Tribune News Service
Faridkot, December 29
Days after around one lakh candidates appeared for the Punjab State Teacher Eligibility Test (TET), the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) has announced it will charge Rs 450 per question as processing fee from general category candidates who want to challenge the provisional TET-2021 answer key.
For reserved category candidate the fee is Rs 300 per question. The candidates can challenge the answer key till January 2, 2022.
Many candidates alleged that the fee imposed by the PSEB was aimed to discourage them in challenging the answer key. The exam was conducted offline in two shifts on December 24 across various exam centres in the state. The test had two papers — Paper 1 for candidates who intend to be a teacher for Class I to V, Paper 2 for those candidates who intend to be a teacher for Class VI to VIII.
The general category candidates were charged Rs 900 for one paper and Rs 600 was charged from the reserved category candidates.
The PSEB would release the final answer key for each paper after getting objections on the provisional TET answer key, said the authorities.
The fixing of fee at Rs 450 per question for raising an objection in the provisional answer key would discourage us, alleged numerous candidates. However, the PSEB authorities said the fee for challenging the answer key was fixed to avoid unwarranted objections.
There’s always high scope of mistakes in the answer key and the provisional answer key has been released to rectify these mistakes.
The results of National Talent Search Examination (NTSE), declared by the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCSERT) this year had stirred a controversy as hundreds of students were not satisfied with the outcome and had demanded rechecking of their answersheets. After rechecking, marks increased by 200 to 300 per cent of a majority of students.
Challenging TET answer key to cost Rs450 per question
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