Ahmedabad: The Gujarat govt has lowered the minimum qualifying marks for the Teacher Aptitude Test (TAT) main examination for recruitment in government and grant-in-aid secondary and higher secondary schools. The decision followed recent changes in the structure of the TAT-Secondary (TAT-S) and TAT-Higher Secondary (TAT-HS) main examinations.
General category candidates must now score 60 per cent marks to qualify, while candidates from Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC), Economically Weaker Sections (EWS), and persons with disabilities need 55 per cent. Earlier, all candidates required 60 per cent marks to clear the test.
Officials said the move aims to make the recruitment process more practical and inclusive, while also addressing the shortage of qualified teachers in state schools. Due to the lack of eligible candidates in several subjects, many posts remained vacant, affecting students’ academic progress. The revised criteria apply only to the TAT main examination.
