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The Government of Jharkhand, School Education and Literacy Department, has issued the Jharkhand Teacher Eligibility Test Rules 2026 for determining eligibility for appointment as teachers in Classes 1 to 8. The notification is applicable throughout Jharkhand and was issued under Section 38 of the Right to Education Act, 2009.

This document contains the eligibility conditions, examination structure, qualifying marks, syllabus framework, language options, age provisions and other rules for the Jharkhand Teacher Eligibility Test. It is a rules notification and does not mention an admit card release date or examination application schedule.

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Important Dates

Admit Card Details

The notification lays down the rules for conducting the Jharkhand Teacher Eligibility Test 2026. It does not provide a separate admit card download date, examination centre details, candidate login information or application schedule.

Candidates should check the official notice issued by the authorized examination authority for the following details:

• Admit card release date
• Examination date and shift
• Examination centre and reporting time
• Candidate login and download procedure
• Documents required at the examination centre
• Instructions relating to disability facilities and scribes

Candidates with visual impairment, cerebral palsy or disability affecting both hands will be provided 30 minutes of additional time and may use a scribe as permitted under the examination rules.

Eligibility / Qualification

General Eligibility

Candidates must be citizens of India. The minimum academic and training qualifications are based on the level for which the candidate intends to appear.

Primary Level: Classes 1 to 5

Candidates may qualify through any one of the following routes:

• Senior Secondary or equivalent with at least 50% marks and a two-year Diploma in Elementary Education, by any recognized name, for training sessions beginning on or after 09/12/2007.
• Senior Secondary or equivalent with at least 45% marks and a two-year Diploma in Elementary Education recognized under the NCTE Regulations, 2002, for training sessions beginning before 09/12/2007.
• Senior Secondary or equivalent with at least 50% marks and a four-year Bachelor of Elementary Education.
• Senior Secondary or equivalent with at least 50% marks and a two-year Diploma in Education (Special Education).
• Graduation with a two-year Diploma in Elementary Education.
• For language teacher positions, a three-year graduation degree or graduation with distinction in one of the languages listed in Schedule I, including Hindi, English, Sanskrit or Urdu, as applicable.

Upper Primary Level: Classes 6 to 8

Candidates may qualify through any one of the following routes:

• Graduation or equivalent with a two-year Diploma in Elementary Education.
• Graduation with at least 50% marks and a Bachelor of Education.
• Graduation with at least 45% marks and a Bachelor of Education or equivalent training course recognized under the applicable NCTE regulations for candidates admitted before 29/07/2011.
• Senior Secondary or equivalent with at least 50% marks and a four-year Bachelor of Elementary Education.
• Senior Secondary or equivalent with at least 50% marks and a four-year integrated B.A./B.Sc. Ed. or B.A. Ed./B.Sc. Ed.
• Graduation with at least 50% marks and B.Ed. (Special Education).
• Postgraduation with at least 55% marks or equivalent grade and a three-year integrated B.Ed.-M.Ed.

For Mathematics and Science teachers, candidates must have a three-year graduation degree in a relevant subject under the UGC Specification of Degrees notification issued in March 2014 or later, and must have studied at least two relevant subjects at the 10+2 level, such as Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Botany or Zoology.

For Social Science teachers, candidates must have a three-year graduation degree in subjects such as Arts, Humanities, Social Science, Commerce or Management.

Special Education Teacher Qualifications

The notification recognizes several routes for special education teachers, including:

• Two-year D.Ed. Special Education after Class 12.
• One-year Diploma in Special Education after Class 12.
• Diploma in Community Based Rehabilitation with a six-month certificate course in Education of Children with Special Needs.
• Postgraduate Diploma in Community Based Rehabilitation with a six-month certificate course in Education of Children with Special Needs.
• Diploma in Multi-Rehabilitation Worker with a six-month certificate course in Education of Children with Special Needs.
• Junior Diploma in Teaching the Deaf.
• Primary-level teacher training in Visual Impairment.
• Diploma in Vocational Rehabilitation-Mental Retardation or Diploma in Vocational Training and Employment-Mental Retardation with a six-month certificate course in Education of Children with Special Needs.
• Diploma in Hearing, Language and Speech with a six-month certificate course in Education of Children with Special Needs.
• B.Ed. Special Education from an RCI-approved institution with a valid RCI CRR number.
• B.Ed. General with a one-year or two-year Diploma in Special Education from an RCI-recognized institution with a valid RCI CRR number.
• B.Ed. General with a postgraduate professional diploma or certificate in Special Education, including recognized specializations in mental retardation, multiple disability, locomotor impairment, cerebral palsy and visual impairment.

Age Limit

The minimum age for appearing in the Jharkhand Teacher Eligibility Test is 21 years as on 01 August of the examination year. The maximum age will be governed by the age limits prescribed for government service by the Department of Personnel, Administrative Reforms and Rajbhasha, Government of Jharkhand.

For serving para-teachers under the Jharkhand Education Project Council who have completed at least two continuous years of service, relaxation may be granted up to a maximum age of 58 years, subject to the conditions prescribed in the notification.

Reservation and Relaxation

Candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group, Backward Class-I, Extremely Backward Class-II and disability categories will receive a 5% relaxation in the minimum qualifying educational marks, according to the prescribed training session and applicable rules.

Examination Pattern

The examination will have two levels:

1. Primary Level for Classes 1 to 5.
2. Upper Primary Level for Classes 6 to 8.

Each level will have one objective-type multiple-choice question paper. There will be 150 questions carrying 150 marks, and there will be no negative marking.

Primary Level: Classes 1 to 5

Upper Primary Level: Classes 6 to 8

Candidates appearing for Classes 6 to 8 may select Mathematics and Science or Social Science as the optional subject. Language teachers and other teachers may select one of these optional subjects according to the applicable eligibility conditions.

Examination Duration

The question paper will be available in Hindi and English. Question papers for other language subjects will be provided in the respective language.

Minimum Qualifying Marks

Language Options

The regional and tribal language selected as Language II must be chosen from the languages listed in Schedule I. The district-wise language list includes languages such as Kurukh, Mundari, Kharia, Bhumij, Santhali, Ho, Nagpuri, Panchpargania, Kurmali, Bengali and Khortha.

The notification lists the following district-level language options:

Certificate and Validity

Successful candidates will receive a Teacher Eligibility Test certificate issued by the authorized examination authority or the State Government. The certificate will remain valid for a lifetime. This provision will also apply to certificates issued for the Jharkhand Teacher Eligibility Tests conducted in 2013 and 2016.

Candidates may appear in the examination more than once to improve their marks. Qualifying the examination does not itself confer a right to appointment as Assistant Teacher or Specially Trained Assistant Teacher; it is only an eligibility test.

Important Rules

• The examination authority will be responsible for conducting the examination annually or at the interval prescribed under the rules.
• Candidates accused of malpractice may be debarred from appearing in the next two eligibility examinations.
• Examination-related records must be preserved or maintained for at least seven years.
• The Jharkhand Teacher Eligibility Test Rules 2019, the 2022 amendment rules and the 2024 second amendment rules are treated as rescinded from the effective date of the 2026 rules.
• Any difficulty in implementing the rules may be addressed through an order or action of the State Government, which will be treated as part of the rules.
• The notification refers to Supreme Court proceedings concerning the applicability of teacher eligibility tests to serving teachers and provides for implementation of applicable judicial directions.