  1. The Joint Director, TET and Member Convener, Andhra Pradesh shall issue Memos/Pass Certificates in Digital Format to the candidates.

9. APPLICABILITY:

 The AP- TET shall apply to all the Schools referred to in Clause (n) of Section 2 of the RTE Act. However, a School referred to in Sub-Clause (iv) of Clause(n) of Section 2 of the RTE Act, may exercise the option of considering either the TET conducted by the Central Government or the AP-TET.

10. Weightage to APTET scores in the selection of Teacher Recruitment in Andhra Pradesh:

A 20% Weightage to TET scores shall be provided in the Teacher Recruitment of the State Government, balance 80% weightage will be given for Written Test in Teacher Recruitment Test (TRT) based on which selection lists shall be prepared. However, mere qualifying the TET would not confer a right on any person for recruitment/ employment as it is only one of the eligibility criteria for Teacher appointment.

11. EXEMPTION FROM PASSING APTET:

Teachers who were appointed before NCTE notification dt:23.08.2010 by the Competent Authority in Govt./ Local Authority as per Recruitment Rules prevalent at that time are exempted from appearing for TET. However, Teachers working in Private Schools whose appointments were not approved by the Competent Authority are not exempted from passing TET. Such Teachers of Private Unaided Schools shall appear for TET conducted by either the State Government or Central Government. In respect of non approved Teachers working in Private Aided Schools, they shall invariably appear for TET conducted by the State Government only.

12. MARKS MEMO / CERTIFICATE VALIDITY PERIOD:

The Marks Memo/Certificate of APTET–May, 2018 shall be made available on APTET website only. There is no restriction on the number of attempts a person can take for acquiring APTET Certificate. A person who has qualified APTET may also appear again for improving his/her score. In accordance with the NCTE guidelines the APTET certificate shall be valid for a period of seven years from the date of examination.

13.EXAMINATION CENTERS:

The APTET 2018 shall be conducted ‘ONLINE’ in the 13 districts and centers at Hyderabad, Bangalore and Chennai on the above mentioned dates (i.e. 10.06.2018 to 21.06.2018). A window will be opened to the Candidates from 25.05.2018 to 29.05.2018 to opt the DISTRICT and session in the available centers indicated in the web. If once the session capacity of the centers is exhausted then the candidate should choose another date and another session at available districts. If the candidate failed to opt Examination centre in the prescribed date mentioned above, department will allot the examination centre in the available vacancies

However, allotment of centers shall be the discretion of the department and request for change of test centers or sessions is not allowed under any circumstances.

Note: Candidate should opt in first – cum-first served basis. HALL TICKET:

Candidates can download their Hall Tickets from the website at http://cse.ap.gov.in from 03.06.2018 onwards. In case of any candidate could not download the Hall ticket he/ she should contact the Joint Director, TET of Commissioner of School Education, Anjaneya Towers, Ibrahimpatnam between 10.00 AM to 5.30 PM on all working hours in person only giving details of the journal number of the fee paid, reference number of the application submitted, a copy of the printout of the Application form and one photograph (same photograph as pasted on the application form).
Request for issue of duplicate Hall Ticket will not be entertained after the examination in any case.

14. FEE:

The fee towards submission of application online and for the conduct of computer based TET examination is Rs.500.00. for each Paper. If the candidate desires to appear for all papers

he, she has to pay an amount of Rs.500/- for each paper separately. Candidates shall pay the fee through payment Gateway between 05.05.208 to 22.05.2018 and submit online application at the APTET website http://cse.ap.gov.in between 05.05.2018 to 23.05.2018.

PROCEDURE FOR APPLYING ONLINE:

  • The candidates shall at first download the ‘Information Bulletin’ (free of cost) from the APTET website http://cse.ap.gov.in, go through it carefully and satisfy their eligibility for appearing for APTET – May
  • The candidate after satisfying herself/himself about the eligibility criteria for APTET shall pay a fee of Rs.500.00 per each paper as mentioned above through payment Gateway from 05.05.2018 to 22.05.2018 for submission of application Online. On receipt of fee at APONLINE e-Seva the candidate shall be issued a ‘Journal Number’ with which she/he can proceed with submission of application online. Issue of Journal Number does not mean that the candidate has completed submission of application online. It is only a confirmation of the fee received.
  • The candidates shall follow the procedure of submission of online application as given in the ‘Information Bulletin’ and also as per the instructions provided online while filling up the online application form. The Candidate should be ready with photograph of size 3.5X3.5cms before filling in on-line ’
  • Paste the photograph on a white paper and sign below (sign in Black Ink only). Look for the sample Ensure that the signature is within the box. Scan the required

size containing the photograph and signature. Please do not scan the complete page. The entire image consisting of photo along with signature is required to be scanned and stored in *.jpeg format on local machine. Ensure that the size of the scanned image is not more than 50kb. If the size of the image is more than 50 kb, then adjust the settings of the scanner such as dpi resolutions, number of colors during the process of scanning.

  1. Applications with no photo/ unclear photo/ inadequate size photograph will be rejected. Hall-Ticket will not be issued to such candidates. Hence, after pressing the ‘UPLOAD’ button check if the photo is of required size, clear and is of the same candidate of whom the details are to be filled in the If the photo is smaller in size, not clear or does not belong to the candidate press ‘BACK’ button below the photograph on the application form and restart with scanning of the photograph.
  2. Complaints relating to mismatch of photograph and candidate details will not be accepted after submission of application at any
  • Initial steps to be followed before filling Online Application
    1. Go to http://cse.ap.gov.in
    2. Click on Application Form.
    3. Click on the dialogue box (i.e., WELCOME TO ONLINE APPLICATION)
    4. Confirm the next dialogue box (i.e., Fields marked with ‘*’ are compulsory)
    5. Enter your Journal Number issued by Payment Gateway, the date of payment of fees and Date of
    6. At the field ‘Attach your latest photograph’ Click on Browse button and attach your photograph and your signature stored on the local machine.
    7. Tick the declaration and enter the verification
    8. Press Upload
    9. The application will be
    10. When the application form is opened check if the photo is of required size, clear and is of the same candidate of whom the details are to be filled in the application. If the photo is smaller in size, not clear or does not belong to the candidate press ‘BACK’ button below the photograph on the application form and restart with scanning of the photograph.
    11. Confirm that the photograph is yours and that it is as per the given
    12. Fill in the application form as per the instructions given in the User Guide and Information Bulletin and those offered while filling the Online Application
    13. After filling all the details press PREVIEW button. This will display the details submitted by you
    14. If you find all the details correct press SUBMIT otherwise press EDIT and resubmit the information.
    15. On submission of application form online the candidate shall be given reference ID number which should be kept carefully for any kind of future Submission of application can be considered to have been completed only on receiving reference ID number.
  • On submission of application form online the candidate shall be given reference ID number which should be kept carefully for any kind of future correspondence. Submission of application can be considered to have been completed only on receiving reference ID number.
  • On completion of submission, the candidates shall take a printout of the

application and store it for future use. Candidates should not post the printout of the application to APTET office.

  • In case of any clarifications before, during or after submission of application online the candidates may contact the Help Desk at Telephone Numbers 9505619127, 9505780616, 9505853627 between 00 A.M. and 5.30 P.M. on all working hours from 04.05.2018 to 30.06.2018.
  • For domain related clarifications contact APTET office at Commissioner of School Education, Anjaneya Towers, B-Block, Ibrahimpatnam,
  • In any case applications will not be received in any kind of manual

 PROCEDURE FOR CONDUCT OF ONLINE TEST OF APTET –May, 2018:

The detailed procedure of conduct of online test of APTET – May,2018 shall be hosted on the website http://cse.ap.gov.in shortly.

17.  IMPORTANT DATES OF APTET – May 2018:

1 Date of Issuing of TET Notification &
Publishing of Information Bulletin		 04.05.2018
2 Payment of Fees through Payment
Gateway		 05.05.2018 to 22.05.2018
3 Online submission of application
through http://cse.ap.gov.in		 05.05.2018 to 23.05.2018
4 Help desk services during working hours 04.05.2018 to 30.06.2018
5 Receiving of complaints Online pertaining to application and other issues 05.05.2018 to 30.06.2018
6 Online Mock Test availability 25.05.2018 Onwards
7 Download Hall Tickets 03.06.2018 Onwards
 
 
 
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Schedule of Examination Paper-I, Paper-II-A & B		 Paper.I-10.06.2018, 11.06.2018 &
12.06.2018
Paper.II-A-13.06.2018 to 15.06.2018                                                                      & 17.06.2018 to 19.06.2018
Paper.II-B– 21.06.2018
Both sessions in all days(10 Days) 9.30AM to 12.00 Noon (Session-1)
2.30 PM to 05.00 PM     (Session-2)
9 Release of Initial Key 22.06.2018
10 Receiving of Objections on initial key 26.06.2018
11 Final key published 28.06.2018
12 Final result declaration 30.06.2018