Maharashtra TET scheduled for June 21

The TET examination holds significance as the Supreme Court of India in 2025 ruled that all aspiring and in-service teachers must pass the test within two years. In-service teachers risk facing compulsory retirement if they do not pass the test. Only teachers who have less than five years of service remaining have been exempted from this test.

In January this year, the Maharashtra government also declared that teachers who have not passed the TET will not be eligible for promotions.

Teachers in schools of all mediums, boards, and managements whether government, private aided or unaided, are required to appear for the test.

The test was last held in December 2025, with a record high passing rate of over 11 per cent. Historically, the test has seen extremely low passing percentages. In the years preceding the latest test, the passing percentage did not cross 5 per cent. The increasing in passing rate in the December 2025 test was attributed to the Supreme Court ruling.

Teachers organisations have held multiple protests in cities like Pune, Mumbai, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, against the TET being made mandatory by the Supreme Court.