General Information:

This is for information that the youths of the state who are permanent residents of Assam and
aspiring to take up teaching as a profession at elementary level may apply to appear in the Pre-Entry Test
(PET)-2023 for admission into 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education (D.El.Ed.) course for the
session 2023-2025inthe NCTE recognised Teacher Education Institutes (TEIs) of the state.
It is to be noted that acquiring of this diploma by a person will not automatically be enable to claim
for recruitment in any Govt. elementary schools.
Applications are therefore, invited from the intending candidates having aptitude to serve with
dedication as teachers in Elementary Schools for admission into the 2-yearDiploma in Elementary
Education (D.El.Ed.) course for the session 2023-2025.
Admission will be open for each Teacher Education Institute (i.e. DIET, CTE, Normal School, BTC
and Private Institutes). District wise merit list will be prepared and allotment will be made in Teacher
Education Institutes (TEIs) in the districts as per merit and availability of seats. In each district there will
be reservation of 30% of total seats for candidates having Science stream and 70% of total seats for Arts
& other streams.

Course Structure:
The course will be of 2-year duration consisting of 4 semesters.
Eligibility Criteria for applying for Pre-Entry Test(PET)-2023:
i) The candidate must have passed Higher Secondary (HS) [10+2] examination from
recognized Boards/Councils with at least 50% marks in aggregate excluding marks secured in the
optional/extra/fourth subject.
[For candidates belonging to SC/ST(P)/ST(H) category there will be relaxation of 5% of
marks in aggregate excluding marks secured in the optional/extra/fourth subject].
ii) The candidate must be a permanent resident of Assam.
iii) The candidate must not be less than 18 years and not more than 34 years as on 1 st July,
2023. There will be relaxation by 2 years in upper age for candidates belonging to SC, ST(P) &
ST(H) categories.

How to Apply: Candidates can apply online to appear in the Pre-Entry Test (PET)-2023 by
logging into the portal https://www.scertpet.co.in

Application Fees: Rs. 600.00 (Rupees Six Hundred Only) for all categories to be paid online
through Internet Banking/Debit Card/Credit Card etc. during online submission of application form.

Selection Procedure:
The candidates will have to appear in the Pre-Entry Test (PET)-2023 of 100 marks
comprising of 100 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ). District wise Merit list of the candidates will
be prepared on the basis of marks secured in Pre-Entry Test (PET) by the candidates.

Total Intake Capacity for conducting the course is 4200.

 Course Fee:
i. For Govt. TEIs i.e. DIET/CTE/Normal School/BTC payable per semester:
Admission fee : Rs.50/- to be paid at the time of admission.
Tution fee : Rs.50/- per month.
Examination fee : Rs. 800/- for each regular semester end evaluation.
(To be paid at the : Rs.100/- per paper for repeaters in semester end evaluation.
time of form fill up for .
each semester end
evaluation) :
Electricity charges : (i) Rs.35/- per month for the candidates staying in the hostel.
(ii) Rs. 25/- per month for the candidates staying outside.
ii. For Private Institutes payable per semester:-
Total fees is Rs 27,000/- (Twenty Seven Thousand) only per year. It includes admission,
tuition fees etc.
Mode of payment for candidates selected for admission: Will be notified later on.

N.B. Admission fee as well as tuition fee will be deposited in the Govt. exchequer by The Principals
of TEIs through Treasury Challan in the head of account “0202’’-Education. The divisible pool formed by
the examination fee will be shared by SBTE and TEIs @ Rs 400/- each.

POST ADMISSION CRITERIA:

(i) A student who is found absent from classes continuously for 5 (five) working days and
students whose attendance is found to be below 80% of total 15 (fifteen) working days from the
very first day of class of the session then his/her admission will be cancelled by the concerned
Principal and vacancies caused thereof shall be filled up from the waiting lists. However, if a
student cannot attend classes for his/her health problem in that case he/she will have to intimate the
concerned Principal in written form along with medical certificate for consideration.
(ii) Students whose attendance is below 75% of the total working days of a semester will
not be allowed to appear in the semester end evaluation.
(iii) Hostel accommodation will be provided free of cost subject to availability of hostels and seats.
However, the students will have to carry their bedding, bucket, mug, dish, glass, etc. for their personal
use. In the event of non-availability of hostel facilities, the candidates will have to arrange their
accommodation themselves.
iv) Cost of food will have to be borne by the students themselves.
v) Breaking of any institutional discipline will be dealt with strictly which may cause
disqualification for appearing in the semester end evaluation/s.
vi) A student has to secure 50% of total marks to pass for each internal and external paper of
semester end evaluation of 2-year D.El.Ed. Course.
vii) If a student fails in certain papers in a semester end evaluation in that case, he/she can repeat
maximum 3 (three) papers. If a student fails in more than 3 (three) papers then he/she will have to appear
for the entire papers of the concerned semester. Unsuccessful students of any semester will be given only
TWO more chances consecutively to clear the concerned semester by appearing together with the next
semester end evaluation. Moreover, there is a provision of re-evaluation of answer scripts with an
application fee of Rs. 300/- per paper.
 District wise list of Teacher Education Institutes (TEIs):

Sl.
No
District Name of Teacher Education Institutes (TEIs)

1 DIET, Barpeta, Howly

2 Normal School, Howly
3 BTC, Chenga
4 Barpeta BTC, Howly
5 Bajali Teachers' Training College. (Private)
6 Ataur Rahman College of Education. (Private)
7 Barpeta B.T. College. (Private)
8 DIET, Bongaigaon
Bongaigaon
9 Normal School, Bongaigaon
10 DIET, Cachar, Udharbond
Cachar
11 Normal School, Silchar
12 DIET, Darrang, Dalgaon
Darrang
13 BTC, Dalgaon
14 Dhemaji DIET, Dhemaji
15 DIET, Dhubri, Golakganj
Dhubri
16 BTC, Golakganj
17 DIET, Dibrugarh, Chabua
Dibrugarh
18 BTC, Chabua
Dima DIET, Dima Hasao, Haflong
19
Hasao
20 DIET, Goalpara, Dudhnoi
Goalpara
21 BTC, Dudhnoi
22 DIET, Golaghat, Dergaon
Golaghat
23 BTC, Dergaon
24 DIET, Hailakandi
25 Hailakandi BTC, Hailakandi
26 Dr. Shashi Bhushan Institute of Education. (Private)
27 Tinsukia DIET, Tinsukia
28 DIET, Jorhat, Titabor
Jorhat
29 Normal School, Jorhat
30 Majuli BTC, Ravanapara, Majuli
31 DIET, Kamrup
32 BTC, Rangia

33 Kamrup West Guwahati College of Education,Maligaon, Guwahati. (Private)

34 BaihataChariali B.Ed. College, Kamrup. (Private)

35 College of Education, Boko, Kamrup. (Private)

Karbi BTC, Diphu

36
Anglong
Sl.
No
District Name of Teacher Education Institutes (TEIs)
37 DIET, Karimganj, Kaliganj
38 BTC, Kaliganj
Karimganj
39 Patharkandi College of Education, Karimganj. (Private)
40 Vivekananda College of Education. (Private)
41 DIET, Kokrajhar, GourangNwgwr
42 Kokrajhar BTC, Kokrajhar
43 Gossaigaon B.Ed. College,Kokrajhar. (Private)
44 DIET, Lakhimpur, Azad
45 Lakhimpur Normal School, Dhakuakhana
46 BTC, Azad
47 DIET, Morigaon
Morigaon
48 College of Education, Morigaon (Private)
49 DIET, Nagaon, Samaguri
50 CTE, Nagaon
51 Normal School, Nagaon
52 Nagaon BTC, Raha
53 Krishna Bora B.Ed. College, Lanka, Hojai. (Private)
54 HAM-AK Rural College of Education. (Private)
55 Kaliabor College of Education, Kuwaritol. (Private)
56 DIET, Nalbari, Karia
57 Nalbari BTC, Nalbari

58 SDP College of Teacher Education, Tihu, Nalbari. (Private)

59 DIET, Sivasagar
60 Sivasagar BTC, Sonari
61 BTC, Joysagar
62 DIET, Sonitpur, Biswanath Chariali
63 CTE, Tezpur
Sonitpur
64 Normal School, Sootea
65 Biswanath College of Education,BiswanathChariali. (Private)
Total

NB: DIET-District Institute of Education and Training

CTE-College of Teacher Education
BTC-Basic Training Centre
 IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO THE CANDIDATES:

IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO THE CANDIDATES:

A) After declaration of district wise result with score & category wise rank, online
counseling will be held where candidates will have to mandatorily give their preferences
of TEIs where he/she intends to study. However, candidates will be allotted in their
preferred TEI based on their score and category.
B) In each district 30% of total intake capacity will be reserved for candidates having Science
stream and 70% for Arts &other streams. District wise merit list of candidates for (i)
Science and (ii) Arts & other streams will be prepared separately as per reservation policy.
C) Reservation of seats for the candidates belonging to reserved categories including
OBC/MOBC, SC/ST(P)/ST(H)/Person with Disability (PWD)/ EWS will be as per
Reservation Policy.
D) The following categories of Person with Disability (PWD) will be considered for
admission subject to maintenance of benchmark disability that means a person
with not less than forty per cent:
i. Visually Impaired (VI)
ii. Hearing Impaired (HI)
iii. Orthopedically Handicapped (OH)
 Original Documents needs to be produced by the selected
Candidates at the time of document verification in concerned Teacher Education
Institutes (TEIs)

i. Certificate for proof of age. (Admit Card of H.S.L.C. / equivalent examination)

ii. Pass Certificate & Mark sheet of Higher Secondary (HS) [10+2]
iii. Certificate of Caste (if any) from Competent Authority.
iv. Document to proof that he/she is permanent resident of Assam.
v. Person with Disability (PWD) & EWS certificate (if any) issued from the Competent
Authority.
vi. All the selected candidates have to submit an undertaking to the principals of the
concerned TEIs in Rs.10/- court fee paper with their signature as follows-:----

“I do here by declared that I have not taken any admission in other regular courses except
2-year Diploma in Elementary Education (D.El.Ed.) Course for the session 2023-25. The
authority may cancel my candidature immediately with disciplinary action if anyone produce
evidence of my engagement in any other regular courses or department in the same academic
year and in the event of any information/document being found false or not satisfying any of the
stipulated eligibility criteria for the course.”

Signature:

Full Name

Date:

Address:

(N.B.: Candidate who fails to submit original relevant documents will not be admitted.)
 QUESTION PATTERN, MARKING SYSTEM & FILLING OF OMR SHEET

And SYLLABUS for Pre-Entry Test (PET)-2023 for Admission into 2-year D.El.Ed. Course,
2023-2025

The Test shall have Two Sections: Section-I and Section-II

Total Marks-100
Time- 2 hours
Type of question----------------------MCQ
Number of question -----------------100
Mark carried by each question----- 1

Filling of OMR SHEET and Marking system:

There will be four sets of Question Booklet (A/B/C/D). Candidate will have to
answer only one Question Booklet. Candidate should note that OMR Answer Sheet shall be
used for indicating the answers. The evaluation of OMR sheet will be done with the help of
software. No manual evaluation of OMR sheet shall be done. The performance of the
candidates shall be evaluated both on the basis of correct and incorrect responses recorded
on the OMR sheet. For each correct response 1 (one) mark will be secured by the candidate.
There will be negative marking for every incorrect response. For every incorrect response,
0.25 mark shall be deducted from the marks secured by the candidate for correct responses.
If more than one response is given to a question then the answer will be treated as incorrect
response.While appearing in the test candidates should follow the instructions given in the
Question Booklet, OMR sheet & Admit Card and carefully fill up the relevant particulars like
Roll No., Question Booklet set (A/B/C/D) etc. Use only Black or Blue Ball point pen while
filling the choices in OMR Sheet.

Section: I : 35 Marks
A. General English : 10 Marks
B. General Knowledge : 15 Marks
C. Reasoning : 10 Marks

Section: II : 65 Marks
A. General Mathematics : 15 Marks
B. General Science & EVS : 15 Marks
C. Social Science : 20 Marks
D. Language (Assamese/Bangla/Bodo) : 15 Marks
 Section-I

A. General English: vocabulary, tenses, verbs, preposition, comprehension, voice-change,

narration, adverbs, synonyms, antonyms.
B. General Knowledge: Current affairs, who is who, abbreviations, constitution of India,
History of Assam, Inventions and discoveries, Sports. Art and culture, Every day Science,
World Organizations, Geography of India, Educational Commissions and Committees,
New Educational Initiatives, Educational Organizations.
C. Reasoning: Logical and analytical reasoning, pattern etc.

Section-II

A. Mathematics :

➢ Numbers: Natural, whole, even and odd numbers, prime and composite numbers, place
value, four fundamental operations of number, factors and multiples, prime factors, LCM
and HCF, ascending and descending order.
➢ Fractions: Concept of fraction and its uses.
➢ Percentage: Concept of percentage, solving problems involving percentage, profit and loss.
➢ Money: Concept of money, solving problems involving money.
➢ Geometry: Angles, types of angles, types of triangle, types of quadrilateral, circle.
➢ Measurement: Length, area, volume and perimeter of different geometrical figures,
Measurement of weight and time.
➢ Data handling: Representation of data, bar diagram, Pie diagram.
➢ Square & square root: Concept of square root, solving problems involving square root.
➢ Ratio and proportion.
➢ Simple algebraic equation.

B. Science & Environmental Science :

➢ Natural and Social Environment.

➢ Factors influencing environment.
➢ Causes of environmental degradation: Air, water, sound and soil pollution.
➢ Bio-diversity.
➢ Environmental Issues: Flood, erosion, earthquake, deforestation, population explosion.
➢ Environmental protection- Constitutional provision, Protection Acts, Role of individual
and local bodies, NGOs and Government.
➢ Different states and characteristics of matter, physical and chemical change.
➢ Chemical reaction.
➢ Force, energy, motion.
➢ Cell--Plant and animal cell, structures.
➢ Adaptation in plants, reproduction in plants.
➢ Microorganism.
➢ Heat and temperature, measurement of temperature.
➢ Acid, Bases and Salt.
➢ Light and Reflections.
➢ Weather and climate.
➢ Respiration in organism and in plants.
C. Social Science:

➢ Natural and human resources.

➢ Atmosphere and its different layers.
➢ Freedom movement of India and role of India.
➢ Constitution of India and its importance.
➢ Democracy and its principles.
➢ Rise and fall of Ahom kingdom.
➢ Ancient urban civilization.
➢ Government: State and Central.
➢ Earth and its structure.
➢ Consumer protection and right.
➢ Role of financial institutions in socio economic development of the society.
➢ Transport and communication.
➢ Agricultural and Industrial development.
➢ India after independence.
➢ Contribution of medieval administrators on socio economic development in Assam.

D. Language:

➢ Objectives of Language learning .

➢ Importance of language learning.
➢ Application of phrases and idioms.
➢ Skills of language learning (listening, speaking, reading and writing skill).
➢ Methods of language teaching.
➢ Difference between home language and mother tongue.
➢ Suffix, prefix, gender, coalescence of two words according to rules of grammar (sandhi).
➢ The verb and number (singular and plural).
➢ Reading Comprehension Test.
➢ Nattabidhi, Sattabidhi.
 INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATE

HOW TO APPLY

Candidates must submit their application forms through online mode only by visiting the
official site i.e., https://scertpet.co.in. No other forms of application will be entertained.

Candidates must follow the following steps during submission of Online Applications
❖ Register in the Portal using valid mobile number.
(Note: Candidates are advised to keep the mobile number unchanged
until the admission process is over)
❖ After successful registration candidates will fill the details as per the
application form.
❖ After Successful submission of application and payment is made, the
applicant will get an Acknowledgement Receipt consisting of unique
Application ID.
❖ Candidates must keep the Application ID/Registration ID until the
Admission Process is over.

Candidates will be required to upload scanned copies of the following documents:

a) Passport Size Photograph: -

Please pay attention to upload good quality passport size photograph. Poor quality of
photograph uploaded will lead to rejection of your application. The admit card will be printed
with the photograph you uploaded.
i. The photograph must be in color.
ii. The file format should be JPEG.
iii. The maximum file size should be100 kb (kilo bytes).
b) Signature: -
i. Please put your signature with a black or dark blue ink on a white paper.
ii. The file format should be JPEG.
iii. Dimension of signature image should be 3.5cm (width) x 2.5cm (height).
iv. The maximum file size should be100 kb (kilo bytes).
c) Other document:-
i. Admit Card of Class 10. The maximum file size should be450 kb (kilo bytes). The
file format should be PDF.
ii. Mark sheet of Higher Secondary (HS) [10+2] examination. The maximum file size
should be450 kb (kilo bytes).The file format should be PDF.

Incomplete/ defective/ invalid application will be summarily rejected.

N.B. Candidates can download the Admit Card from the SCERT official website by
entering their Application ID/Mobile number & Date of Birth.
 IMPORTANT DATES

1. Opening of Online Submission of Applications 25th July, 2023

Closing of Online Submission of Applications with fee

2. 14th August, 2023
payment

3. Downloading of ADMIT Card From 1st September,2023 onwards

4. Date of Pre-Entry Test (PET)-2023 10th September, 2023 (Sunday)

5. Declaration of Result 20th September, 2023

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