Over 9,800 candidates cleared the primary TET on Monday after the West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBBPC) announced the results of the exam conducted in January last year. Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) was conducted to recruit school teachers for classes 1 to 5. A total of 2,89,344 candidates had applied for the exam while 1,89,814 appeared for it.
WBBPC President Manik Bandyopadhyay said that only 9,896 candidates had cleared the exam. He said, ‘Our chief minister wants TET to be done every year and accordingly teachers should be recruited.