Vani Jha
The Board of Secondary Education Rajasthan will close the window for registration on the Rajasthan Eligibility Examination for Teachers, popularly known as REET 2025, today at midnight. The REET exam is scheduled to take place on February 27 in order to test the eligibility of candidates for Classes 1 to 8.
To ensure the smooth conduct of the exam, the board held several meetings and made some changes to the eligibility test. According to the schedule, the REET exam will be conducted in a single session in two shifts – shift 1 from 10 am to 12.30 pm and shift 2 from 3 pm to 5.30 pm.
RRBSE introduced negative marking and amendments in the OMR rule, besides the decision to conduct the exam in one day. The RBSE REET 2025 will have 5 choices for one question instead of four. Deducting ⅓ of the marks given to a question as a total for every incorrect answer, according to the marking scheme.
REET 2025: Eligibility criteria
This 2025 examination will be done at two different levels. This is because while the REET level 1 examination is a gateway to handing eligibility certificates to applicants who aspire to serve classes 1-5 in a teaching manner, the same authority will conduct level 2 and thereby determine the qualifications of teachers serving in classes 6-8.
Candidates seeking admission into either of the levels will have to pay a registration fee of Rs 550 and those seeking to attempt both papers will have to pay Rs 750. The REET 2025 application form has been placed on the official website, reet2024.co.in.
REET level 1 eligibility
- Senior Secondary or equivalent with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in a 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education,
- Class 12 or equivalent with at least 45% marks and passed 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education, following the NCTE (Recognition, Norms and Procedure) Regulation, 2002.
- Class 12 or equivalent exam with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in 4-year Bachelor of Elementary Education (BElEd).
- Senior secondary or equivalent with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in a 2-year Diploma in Education (Special Education).
- Applicants should have completed graduation and a two-year Diploma in Elementary Education or should be appearing this year.
REET level 2 eligibility
- Candidates should have completed graduation and a two-year Diploma in Elementary Education or should be appearing for this course.
- Applicants who have obtained at least 50% marks either in graduation or postgraduation or appearing in the Bachelor in Education (BEd) final exam this year.
- Graduation completed with at least 45% marks and 1-year BEd degree according to NCTE norms.
- 12th Class or appearing with at least 50% marks or 4-year BElEd
- Senior Secondary or equivalent with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in 4-year BA, BSc Ed or BA Ed, BSc Ed.
- With a minimum of 50% marks in graduation/postgraduation with BEd in Special Education passed/appearing.
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Conclusion
The REET 2025 exam proves vital grounds for all the aspiring teachers of Rajasthan to get eligibility to teach classes 1 to 8. With total updates like negative markings and revised eligibility criteria for the candidates, they must appropriately prepare themselves. Do not miss the opportunity for the midnight registration deadline while taking the first step toward your teaching career. Official website: reet2024.co.in Details for more. All the best to all applicants!