Andhra Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test (AP TET)

Department of School Education, Andhra Pradesh will conduct the APTET exam for all the candidates who aspire to become a teacher. All the eligible candidate can apply for APTET 2020 from February 26, in online mode. The last date to apply for APTET is March 26, 2020. The exam will be conducted for two papers – paper – I for primary stage (class- I to V) and paper- II for elementary stage (class- VI to VIII). Candidates who will qualify APTET 2020 exam will be awarded TET Eligibility Certificate, which will be valid for 7 years. However, only 20% weightage will be given to TET scores in the Teacher Recruitment of the State Government. 

AP TET Paper 1 Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria for Paper – I

AP TET Paper 2 Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria for Paper- II (A) – Mathematics/Science/Social Studies Teachers                                                  

Paper – II (A) – Language Teachers

Paper- II (B) – Physical Education Teachers                                                       

Paper-II (B)- School Assistant- Physical Education/Physical Education Teachers              

Mode of Application : Online

The application form of APTET 2020 is available in online mode on February 26. Before filling the application form, candidates must ensure that they meet the eligibility criteria of APTET 2020 as prescribed by the authorities. In order to apply online, candidates will have to pay the application fee of Rs. 500 and upload their signature and photograph according to the prescribed specifications. After this they need to fill all the basic details. Candidates must go through the following steps to the APTET 2020 application form.

Steps to fill the online application form of APTET 2020

•    Payment of fee

Candidates are required to pay the fee of Rs. 500 through the payment gateway. Once the payment has been received, candidates will get one journal number which indicates that payment has been made successfully.

APTET Application Fee                                                                                                                           

•    Uploading of photograph and  signature

After payment of fees, candidates need to enter their journal number, date of payment and date of birth and then they will have to upload their scanned photograph and signature as per the specifications. Candidates also need to read and put a tick on the declaration as well as enter the verification code. After completing all these, they can press on the upload option and the photograph and signature will be uploaded.

The specifications to upload signature and photograph is given below:

Instructions for uploading the photograph and signature

•    The dimension of the photograph should be 3.5 x 3.5 cm

•    The size of the photograph must not be more than 50kb

•    Candidates must make sure that the signature and photograph must be .jpeg format

•    The signature must be done on a white paper with a black pen

•   Candidates have to upload their signature in the space of 1.5 cm (given in the application     form), make sure it is within that space/box

•    Filling up of all the  required details

After uploading, candidates are required to fill in all the important details related to them such as name, category, address and educational qualification in the APTET 2020 application form.

•    Preview

After filling all the information in the APTET application form 2020, candidates must go through the form in order to check if there is any error or not. In case, you need to edit any details then press on the edit option or else submit the form. After final submission, candidates will get one reference ID which must be noted down for any future reference.

•    Printout of the filled  application form

On completion and submission, candidates are advised to take a printout of the filled application form of APTET 2020 for their own reference and also save one copy. They do not require to send the printout of the application form via post to the authorities.

AP TET Paper 1 Exam Pattern

Exam Pattern of APTET 2020- Paper – I                                                                                                                        

AP TET Paper 2 Exam Pattern

APTET Exam Pattern 2020 – Paper – II (A)                                                                             

APTET Exam PATTERN 2020 – Paper- II (B)                                                                                  

The admit card of APTET 2020 will be available in online mode ten days before the date of examination. Candidates who have successfully submitted the application form will only be able to download their admit card. The APTET admit card 2020 will contain details such as name, roll number, date of birth, the name of the paper applied for, the timing of the exam, the address of the exam centre and instructions to be followed on exam day. Candidates can access their admit card by entering their roll number and password/date of birth in the login window. Along with the admit card of APTET 2020, candidates are also required to carry one photo ID card. In order to download the admit card of APTET

APTET Answer Key 2020 will be released for the exam conducted for paper – I and II after the exam is conducted. Candidates can go through the answer key of APTET in order to get an idea of how well they have performed in the exam. By referring to the APTET 2020 answer key, candidates can calculate the expected marks they will score in the exam. After the conduction of exam, a provisional answer key will be released while the final answer key will be released once the examination authorities will have evaluated the answer keys.

Department of School Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh will declare the APTET result 2020 in the last week of October in online mode on its official website. Candidates can download their result by entering their roll number and password/date of birth in the login window. The result of APTET 2020 will include name of the candidate, application number and total marks secured. Only those candidates will qualify APTET 2020 who will score more than or equal to the qualifying marks as decided by the exam conducting body.

The qualifying marks for each category is mentioned in the table below: