Srinagar, June 1 -- Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to file a review petition against the Supreme Court (SC) order making the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) mandatory for in-service teachers.

The decision comes even as the apex court already dismissed a batch of review petitions on Friday against its September 2025 order making it mandatory for in-service teachers of classes 1 to 8 in non-minority schools to clear the TET within two years.

However the court has extended the deadline for the teachers to qualify the test by one more year to August 31, 2028, from the earlier August 31, 2027.

J&K education minister Sakina Itoo Saturday evening said that the government will file a review petition in the coming week regarding TET. ...