Over 27,700 Telangana govt teachers fail Teacher Eligibility Test

They have spent at least 10 years teaching the schoolchildren, but failed to qualify the Teacher Eligibility Test (TG TET). This is the academic scenario of thousands of in-service teachers of the government and local body schools in the State who recently appeared for the Telangana TET.

The TG TET January 2026 results declared by the School Education department on Tuesday saw more than 27,700 in-service teachers failing to make the cut. The



statistics released by the department showed that 65,605 in-service teachers appeared and 37,893 qualified, translating the qualifying percentage to 57.76.

More than 50 per cent of the in-service are unsuccessful in Paper-II, conducted to determine eligibility to teach Classes VI to VIII. They recorded a qualifying percentage of 49.13 in Paper-II (Mathematics and Sciences), while 40.72 per cent failed to clear the Paper-II with Social Studies subject.