Responding to a petition filed by Pramod Pandey, Udham Singh Nagar, the single bench of Uttarakhand High Court, comprising Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia, asked the Uttarakhand Government: Why the Uttarakhand Government is not conducting UTET (Uttarakhand Teacher Eligibility Test)?

The Case: The petitioner in his case said that the Inter College, GulerBhoj released a notification for LT posts where TET was not mandatory. Later the College released a second notification, where it made the TET compulsory.

The petitioner argued that since the Uttarakhand Education department had conducted UTET-2 once in 2013, hence making UTET compulsory is not logical. That when, the previous Uttarakhand HC judgement had specifically ordered the Government to conduct TET twice a year.

The Uttarakhand HC has ordered the Education Secretary to file a reply at the Court within two weeks.

Uttarakhand HC actually wants the Government to conduct UTET regularly, as per schedule

Inferences that can be derived from the Nainital HC Order

The Uttarakhand HC order is a welcome judgement for two reasons.

1) If you make TET compulsory even for trained teachers (BEd), then the Government must ensure that every new BEd degree holder must have the opportunity to apply for teaching jobs. When new BEd degree holders are coming to job market every year, UTET must be conducted on a fixed date, at least once a year. If this is not done, then the Uttarakhand Government is simply making the BEd degree useless.

2) If the present an previous Governments never thought twice in giving licences to new BEd colleges, then why are they shying away from conducting UTET now? It's simply allowing BEd colleges earn money at the cost of students.

My suggestion to the Government is simple: Make a thorough investigation on the number of teaching jobs in Uttarakhand. Add some seats to this number to take care of future exigencies. Add some more seats for those students who aim to job hunt outside Uttarakhand. The number you receive will be the number of BEd seats in Uttarakhand.

Allowing or luring every Uttarakhand youth to do BEd will only result in disappointment and resentment. Let them go for other career options.

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Complete Your UTET1 and UTET2 2013 Form by March 25, 2013

Uttarakhand Vidyalayee Shiksah Parishad, Ramnagar Nainital gives one last opportunity to the UTET1 and UTET2 2013 Examination applicants, to check their Application forms and fill any incomplete information in their forms.

Below is how to:

Step 1: Go to http://ubse.in/ApplicationStatus.aspx

Step 2: Fill Your Application Form number and Date of Birth OR Fill your Mobile phone number, to look for your record. Check for any incompleteness or missing information and submit.  

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In its landmark judgement, the Single bench of Chief Justice Barin Ghosh and Justice Alok Singh, Uttarakhand High Court, Nainital ruled that Only those candidates who have secured 45 Percent and more in Graduation will be Eligible for Teacher Eligibility Test (TET). Thus in the upcoming UTET, only those who have secured 45 percent or more will be eligible.

The decision is Not against the applicants:

On a casual glance, the decision will appear anti-student. Against those students who have not secured 45 percent in graduation and want to appear in TET. In essence, the decision is good for such students. The reason is: With 120 crore plus population, the best way to aspire for a job is to be at Top ten percent of students. A student with less than 45 percent can apply for TET, but he/she will not be able to compete with the one who secured first division in the Graduation.

PS: If one has to make teaching as his/her career: He/she should be through out first class OR at least in top 20 percent of the students. At least that should be goal.

In addition, the youth in Uttarakhand needs to rethink their BEd goals. That's unless they have an illustrious academic record, doing BEd will only increase the tension and stress. Instead, carefully choosing a career of one's choice is better. Remember a Money once spent can't be Spent Twice. This is the wisdom of Opportunity Cost. Money here represents both Time and Money.

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Uttarakhand Vidyalayee Shiksha Parishad Ramnagar (Nainital) has CANCELLED the Exam Date for UTET -1 and UTET-2 exams 2013 (Uttarakhand Adhyapak Patrata Pareeksha Pratham ainv Dviteeya).

UTET 1 and UTET 2 were to take place on February 24, 2013. Now, the exams will NOT take place on February 24, 2013.

The New Examination date for UTET -1 and UTET-2 exams 2013 will be declared soon.

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Single Fee for UTET 1 (class 1st to class 5th) and UTET 2 (class 6th to class 8th) Exam 2013 GO Passed.

Uttarakhand Government has decided NOT TO CHARGE two separate Application Form fee for UTET 1 and UTET2 exams 2012. The GO in this regard has been passed. And if you go to buy the form today then you will have to pay Single Fee for both the UTET1 and UTET2 application Forms. Before the GO, the candidates applying for both the exams were paying separate fee for the two Application forms.

NOTE: How the Government plans to refund the money to those who have already paid separate fees for UTET1 and UTET2 is still unclear. The Government has said that, the mechanism for the REFUND will be announced soon.

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