SET Exam Mark Distribution, Minimum Qualifying Marks etc.

SET Exam or State Eligibility Test is conducted predominantly to ensure the teaching standards in Higher Secondary Course. The selected candidates will be appointed as Higher Secondary School Teachers and NVT / Non-Vocational Teachers in VHSE. To become a teacher in the Higher secondary section, this qualification is compulsorily needed.

The exam has two major papers: Paper 1 and Paper 2. The first one is a common paper consisting of two major divisions. Part (A) General Knowledge and Part (B) Teaching aptitude. Paper 2 is particularly for the main subject. Subjects include 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, and Biotechnology.

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 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.

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