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Maharashtra Teaching Posts

Maharashtra fills its school teaching posts through two examinations of the State Council of Examination in Pune and one portal. The Teacher Eligibility Test qualifies a candidate for classes 1 to 8, as the Right to Education Act requires; the Teacher Aptitude and Intelligence Test, a 200-mark online test of aptitude and reasoning rather than subject knowledge, produces the score on which every management — zilla parishad, municipal, tribal department and private aided — recruits through the Pavitra portal, without interview for most posts and with a 30-mark interview for the rest.

Both are in the news. The June 2026 TET, notified in March for 28 June, was postponed on the eve of the paper after Bhiwandi police seized material with questions matching it, and no new date has been announced. TAIT 2025, examined in May and June 2025 with 2.11 lakh candidates, produced its first Pavitra recommendation list on 27 August 2026 — 13,119 teachers recommended against 19,754 advertised posts without interview — with document verification in early September and a converted round and the with-interview list to follow.

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Checked 19 September 2026

Maharashtra Teaching Posts: the facts that matter now

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Postponed on 27 June 2026 after a police seizure of matching questions; no revised date; applications closed 24 April
MAHATET June 2026
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200 marks, 120 minutes, no penalty; held 27 May to 5 June 2025; result 18 August 2025; 2,11,308 appeared
TAIT 2025
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First list 27 August 2026 — 19,754 posts, 13,119 recommended; verification 2 to 5 September; converted round next
Pavitra 2026
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Maharashtra State Council of Examination, Pune; recruitment on the Pavitra portal
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Notification

Maharashtra Teaching Posts notification and key dates

Checked 11 September 2026. No teaching examination is open. MAHATET June 2026 — notified 25 March 2026, applications 27 March to 24 April after extension, moved from 21 to 28 June by a letter of 15 May — was postponed by public notice on 27 June 2026, the day before the paper, after Bhiwandi police acting on information found persons holding material with some questions identical to the paper and registered a case; the council said a revised date would be published on its site and warned against social-media rumours, and none had been published at the date checked. TAIT 2025’s Pavitra round published its first without-interview list on 27 August 2026 at 7 pm, took grievances to 6 September, verified private-management selections from 2 to 5 September, and on 7 September listed selections held in abeyance for technical reasons; the converted round and the with-interview list are next. No TAIT 2026 has been notified.

MAHATET cycles, from the council’s press notes.
Cycle	Applications	Examination	Result
June 2026	27 March to 24 April 2026	Set for 21 June, moved to 28 June, postponed 27 June; no new date	—
November 2025	15 September to 3 October 2025	23 November 2025 — Paper I 10.30 to 1.00, Paper II 2.30 to 5.00	Final keys 12 January 2026; interim result 16 January with objections to 21 January; certificates distributed through district offices from April

The Pavitra list of 27 August 2026 — without-interview posts, TAIT 2025.
Management	Posts advertised	Recommended
Zilla parishads	13,225	8,481
Tribal development department schools	2,421	1,601
Municipal corporations	1,954	1,306
Private institutions	1,818	1,451
Municipal councils and nagar panchayats	280	226
Government Vidyaniketans	56	54
All managements	19,754	13,119
By level — classes 1 to 5	12,671	7,541
Classes 6 to 8	5,421	4,207
Classes 9 and 10	1,298	1,119
Classes 11 and 12	364	252

Posts unfilled in the first list — 2,760 in the ex-servicemen quota, 1,760 part-time, 802 ST and 1,408 PESA ST — go to a converted round. 1,46,650 candidates locked without-interview preferences and 1,31,505 with-interview preferences. The 2022 cycle before it recommended 19,986 candidates against 21,678 posts in September 2024 and ran a second phase through 2025.

Check the council and the portal directly

MAHATET portal MAHATET — timetable State Council of Examination, Pune Pavitra — TAIT 2025 recruitment Pavitra — TAIT 2025 notices Pavitra — portal home

Overview

What Maharashtra Teaching Posts is, and who it suits

The TET is set under the 2013 government resolution in two papers of 150 questions and 150 marks over two and a half hours. Paper I, for classes 1 to 5, has five compulsory sections of 30 — child psychology and pedagogy, two languages, mathematics and environmental studies. Paper II, for classes 6 to 8, has the same first three sections and then either mathematics and science or social studies for 60. The pass mark is 60 per cent, 55 for SC, ST, the nomadic and denotified tribes, the special backward class, OBC and PwD candidates, and 45 for ex-servicemen and the families of the fallen under a 2022 concession. A passed candidate may sit again to improve the score, and the papers and keys of every test since 2013 are on the portal.

TAIT is different in kind. The 2025 notification of 25 April 2025 describes 120 questions of aptitude — mathematical ability, speed and accuracy, English and Marathi language ability, spatial ability, and art, interest, adjustment and personality — and 80 of intelligence — comprehension, classification, correlation, series, reasoning, coding, symbolic language and rhythmic arrangement — for 200 marks in two hours, omnibus rather than sectioned, in Marathi, English or Urdu, with no penalty for a wrong answer and no subject knowledge tested. The score is valid for one selection: under the resolution of 2 April 2026 a candidate selected through it must sit a new TAIT to compete again.

How Pavitra turns a score into a post

Managements advertise on the portal — the 2026 round took advertisements from 1 May to 20 August 2026 for zilla parishads, municipal councils and corporations, the tribal development department’s government schools, government Vidyaniketans and private institutions.
Candidates lock preferences — up to 100 for without-interview posts and 50 for with-interview posts — 6 to 16 August 2026 — after self-certifying qualifications on the portal.
Recommendation by TAIT merit — one to one for without-interview posts, one to three for with-interview posts where the management holds a 30-mark interview and teaching demonstration under the 2019 resolution.
Rounds — the first without-interview list, a converted round for posts unfilled in the ex-servicemen, part-time, ST and PESA quotas, then the with-interview list. The 2022 cycle ran to a second phase in 2025.

Pay is a stipend for the first years

Teachers recruited through Pavitra join as Shikshan Sevak on a consolidated pay before regular scales — ₹16,000 a month for classes 1 to 5 and 6 to 8 and ₹18,000 for classes 9 and 10, as the 2026 recommendation lists print it. The amount for junior college posts was not found in the documents read.

Eligibility

Who can apply for Maharashtra Teaching Posts

Teacher qualifications under the school education department’s resolution of 7 February 2019 and its corrigenda, as the TET FAQ and the TAIT notification apply them.
Level	Qualification	TET
Classes 1 to 5	HSC with 50 per cent and a two-year D.El.Ed, or HSC 50 per cent and a four-year B.El.Ed, or the special-education diploma, or a degree with 50 per cent and B.Ed with the six-month bridge course	MAHATET or CTET Paper I
Classes 6 to 8	A degree in the subject with 50 per cent and D.El.Ed or B.Ed, or HSC 50 per cent and a four-year integrated degree	MAHATET or CTET Paper II
Classes 9 and 10	A degree in the subject with 50 per cent and B.Ed, or a four-year B.A.Ed. or B.Sc.Ed.	Not required by the 2019 resolution
Classes 11 and 12	A postgraduate degree in the subject and B.Ed, as the 2023 resolution frames it	Not required
Relaxation	Five per cent in qualifying marks for SC, ST, VJ-NT, OBC, SBC, SEBC, EWS and PwD candidates for classes 1 to 8	—

MAHATET 2026 fees, online only.
Candidates	One paper	Both papers
SC, ST and PwD with 40 per cent disability	₹700	₹900
All others, including VJ-NT, SBC, OBC, SEBC, EWS and general	₹1,000	₹1,200

TAIT 2025, from the notification of 25 April 2025.
Requirement	Rule
Age	18 minimum; the upper limit as the government fixes it by resolution — no figure in the notification
Qualification	The teaching qualification for the level under the 2019 resolution and its corrigenda; last-semester B.Ed and D.El.Ed students admitted under the corrigendum of 2 May 2025, with the marksheet within a month of passing
Fee	₹950 unreserved; ₹850 for backward classes, EWS, SEBC, orphans and PwD; not refundable
Validity	The score is valid for the advertisements of its cycle; once selected, a candidate needs a new TAIT to compete again, under the resolution of 2 April 2026
Category-concession TET passes	Eligible for open posts on merit, following the Supreme Court’s order of 23 March 2026

The TET has no age limit and no domicile requirement; it is open to any candidate with the qualification. Candidates named in the council’s lists from the 2018 and 2019 malpractice inquiries are barred from applying. The TET certificate’s validity is seven years under the 2013 resolution; the national council made TET certificates valid for life in 2021, and a state resolution adopting that was not found on the portal.

Selection process

How Maharashtra Teaching Posts selection works

Each stage in order, and what it actually tests.

Stages change between cycles. Confirm the structure in the notification for the cycle you are sitting.
Stage	Format	What it involves
MAHATET — eligibility for classes 1 to 8	Two OMR papers of 150; 60 per cent to pass	Paper I in the morning and Paper II in the afternoon of one Sunday, in nine mediums. The certificate qualifies for recruitment; it is not recruitment. The June 2026 test is postponed without date.
TAIT — the score for recruitment	Online, 200 questions, 200 marks, 120 minutes, no penalty	Aptitude 120 and intelligence 80, omnibus, in Marathi, English or Urdu. Held over several days and sessions by IBPS; the 2025 test on 27 to 30 May and 2 to 5 June 2025 at 60 centres in 26 districts.
Pavitra — advertisements and preferences	Self-certification, then locked preferences	Managements advertise; candidates certify their qualifications on the portal and lock up to 100 without-interview and 50 with-interview preferences in the window announced.
Recommendation, verification, appointment	One to one, or one to three with a 30-mark interview	The portal publishes the recommendation list by TAIT merit; the management verifies documents and appoints as Shikshan Sevak. A grievance window follows each list.

Exam pattern

Maharashtra Teaching Posts exam pattern and marking

MAHATET, from the syllabus annexure to the 2013 resolution. Each paper 150 questions, 150 marks, two and a half hours, OMR, one mark a question.
Section	Paper I — classes 1 to 5	Paper II — classes 6 to 8
Child psychology and pedagogy	30	30
Language 1 — Marathi, English or Urdu	30	30
Language 2	30	30
Mathematics	30	Mathematics and science 60 — or
Environmental studies	30	Social studies 60

TAIT 2025, from the notification and the IBPS handout. Omnibus — no sections in the paper.
Area	Questions	Marks	Content
Aptitude	120	120	Mathematical ability, speed and accuracy, English language ability, Marathi language ability, spatial ability, art, interest, adjustment and personality
Intelligence	80	80	Comprehension, classification, correlation, series, reasoning and inference, coding, symbolic language, rhythmic arrangement
Total	200	200	120 minutes; Marathi, English or Urdu; no penalty for a wrong answer; no subject knowledge

Pass marks and penalties

MAHATET is passed at 60 per cent — 90 of 150 — or 55 per cent for SC, ST, VJ-NT, SBC, OBC and PwD candidates and 45 per cent for ex-servicemen and the families of the fallen; the mathematics-and-science or social-studies choice in Paper II follows the subject the candidate will teach. No negative marking statement appears in the 2026 advertisement, the FAQ or the syllabus. TAIT has no pass mark: it is a ranking, and the IBPS handout states there is no penalty for a wrong answer.

What the 2025 and 2026 documents settle

Nine mediums for the TET — Marathi, English, Urdu, Bengali, Gujarati, Sindhi, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi; the smaller mediums are examined in designated districts.
The TET keys and objections — final keys were published on 12 January 2026 for the November 2025 test, with an interim result four days later and five days to object online.
TAIT is machine-scored and once-valid — the result of 18 August 2025 reserved 6,320 candidates’ scores pending professional-qualification marksheets and later cancelled 2,207 results.
The interview is 30 marks where it exists — interview and teaching demonstration under the 2019 resolution, for managements that opt for it, at one to three from TAIT merit.

Sources

Official notifications and sources

Checked 11 September 2026 against the council’s MAHATET June 2026 advertisement, timetable, fee page, FAQ, syllabus annexure and postponement notices, the November 2025 press notes, the TAIT 2025 notification of 25 April 2025 and IBPS handout, the TAIT result press note of 18 August 2025, and the Pavitra portal’s candidate notice of 6 August 2026, press note of 27 August 2026 and notices of 31 August and 7 September. The council’s press notes are scanned Marathi documents and the figures were read from them; the council’s site serves an expired certificate. Reports that the TET will be re-held online by IBPS are press accounts and were not on an official page.

Official documents and pages

MAHATET June 2026 — advertisement MAHATET — postponement notice, 27 June 2026 MAHATET — fee MAHATET — FAQ 2026 MAHATET — government resolutions MAHATET November 2025 — final result TAIT 2025 — notification, 25 April 2025 TAIT 2025 — IBPS handout with sample questions Pavitra — TAIT 2025 notices Pavitra — TAIT 2022 cycle School education department — staff portal

Exam resources

Everything for Maharashtra Teaching Posts

Six resource pages, each kept in step with the latest official notification.

Maharashtra Teaching Posts SyllabusMaharashtra teaching posts syllabus — the MAHATET sections for Paper I and Paper II under the 2013 resolution, and the TAIT aptitude and intelligence areas.Maharashtra Teaching Posts Exam PatternMaharashtra teaching posts exam pattern — MAHATET 150-question papers at 60 per cent, TAIT 200 marks in 120 minutes with no penalty, and Pavitra recommendation.Maharashtra Teaching Posts Previous PapersMaharashtra teaching posts previous papers — MAHATET papers and keys from 2013 to 2025 on the portal, and the TAIT sample handout.Maharashtra Teaching Posts Mock TestsMaharashtra teaching posts mock tests — 150-question TET sittings in two and a half hours, and 200-question TAIT sittings in two hours without penalty.Maharashtra Teaching Posts PreparationMaharashtra teaching posts preparation — waiting for the re-scheduled TET, the next TAIT, and the Pavitra rounds still to come from TAIT 2025.Maharashtra Teaching Posts Study MaterialMaharashtra teaching posts study material — the D.El.Ed and B.Ed pedagogy course, state textbooks for classes 1 to 8, grammars, and TAIT reasoning practice.

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Questions

Maharashtra Teaching Posts — FAQs

When is the MAHATET 2026 exam?

It has no date. The June 2026 test — notified 25 March, applications to 24 April, moved from 21 to 28 June — was postponed by the council’s notice of 27 June 2026, the day before the paper, after Bhiwandi police found persons holding material with questions matching it and registered a case. The council said a revised date would be published on its site and warned against rumours; none had been published at 11 September 2026.

What is the MAHATET exam pattern and pass mark?

Two papers of 150 questions and 150 marks in two and a half hours each, on OMR. Paper I, for classes 1 to 5: child psychology and pedagogy, two languages, mathematics and environmental studies at 30 each. Paper II, for classes 6 to 8: the same first three sections and mathematics and science or social studies for 60. The pass mark is 60 per cent, 55 for SC, ST, VJ-NT, SBC, OBC and PwD candidates and 45 for ex-servicemen and the families of the fallen. No negative marking is stated.

What is TAIT?

The Teacher Aptitude and Intelligence Test, the council’s online test of 200 questions and 200 marks in 120 minutes — 120 of aptitude and 80 of intelligence, omnibus, in Marathi, English or Urdu, with no penalty for a wrong answer and no subject content — whose score is the merit for teacher recruitment on the Pavitra portal. TAIT 2025 was held from 27 May to 5 June 2025 with 2,11,308 candidates and its result published on 18 August 2025. No TAIT 2026 has been notified.

What is the Pavitra portal and what happened in 2026?

The school education department’s recruitment portal, on which every management advertises teaching posts and candidates with a TAIT score lock preferences. In the TAIT 2025 round, advertisements ran from 1 May to 20 August 2026, preferences were locked from 6 to 16 August, and the first without-interview list of 27 August 2026 recommended 13,119 candidates against 19,754 posts — 8,481 of them in zilla parishads. A converted round for unfilled quota posts and the with-interview list follow.

Is there an interview for teacher recruitment in Maharashtra?

Not for most posts. Managements recruit through Pavitra either without interview, at one to one from TAIT merit, or with an interview and teaching demonstration of 30 marks under the 2019 resolution, at one to three. The 2026 first list covered the without-interview posts; the with-interview list is to follow.

What is the fee for MAHATET and TAIT?

MAHATET 2026: ₹1,000 for one paper and ₹1,200 for both, or ₹700 and ₹900 for SC, ST and PwD candidates, online only. TAIT 2025: ₹950 for unreserved candidates and ₹850 for backward classes, EWS, SEBC, orphans and PwD, not refundable.

What is the qualification for a primary teacher in Maharashtra?

For classes 1 to 5, HSC with 50 per cent and a two-year D.El.Ed, or a four-year B.El.Ed, or a degree with 50 per cent and B.Ed with the six-month bridge course, plus MAHATET or CTET Paper I. For classes 6 to 8, a degree in the subject with 50 per cent and D.El.Ed or B.Ed, plus TET Paper II. Five per cent relaxation in qualifying marks for the reserved categories. Secondary posts need a subject degree and B.Ed without TET.

What is the Shikshan Sevak pay?

A consolidated monthly pay before the regular scale — ₹16,000 for teachers of classes 1 to 5 and 6 to 8 and ₹18,000 for classes 9 and 10, as printed on the 2026 Pavitra recommendation lists. The figure for junior college posts was not found in the documents read.

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