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Tamil Nadu Teaching Posts Study Material

The state textbooks are the syllabus for every paper except pedagogy. The reading follows the level of the post.

Tamil Nadu Teaching Posts · checked 19 September 2026

Tamil Nadu Teaching Posts at a glance, from the official notices

The dates, vacancies and rules below are read on the conducting body’s own site and rewritten as each notice appears. The guide beneath carries the full pattern, syllabus, cut-offs and free mock tests.

19September 2026

Checked 19 September 2026

Tamil Nadu Teaching Posts: the facts that matter now

  1. 01

    90 general; 75 BC, BC(M), MBC and DC; 60 SC, SC(A), ST and, from February, persons with disability

    Pass marks, revised January 2026

  2. 02

    Teachers Recruitment Board, Tamil Nadu

    Conducted by

  3. 03

    TNTET — two papers of 150 marks, no negative marking, valid for life

    Eligibility test

  4. 04

    SGT, BT Assistant and PG Assistant — a Tamil gate of 50 marks, then a 150-mark paper; no interview

    Recruitment tests

Notes

Tamil Nadu Teaching Posts — Study material for this exam

A reading list by component.
ComponentWhat to work from
Child development and pedagogyA standard TET pedagogy text and the CTET papers.
TET contentThe state board textbooks for classes I to V or VI to VIII.
Tamil gateThe state board Tamil textbooks for the ninth and tenth standards.
SGT main paperThe state board textbooks to the tenth standard in Tamil, English, mathematics, science and social science.
BT Assistant main paperThe undergraduate curriculum of the subject.
PG Assistant main paperThe postgraduate curriculum of the subject, a B.Ed methodology text, and a general knowledge digest.

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