The Teacher Eligibility Test which was conducted on Friday had very less pass percentage. Only twenty five percent of candidates aiming to be government teachers cleared. Around 2.51 lakh applied but only 63,000  cleared the test.

The pass percentage slipped from 28.5 in the test held in 2014 by the the undivided AP government. Dasari Sharadavani from Karimnagar topped the maths and science categories, and T. Hari Babu from Hyderabad bagged the first position in Social Studies category.

The pass percentage for Paper I was 54.41 with Snehalatha Urati from Medak secured at the top.

G. Kishan, commissioner and director, school education, said the way was clear for conducting teacher recruitment tests.

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By M. Divya Shri