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Tamil Nadu Teaching Posts Syllabus

Two syllabuses that overlap but are not the same. The eligibility test asks whether you can teach; the recruitment test asks how well you know the subject at the level of the post.

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Tamil Nadu Teaching Posts: the facts that matter now

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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
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Teachers Recruitment Board, Tamil Nadu
Conducted by
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TNTET — two papers of 150 marks, no negative marking, valid for life
Eligibility test
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SGT, BT Assistant and PG Assistant — a Tamil gate of 50 marks, then a 150-mark paper; no interview
Recruitment tests

Syllabus

Tamil Nadu Teaching Posts — What the syllabus covers

TNTET — child development and pedagogy: Thirty questions in each paper: development, learning and its theories, the diverse learner, inclusive education, assessment. The part of the test national material covers well.
TNTET — languages: Language I in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada or Urdu, and Language II English, thirty questions each: comprehension, grammar, vocabulary and the pedagogy of the language.
TNTET Paper I — mathematics and environmental studies: Thirty questions each on the classes I to V curriculum, content and pedagogy.
TNTET Paper II — the stream: Sixty questions on mathematics and science or on social science, on the classes VI to VIII curriculum, content and pedagogy.
Recruitment — Part A, Tamil: Thirty questions of tenth-standard Tamil in thirty minutes for fifty marks: grammar, vocabulary, comprehension, literature. Qualifying at 40 per cent.
Recruitment — Part B, by post: SGT: Tamil, English, mathematics, science and social science at tenth standard, thirty each. BT Assistant: the undergraduate syllabus of the subject. PG Assistant: the postgraduate syllabus of the subject for 110 marks, educational methodology 30, general knowledge 10.