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The decision will be implemented with retrospective effect from 2011
New Delhi: In a welcome decision that will impact thousands of aspirants in the field of academics, Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal on Thursday (June 3) announced that the eligibility of the Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) certificate will be extended from seven years to lifetime.
The decision will be implemented with retrospective effect from 2011. It would mean that all those who have cleared TET since 2011 will have their certificates valid for lifetime and they would not be required to take the test again.
“Validity period of Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) qualifying certificate has been extended from 7 years to lifetime with retrospective effect from 2011,” Pokhriyal said in a tweet.