Source – indiatoday.in
Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) has re-opened the application portal for the Secondary Teachers Eligibility Test (STET) 2019 on the official website, biharboardonline.bihar.gov.in. The application portals will close on December 24 and applicants will be allowed to edit their application form on December 25 and December 26.
BSEB aims to recruit 25,270 teacher posts for secondary classes and 12,065 teacher posts for higher secondary classes.
About BSEB STET 2019:
Bihar STET 2019 will be conducted for two papers (Paper 1 and Paper 2) for selection of Secondary School Teachers and Higher Secondary School Teachers respectively.
Eligibility criteria:
For Paper I: A candidate must have a graduation degree in a relevant subject with BEd from a recognized institute.
For paper II: A candidates must have a post-graduation degree in a relevant subject along with BEd
Minimum qualifying marks:
For general category candidates: 50 per cent
For reserved category candidates: 45 per cent
Note: The Bihar STET 2019 scores will be valid for seven years in which time a candidate can apply for teacher recruitment with the Bihar government on the basis of their STET score.
Reason behind postponement of exam date:
The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) has postponed the Bihar STET 2019 exam date due to Patna High Court’s order on October 15 to increase the upper age limit for the applicants for STET.
As per the press release, Bihar education department, the conducting body of the exam will decide upon the revised upper age limit after discussing it with the legal department after which the final date of exam will be announced.
About BSEB:
The Bihar School Examination Board is established for holding and conducting an examination at the end of the Secondary School stage, for prescribing course of studies for such examination and for carrying out such other objects and duties as may be considered necessary for the purpose as stated in the Act, Rules and Regulations of the Board.
Apart from the Secondary School Examination, the Board also conducts departmental examinations (not on yearly basis) such as Diploma in Physical Education, Certificate in Physical Education and Teachers Training Examination on such terms and condition as laid down by the state government.