TRT Full Form

TRT Full Form


What is The Teacher Recruitment Test (TRT)

The “Teacher Recruitment Test” (TRT) is the minimum qualification required in India for a person to be eligible for an appointment as a teacher for Classes I to VIII. The test is mandatory for teaching jobs in Indian government schools. This is also known as TET “Teacher Eligibility Test”.

Eligibility 

Candidates must score a minimum of 60% to become CTET Qualified, and the certificate is valid for lifetime. Successful candidates become eligible to apply for recruitment as teachers of Classes I to VIII in schools under the purview of the Central Government (KVSNVSCentral Tibetan Schools, etc.), and schools under the administrative control of the union territories (UTs) of ChandigarhDadra and Nagar HaveliDaman and Diu and Andaman and Nicobar IslandsLakshadweep, and the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). The examination is demanding, with qualification rates of 1-14% in the exams held to date.

Recruitment of Teachers

  • Recruitment of well-qualified teachers into the schooling system is the first prerequisite to ensure that students receive quality education.
  • However, teacher recruitment processes in the country are not adequately streamlined. There are diverse recruitment processes across regions, school stages, and school types - central, state, and private schools.
  • This, in turn, leads to multiple criteria and processes for hiring teachers, thereby bringing a wide disparity in teacher quality across institutions and regions. Many of the processes are also sub-optimal in measuring the competency of a candidate.

Need of a Coherent Strategy in TRT

  • We need a coherent strategy to tie together the various tests and processes such as TET, teacher recruitment tests, classroom demonstrations and teacher interviews.
  • This will enable a holistic assessment of teacher competence. A starting point for this could be framing a common understanding of what qualifies as teacher competence.
  • Teacher competence can be understood as the core knowledge, skills, and dispositions expected of a teacher to effectively contribute to the teaching-learning process.
  • But it is impossible to reliably measure all this through a single test or process.