Garo schools get a boost as 13 local youths crack TET

Educating children in Garo medium schools in Assam bordering Meghalaya was a big problem some time back because teachers here were not qualified in Teachers’ Eligibility Test (TET), a recognition that was made mandatory for teaching in schools a decade back. But all that has changed now, thanks to the initiative of an educator, who helped train local Goro-speaking youths and 13 out of 33 of them cleared the TET exam conducted by the state government in October. The youths can now take up teaching assignments in government Garo-medium schools.