Rc.88 Training Needs Identification Test(TNIT) to All School Assistants

Rc.88 Training Needs Identification Test(TNIT) to All School Assistants, Certain Instructions to School Assistants, Rc No.88/B/Trgs/SCERT/2016 Dt:10/08/2016. Rc.88 issued by the Commossioner of School Education Smt K Sandhyarani. The AP Govt. has decided to conduct online Training Needs Identification Test to all School Assistants.

In view of above test will be conducted for 150 marks in two parts on i) General and ii) School subject and methodology areas. Part.A is for 50 marks and Part.B in 100 marks. The syllabus for those are follows.

Overview of TNIT Exam

TNIT Exam will be held in 2 sessions Every day From 10.00AM To 12.30/pm and 2pm to 4.30pm
School Assts can opt Exam center from 11.8.2016 to 16.8.2016 using Treasury I'd & Date of Birth in CSE website
Exam center will be allowed on First cum First serve
After opting center Hall Ticket may be downloaded
Only one question will be displayed on computer screen at a time with multiple answer
There is no negative marking

TNIT Online Test Time Table

20.8.2016 day 1session 1-- Telugu&Hindi & Urdu & languages
20.8.2016 day 1 session 2-- physical science&biological science
21.8.2016 day 2 session 1-- social&English
21.8.2016 Day2 session 2-- Maths&PD & PET
ToTal candidates To be appeared:: 90423
Reporting Time for Exam -1 hour prior to exam Time
Grace Time To allow for exam-- 15 min from start time of Exam

Training Needs Identification Test (TNIT) to all School Assistants(SAs)

All the District Educational Officers(DEOs) in the Andhra Pradesh State are informed that, the AP Govt. have decided to conduct online Training Needs Identification Test (TNIT) to all School Assistants(SAs) , of all subjects, of all managements, in the State.

Academic Standard wise Results Indicate the need Training for the Teachers

As per GO MS No.20, Education dated 28-03-2016, Common Summative Examinations for 6th to 10th Classes , to undertake common summative examinations for all categories of schools in the state. During 2015-16, the Summative Assessment -Ill was commonly conducted for all Govt managed schools. The academic standard wise results indicate the need for ensuring appropriate training for the teachers to clarify gap areas so that they will be in a better position to support the students to achieve the expected levels of learning.

Training of 32401 Subject Teachers

Vide reference Minutes of the Meeting of the Project Approval Board (PAB) held on 22-4-2016, under the RMSA secondary education program in the Project Appraisal board meeting, Govt.of India approved the training of 32401 Subject Teachers in the State for the year 2016-17

Need for Improving Learning Outcomes

Vide reference Video Conference of Secretary, Literacy & School Education, MHRD, Govt. of India, the Govt. of India proposes to undertake the National Achievement Survey in census mode during 2016-17. In other words, instead of covering a sample of schools of different management, the survey will cover all schools and all students. The learning outcomes of students in AP Schools is far below the National average in English, Science and Modern Indian Languages subjects, as indicated in the National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2015 results and only marginally above national average in Mathematics & Social Sciences subjects. There is a need for improving learning outcomes in the state and addressing the overall gaps in ensuring quality of education.

Training of Private School Teachers

Vide reference Representation of APUSMA, dated:18/5/2015 request for training of Private School Teachers Request letter of Tribal Welfare Dept to Director, SCERT to training their Residential School Teachers School Education Dept. has been receiving requests from other departments and from the private schools management associations to extend the government teacher training to their teachers too.

In the above context it is proposed to conduct the Training Needs Identification Test (TNIT) during August and September 2016 to all School Assistants. The Objective of the TNIT is two fold

to assess the Teachers' knowledge on subject content and methodology to identify difficult gap/areas requiring further support to the teacher.
to design and provide need based trainings to the teachers in those specific areas in respective subjects.

TNIT is proposed to be conducted on 20th and 21st of August, 2016

Based on the TNIT for specific subject teachers, Training modules will be designed and provided in cascade mode for different category of teachers working under different managements. The TNIT is proposed to be conducted on 20th& 21st of August, 2016 in all districts, except Krishna and Guntur. The dates for Krishna and Guntur districts after Krishna Pushakaras will be 10/09/2016 & 11/09/2016

Duration of the Online (TNIT) 2H 30 min

The duration of the online (Computer Based Test) TNIT will be 2 1/2 hours. The Question paper will be in bilingual — English I Telugu for all non-language subjects and for the languages Question papers will be in the concerned language only. The scores will be known immediately after the examination.

The Training Needs Identification Test (TNIT) will be conducted for 150 marks on
i) Part:A General and
ii)Part: B School subject and methodology areas to assess the content needs of the teachers in the State. General area for 50 Marks (33 1/3 % ) and School subject and methodology 100 Marks (66 2/3 %).

A) For School Assistants of all the School subjects:

1) General Areas — Part-A : 50 marks

General Knowledge and Current affairs : 10 marks
Perspective, Class Room management & Inclusive Education for Disabled at School State (IEDSS) : 20 marks
Computer skills : 20 marks

School Subject Areas - Part B :: 100 marks

Concerned School Subject upto Class X (Class VI to X A.P. State Syllabus): 50 marks
Content level raised upto Intermediate (A.P. State Syllabus) 20 marks
Methodology & Pedagogy 30 marks

B) For Physical Education Teachers

General Areas - Part - A :: 50 marks
Physical Education - Part - B :: 100 marks

Instructions to District Educational Officers

All the IUDs and DEOs are therefore requested to issue suitable instructions to all School Managements to ensure that all School Assistants/Subject Teachers of all subjects appear for the TNIT Examination in their respective districts. There is no TNIT Examination fee for the School Assistants working in Govt./ZP Schools in the State.

Sample (practice) Test is at https://cse.ap.gov.in

Further, they are informed that, the teachers, who are handling classes VI to X in Social Welfare / Tribal Welfare / Mpl/APREI/ Pvt. (Aided/ Unaided) Schools etc., should be instructed to appear the TNIT Examination with a payment of Rs. 300/- towards TNIT Examination Fee is to be collected from all such management school teachers. The management or the individual teachers Pvt. Schools may make the required payment online at https://cse.ap.gov.in. Hence, all DEOs are requested to issue necessary instructions to the managements of Social, Tribal, B.C. Welfare, Mpl, APREI to make payment of Rs. 300/- per teacher towards fee for appearing the TNIT Examinations to the Director, SCERT, A.P.. Hyderabad S.B. A/c. No. 0606010195379, IFS Code ANDB 0000606 Andhra Bank, Vijayawada Main Branch. Note: Guidelines on the registration process and the dates for issue of hall tickets, etc. is available at https://cse.ap.gov.in along with sample (practice) test will be hosted two days prior to the commencement of actual online TNIT

Rc.88 Training Needs Identification Test(TNIT), Instructions to School Assistants

Rc.88 Certain Instruction to School Assistants to Appear Training Needs Identification Test(TNIT)