Over 25,000 in-service teachers in Meghalaya must pass the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) to comply with a Supreme Court order in September 2025, state education minister Lahkmen Rymbui said. The test is not for teachers terminated in connection with irregularities in the recruitment of lower primary teachers in 2008-9.
Rymbui underlined that the test was for teachers who were not tainted by the irregularities, and their fate would be decided based on court findings. The Meghalaya High Court last year discharged the state's former education minister and others for lack of evidence, though its findings about irregularities in teacher recruitment stayed.
The Supreme Court laid down a two-year deadline for all state governments to ensure that teachers of classes 1 to 8 across the country clear the TET within two years, or face termination. Officials say the move is aimed at improving teaching quality and ensuring uniform benchmarks across schools.
