Decision on REET Validity: Rajasthan government has taken a big decision in the interest of REET candidates. The Gehlot government on Saturday decided to make the Rajasthan Teacher Eligibility Test ‘REET’ valid for life. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot told through social media that in view of the wider public interest in the meeting of the state cabinet held at the Chief Minister’s residence, amendment in section 90-A of Rajasthan Land Revenue Act, keeping the validity of REET exam for life, teachers of primary and upper primary schools. It has been decided to make recruitment through competitive examination.
He tweeted, “The cabinet has decided to amend the Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Rules 1996 to determine the procedure and methodology for direct recruitment of primary and upper primary teacher posts.”
With this decision of the cabinet, the selection for the post of teacher in primary and upper primary school will be done on the basis of merit of marks obtained by conducting competitive examination by the authorized agency. Till now this selection was done on the basis of REET scores.
With this decision, the selection of more qualified teachers of primary and upper primary level will be done with complete transparency from the agency fixed by the state government. Along with this, the cabinet also decided that the validity of Rajasthan Teacher Eligibility Test ‘REET’ in the state will now be lifelong.