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Kerala State Entrance Test (SET) is a state-level exam that is conducted by the Government of Kerala to evaluate and recruit teachers for higher secondary schools. The LBS Centre for Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, has announced the notification regarding the important dates of Kerala SET 2022.

Latest Notification

Kerala SET (State Eligibility Test) 2022 admit card will be released on December 20, 2021. The SET exam Kerala will be conducted on January 09, 2022. To download the hall ticket from the official website of LBS Centre for Science and Technology, the candidates have to provide the application number and access key.

The SET exam Kerala is usually conducted twice a year. The Kerala SET Entrance test will be taken place for recruiting candidates for the post of Higher Secondary School Teacher and Vocational Teacher. In this state level examination, the aspirants will be asked multiple choice objective based questions. There will be two papers, which will be answered to the candidates only in English. The duration of the Kerala SET exam is 4 hours.

Registration

The candidates require to follow the below-mentioned steps for successfully completing the Kerala SET 2022 registration process:

Steps 1: Kerala SET Registration Process

To complete the registration process, the candidates have to follow the below mentioned steps:

Open the official website that is http://lbsedp.lbscentre.in/setjan22
Click on the online registration link and then click on the new registration link.
Now the aspirants have to provide the mobile number.
In the next step, the aspirants require to verify the mobile number.
Once you complete the verification, the candidates have to enter the OTP in the mentioned space.

Step 2: Fill the Kerala SET Application Form 2022

After verifying the mobile number, the aspirants have to fill the application form. To fill the application form, the candidates require to provide the following details, which are mentioned in the following:

Name and gender of the candidates.
Date of birth.
Category of the aspirants.
Educational qualification.
Preferable exam centre.

Once the above mentioned details will be filled, the aspirants require to verify the entered details and then submit the form. After submitting the form, the candidates will not be allowed to make any change in the Kerala SET application form. A registration ID along with the site access key will be generated after the successful submission of the Kerala SET application form.

Step 3: Pay Kerala SET Application Fees

Eligibility Criteria

The interested aspirants, who are willing to appear for the exam, should Master’s degree with not less than 50% marks or the equivalent degree. In addition, the aspirants should lso have B.Ed degree in any subject from any recognized university in Kerala.

Check the following table to know more about the subject wise eligibility criteria:

Subjects	Eligibility Criteria
Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry	Have an M.Sc B.Ed degree in the concerned subject with at least 50% marks or equivalent grade from any Regional Instituted of Education that is sponsored by NCERT.
Botany and Zoology	Have an MSc B.Ed degree in the concerned subject with at least 50% marks or equivalent grade from any Regional Instituted of Education that is sponsored by NCERT.or have MSc B.Ed degree in Life Science with at least 50% marks or equivalent grade from any Regional Institutes of Education
Anthropology, French, Commerce, Gandhian Studies, German, Geology, Home Science, Latin, Journalism, Music, Psychology, Philosophy, Russian, Sociology, Social Work, Statistics and Syriac	Possess B.Ed degree
English	Possess II class Master’s Degree in Communicative English with at least 50% marks as well as a B.Ed degree.
Hindi	Candidates who have acquired B.Ed Degree in Hindi conducted by the Dakshin Bharatha Hindi Prachar Sabha are exempted from the requirement of producing the equivalency certificate, as the degree has been recognized by the Universities in Kerala
Latin	Cleared their degree exam in any discipline (from any University in Kerala or recognized as equivalent) with Latin as their second language under Paper II wherein they have secured at least 50% marks. These eligibility criteria hold true only if the candidate has secured a minimum of 50% aggregate marks for that Part II.

Age limit

There is no age relaxation to apply for the Kerala SET exam. Candidates from several age group can appear for the exam.

Application Fee

In the third step, the aspirants require to pay the application fees via online mode. The aspirants can use credit/debit cards/internet banking for completing the payment process:

Category	Kerala SET Application Fee (in INR)
General/Other Backward Class (OBC)	1,000
Scheduled Caste (SC)/Visually Handicapped (VH)/Scheduled Tribe (ST)/Physically Handicapped (PH)	500

If you successfully pay the Kerala SET application fees, then you need to download and print the application form for future reference.

Exam Pattern

TheKerala SET exam pattern will be divided into 2 papers: Paper I and Paper II. Paper I will be similar for all the candidates, whereas Paper II will be taken place in 31 different subjects. The type of questions both the papers will be MCQs and all the aspirants require to appear for both Paper I and Paper II. Check the following table to get an idea about the Kerala SET exam pattern 2022:

Mode of exam	Offline
Phases of exam	Paper I and Paper II
Subjects	Paper I: General Knowledge and Aptitude in Teaching Paper II: 31 Subjects
Total questions	Paper I: 120 Paper II: 120 (80 in Mathematics and Statistics)
Maximum marks	Paper I: 120 Paper II: 120
Duration of the test	Paper I: 2 hours Paper II: 2 hours

Kerala SET Exam Pattern 2022: Paper I

Paper I comprises two subjects: General Knowlede and Aptitude in Teaching. There will be a total of 120 questions and each question will be valued for 1 mark. To complete this paper, the aspirants will get a time of 2 hours.

Subject	Total No. of Questions	Total Marks
General Knowledge (Part A)	60	60
Aptitude in Teaching (Part B)	60	60
Total	120	120

Kerala SET Exam Pattern 2022: Paper II

The Kerala SET exam 2022 Paper II will be conducted in 31 different languages. The aspirants need to choose their preferable language during the time of filling Kerala SET application form. They also select the subject of specialisation at the Post of Post Graduation level during the registration process. Check the following table to know more about the Kerala SET exam patter for paper II:

Subject	Total No. of Questions	Marks Allotted for Each Question (Total Marks)
For 31 subjects (Except Maths & Statistics)	120	1 (120)
For Mathematics & Statistics	80	1.5 (120)

Eligibilty Criteria