{"id":1894,"date":"2021-08-11T13:41:36","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T13:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:https:\/\/www.teachmint.com\/glossary\/?p=1894"},"modified":"2022-11-16T05:56:14","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T05:56:14","slug":"tgt-eligibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teachmint.com\/glossary\/t\/tgt-eligibility\/","title":{"rendered":"TGT Eligibility"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The TGT eligibility criteria are quite simplified and clear but let&#8217;s, first of all, understand what TGT is.TGT is one of the most talked-about terms of all time and every teaching aspirant researches deeply about TGT before beginning their journey. TGT stands for <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.teachmint.com\/tgt\/\">Trained Graduate Teacher<\/a><a href=\"http:https:\/\/www.teachmint.com\/glossary\/T\/teacher\/\"> <\/a>and it is often misunderstood to be a course for teachers. However, TGT is an exam that prepares a candidate to be eligible for a teacher role. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Understand and digitize school operations with Teachmint and its features like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachmint.com\/features\/exam-planner\">study planner<\/a> for efficient school management.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TGT is also a title that is assigned to the teachers who have completed their educational qualifications and are all set to be a teacher. The educational qualification that a TGT must fulfill is to hold a graduate degree from a recognized university with a good percentage and a <a href=\"http:https:\/\/www.teachmint.com\/glossary\/educational-terms\/B\/b-ed-college\">B.Ed degree<\/a>. The Trained Graduate Teachers or TGT are eligible to teach students belonging to the primary classes, i.e., students from class first to fifth<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The candidate should not be below the age group of 21 years on the date of applying, otherwise, their application might get rejected, this is a strict rule that comes under TGT eligibility criteria.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><li>The candidate must hold a graduate degree and a B.Ed degree\/BTC degree from a recognized university on the date of application.<\/li><li>The candidate has to cross two stages in order to pass the selection process, the two stages are a written exam and an interview.<\/li><li>TGT eligibility says that the candidates who are citizens of India are eligible to apply for this exam and the candidate not coming under the category of &#8216;citizen of India&#8217; shall not be permitted to apply.<\/li><li>The number of attempts that a candidate may give is not specified by the institutional body.<\/li><li>There is no age limit specified for the candidates applying for TGT.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Above mentioned points shall be taken into consideration in order to qualify for the TGT eligibility criteria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Know more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachmint.com\">LMS portal<\/a> and how it can help in seamless school operations management.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The TGT eligibility criteria are quite simplified and clear but let&#8217;s, first of all, understand what TGT is.TGT is one of the most talked-about terms of all time and every teaching aspirant researches deeply about TGT before beginning their journey. 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