Himachal Pradesh Teachers Eligibility Test (HP TET)

HP TET 2020 - HPBOSE has postponed the HPTET 2020 exam which was scheduled from July 26 due to corona virus outbreak. The further notice for related to the exam dates will be intimated later. The authorities had released the HP TET application form on June 16, 2020. Candidates could fill the application form till July 16in online mode. Earlier, the last date for filling the applictaion form of HPTET was July 6 which was extended till July 10. Candidates can make changes and corrections in the HP TET application form from July 17 to 18 in online mode. The authorities have released the notification PDF on June 12, 2020. HP TET exam is conducted for all the candidates who wish to teach in primary and elementary classes. All the candidates must go through the eligibility criteria before applying for the exam. The eligibility criteria of HP TET is based on two factors – age and educational qualification. Candidates who are eligible can apply for various teaching departments – Shastri, Language Teacher, Punjabi, Urdu, JBT, TGT (Non-Medical/Medical/Arts). HP TET exam is conducted in offline mode and the exam pattern is different for each department. Candidates who will qualify HP TET  exam will be awarded the HP TET eligibility certificate. The certificate will be valid for 7 years and candidates can apply for various teaching posts from class- I to VIII in the schools of Himachal Pradesh.

The eligibility criteria of HP TET is prescribed by the exam conducting body. Candidates must go through the eligibility criteria of HP TET in order to fill the online application form. The eligibility criteria include requirements like age and educational qualification.

HP TET Eligibility Criteria – Age Limit

Himachal Board of School Education as of now has not set any upper age limit for the candidates.

HP TET Eligibility Criteria – Educational Qualification                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Mode of Application : Online

Mode of Payment : Net Banking | Credit Card | Debit Card

Himachal Board of School education released the HP TET application form in online mode for June session. While entering the basic details candidates must be careful as the details entered in the application form will be used in admit card. Also, candidates must go through the eligibility criteria in order to avoid rejection at any later stage. Before the candidates start filling their HP TET application form, they must keep the following ready with them – email ID, contact number, class 10^th certificate, scanned photograph and signature and card details to pay the online fee.

In order to fill the HP TET Application form, candidates must follow these steps:

•    Step 1 - Filling up of basic details    

Candidates are required to fill in the detail such as name, date of birth, father’s/mother’s name, subject that the candidate wishes to appear, contact number, email ID, category etc.

•    Step 2 - Uploading photograph  and signature

After filling all the required details, candidates will have to upload their scanned photograph and signature as per the prescribed specifications.

Instructions to upload signature

• The size of the signature should be less than 15KB
•  The dimension of the signature must be 3.5 x 1.5 cm
• The format of the signature  must be in jpg format
•  Instructions to upload photograph
• The dimension of the photograph must be 3.5 x 4.5 cm
• The size of the image must be     less than 20KB
• Step 3 – Payment of     Application Fee

After completing all the process, candidates will have to pay the application fee of HP TET by using Credit Card/Debit Card or Internet Banking.

Application fee of HP TET                                                                       

•    Step 4 – Printout of HP TET Application form

Before final submission, candidates must go through the filled application form in order to avoid any error. They need to put a tick mark against the declaration to submit the form. After final submission candidates must take a printout of the filled application form and save it for future reference.

Note: The detail entered in the HP TET Application form can be edited only till the payment of fees. After the payment, candidates will not be able to make any changes. 

Application Fees

HP TET Paper 1 Exam Pattern

 HP TET Exam Pattern – JBT (Junior Basic Training) - Section - I                                                                                       

HP TET Exam Pattern – TGT (NM) & (TGT Medical) and (TGT Arts) – Section – I and II                                                                                                       

HP TET Exam Pattern - L.T and Urdu Language Teacher (Section I and II)                                                                                                                                  

HP TET Exam Pattern - Shastri (Section I and II)                                                                                                                                 

HP TET Exam Pattern -  Punjabi

HP TET Exam Pattern - Urdu Language Teacher                                                                                                                               

HP TET Paper 2 Exam Pattern

HP TET Exam Pattern – JBT (Junior Basic Training) - Section II, III, IV and V

HP TET Exam Pattern – TGT (NM) & (TGT Medical) and (TGT Arts) – Section – III and IV                                                                                  

The HP TET Admit Card will be available in online mode. Candidates who have successfully submitted their application form will only be able to download their admit card. To access HP TET admit card, candidates will have to enter their application number and date of birth in the dd-mm-yyyy format in the login window. The admit card of HP TET will have details such as name, photograph, signature, roll number, the address of examination hall and timings of the exam. Candidates will not be allowed to write the HP TET exam, in case they do not have their admit card. In case of any discrepancies in the admit card, candidates must immediately contact the authorities. 

The answer key of HP TET is released by Himachal Board of School Education in online mode at their official website. Initially, the provisional answer key will be published and candidates can challenge the HP TET answer key in case of any discrepancy within the allotted time frame. In order to challenge the answer key of HP TET, candidates need to send valid proof to claim their answer in the specified time period. The final answer key will be published only after the authorities have evaluated all the challenged answer key. candidates can check the correct responses to the questions asked in the entrance exam. Based on the correct and incorrect answers, candidates can calculate their probable scores obtained in HP TET.

Himachal Board of School Education announces the result of HP TET in online mode. Candidates can search their result by entering roll number or application number. HP TET result contains the name, roll number, application number, category and total marks. A total of 14,053 candidates have qualified the exam as per HP TET result for the previous year exam. 

After the announcement of result, candidates are awarded TET eligibility certificate which is valid for 7 years. All the eligible candidates can then apply for class I to VIII in the schools of Himachal Pradesh.