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One test qualifies, one selects, and in recent cycles both have contributed to the final score.
Telangana Teaching Posts · checked 19 September 2026
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.
Checked 19 September 2026
Telangana TET — Paper I for classes I to V, Paper II for classes VI to VIII
DSC or Teacher Recruitment Test, for government school posts
Recruited separately by the residential educational institutions board
The teacher training qualification prescribed for the post — D.El.Ed, B.Ed or the subject equivalent
Pattern
| Test | Purpose | Format | What it produces |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telangana TET | Eligibility to teach at a level | Objective, Paper I or Paper II | A lifetime-valid pass, and a score that has carried weightage |
| Recruitment test (DSC) | Competitive selection to government school posts | Objective | The merit list for appointment |
| Residential institutions recruitment | Selection to gurukul schools and colleges | Objective, own pattern | A separate merit list under a separate board |
The qualifying percentage for the eligibility test is relaxed for reserved categories, and the relaxation is set in the notification. But qualifying is the low bar. Where the eligibility score contributes weightage to selection, the useful target is a high score rather than a pass, and the difference between the two is a few weeks of preparation taken seriously.
TGPSC revises paper structure, marks, syllabus detail and eligibility between recruitment cycles, and has done so more than once in recent years. Everything here describes the shape the recruitment has held; the notification for the cycle you are sitting is the document that decides it. Read it end to end before you plan around any figure.
The sequencing implication is simple and widely ignored. Sit the eligibility test as early as you are qualified to, prepare for it as though the score counts, and use the gap before a recruitment notification to build subject depth rather than to wait. Candidates who postpone the eligibility test until a recruitment is announced end up preparing for both papers in the same weeks, which is the worst available arrangement.
Exam resources
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