Chennai: Nearly three months after taking the special Teachers’ Eligibility Test, and two days after Madras High Court lifted an interim stay on the declaration of results, lakhs of in-service teachers in Tamil Nadu are still awaiting their results, with time running out to meet a Supreme Court deadline .
Around 2.26 lakh in-service teachers took the test conducted by the Teachers Recruitment Board (TRB) in July this year in the wake of a Sept 2025 Supreme Court order mandating teachers with more than five years of service to clear the test by Aug 31, 2028. Teachers are required to clear the test (papers 1 and 2) to be considered eligible to teach Classes 1-8. The notification for the exam will be released along with the results,” the official said. The govt should have been ready with the results at least by Aug and could have released it when the court lifted the stay,” said S Natramizhan from Secondary Grade Teachers’ Association.
An official from the TRB said that efforts were underway to get the results soon. Teachers, however, said high court stay should not have led to further delay. Initially, the Madras high court had ordered an interim stay in July over petitions from teachers’ associations to reduce the qualifying marks and add marks based on service. “Now that the stay has been lifted, the results are being processed. There will be another special TET in Dec this year. “The high court only ordered a stay in July to publish the results, not to keep them ready.