SET (State Eligibility Test) : ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

According to certain studies, the current generation are getting wiser and smarter, in comparison with the older generation. The method of teaching and the knowledge attainment has been going through an evolution process. In order to ensure the standards of teaching and the upcoming teachers, Government decided to conduct certain eligibility tests which were not mandatory once. KTET, SET, etc. are all eligibility tests which come under this category.

SET or State Eligibility Test is an exam conducted by Kerala government for the teachers who are striving to become Higher Secondary or Vocational Higher Secondary Teachers.

Scheme of Exam

2 Categories

• Paper 1 – General Knowledge & Teaching Aptitude
• Paper 2 – Core Subject

Subjects

Arabic, Botany, Chemistry, Commerce, Economics, English, French, Geography, Geology, German, Hindi, History, Home Science, Journalism, Latin, Malayalam, Mathematics, Music, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Russian, Sanskrit, Social Work, Sociology, Statistics, Urdu, Zoology, Biotechnology.

Minimum Percentage of Marks

Eligibility criteria

• Candidates who have acquired DLEd/LTTCin Arabic, Urdu and Hindi but do not have B.Ed. Degree are eligible to apply for SET.
• For the subject Biotechnology, those who have Masters degree in Biotechnology with not less than 50% marks or equivalent grade and B.Ed. degree in natural science are eligible for applying SET.
• Those who have acquired II class Master’s Degree in Communicative English with not less than 50% marks or equivalent grade and B.Ed. are eligible to appear for SET in English.
• For the subjects Commerce, French, German, Geology, Home Science, Journalism, Latin, Music, Philosophy, Psychology, Russian, Social Work, Sociology, Statistics and Syriac candidates need not acquire B.Ed. Degree for applying for the State Eligibility Test.
• For Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Botany and Zoology, those having MSc. Ed Degree in the subjects concerned with not less than 50% marks or equivalent grade from any one of the Regional Institutes of Education sponsored by the NCERT are eligible to apply. For Botany and Zoology, those having MSc. Ed Degree in Life Science (with not less than 50% marks or equivalent grade) from any one of the Regional Institutes of Education are also eligible.
• Those who have acquired Master's Degree in the subjects concerned with not less than 50% marks or equivalent grade and B.Ed. degree in any discipline from any one of the universities in Kerala or have acquired these qualifications from any other university recognized as equivalent thereto are eligible to apply for the SET exam.