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I want to teach students in various classes upto higher secondary level. I want to know what qualification is required for being eligible for teaching such students. Please reply.

If you are interested in teaching senior students then you must have passed graduation with minimum of 50% marks. After that you should complete B.Ed which is 1 year course for teacher training. When passed in this now you are eligible for CTET. After qualifying CTET you are eligible to teach students upto higher secondary level in government school.

Recruitment of teachers in school approved by Central Board of Secondary Education is carried out on the basis of common entrance exam, called Central Teacher Eligibility Test(CTET).

A pass in higher secondary examination with 50 % marks along with Diploma in Elementary Education is the minimum eligibility for this exam.

The exam is conducted separately for Primary stage and Elementary Stage

The eligibility is mentioned below;

> Candidate must be a citizen of India.

> Candidates must be attained 18 years of age and must not attained 39 years of age.

> Candidates must have completed their graduation in only B.Ed discipline.

> Candidates must apply for Teachers Eligibility Test which is conducted by Andhra Pradesh government.

> Candidate must secure minimum 55% of marks.

> Candidate must have studied any one subjects from Science, Hindi, Telugu, Mathematics, Social Studies and English.

For teaching any class up to higher secondary level you must have to qualify at least your graduation with a minimum of 45% marks from any well recognized university or institute. Also for teaching in the school you must have to qualify the STET(School Teacher Eligibility Test). So complete your graduation in any of your interested field and then apply for the teacher job after qualifying STET. Along with the education qualifications you must have a good personality and good communication skills. At last for getting a teacher job you have to face an interview. After clearing the interview you will get teacher's job offer by the school.

To become teacher in government schools you need to appear and qualify in TET examination.

TET examination is conducted for recruitment of candidates in teaching jobs and the eligibility to appear for examination is candidate must have passed bachelor degree and have B.Ed degree from any recognised university.

The examination is conducted by Central as well as State government.

To become teacher in private schools you can visit the school for eligibility criteria for the recruitment.

Minimum qualification required to teach the students of Higher Secondary School is to pursue Masters course in particular subject of your field with at least 50% marks and 45% for reserved categories as per government rules from recognised University.
You have to crack the National Eligibility Entrance Exam that is conducted by UGC( Union Grants Commission).

To become teacher in secondary or higher secondary level, candidates need to have B.Ed degree and must be TET qualified.
To become teacher in Higher secondary, candidates need to have postgraduate degree in that course in which the candidate wants to become teacher.
TET stands for Teacher Eligibility Test.
It is conducted by Central as well as state government.

The candidates who have qualified State TET are recruited directly by Education department of state government.
CBSE conduct CTET(Central Teacher Eligibility Test) on behalf of Central Government.
The candidate qualified in CTET need to respond to the vacancy announced by CBSE affiliated college and prove himself among other candidates to get recruited.

As mentioned in post, you have completed Master degree, so you should go for B.Ed course if not completed then for TET to get recruited at the post of teacher in any school.

To teach students upto Higher Secondary level you should have passed TET(Teacher Eligibility Test) and eligibility criteria for appearing in TET:-

Graduation with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in Bachelor in Education (B.Ed).

Then you eligible to teach Higher secondary .