Kerala SET 2023

LBS Centre for Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram takes full responsibility of conducting Kerala SET 2023 to select candidates for Higher Secondary School Teachers and Non-Vocational Teachers in VHSE. Kerala State Eligibility Test (Kerala SET) application form is most likely to be live online from October 2022. The exam has two papers– paper I is common to all candidates, while paper II is a test based the subject of specialisation of the candidate at the Post Graduate (PG) Level. There are 31 subjects for paper II. The minimum passing marks for Kerala SET 2023 is as follows:

Minimum Percentage of Marks
Category	Paper I	Paper II	Total
General	40	40	48
OBC (Non Creamy Layer)	35	35	45
Differently Abled/SC/ST	35	34	40

Kerala SET 2022

Name of the exam	Kerala SET 2023
Full Form	Kerala State Eligibility Test
Courses Offered	Hiring Higher Secondary School Teachers and Non-Vocational Teachers in VHSE
Who conducts the Kerala SET 2023?	LBS Centre for Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram
Mode of application	Online
Age Limit for Kerala SET	No age limit
Official website	http://lbsedp.lbscentre.in/setjan22/

Kerala SET 2023 Subjects & Their Codes

Kerala SET 2023 is proposed be conducted for the following papers:

Subject Code	Subject	Subject Code	Subject
01	Anthropology	19	Latin
02	Arabic	20	Malayalam
03	Botany	21	Mathematics
04	Chemistry	22	Music
05	Commerce	23	Philosophy
06	Economics	24	Physics
07	English	25	Political Science
08	French	26	Psychology
09	Gandhian Studies	27	Russian
10	Geography	28	Sanskrit
11	Geology	29	Social Work
12	German	30	Sociology
13	Hindi	31	Statistics
14	History	32	Syriac
15	Home Science	33	Tamil
16	Islamic History	34	Urdu
17	Journalism	35	Zoology
18	Kannada	37	Biotechnology

Kerala SET 2023 Important Dates

Kerala SET 2023 tentative schedule has been shared below for reference purpose. The fresh schedule will be updated soon.

Kerala SET 2023	Respective Dates
Registration process starts	3rd week of October 2022
Registration process ends	1st week of November 2022
Admit card	3rd week of December 2022
Date of exam	1st week of January 2023
Result	4th week of January 2023

Kerala SET 2023 Eligibility Criteria

Those who meet the eligibility criteria prescribed below can apply for Kerala SET 2023:

Age Limit: There is no age limit to apply for Kerala SET 2023.

Educational Qualification:

• Candidates need to hold a master’s degree in the concerned subject or equivalent with not less than 50% marks and B.Ed degree in any discipline from a recognized university.
• For Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Botany and Zoology, those having M.Sc.Ed degree in the subjects concerned with not less than 50% marks from any one of the Regional Institutes of Education sponsored by the NCERT are eligible too. For Botany and Zoology, those having M.Sc.Ed degree in Life Science will also be considered.
• For the subjects Commerce, French, German, Geology, Home Science, Journalism, Latin, Music, Philosophy, Psychology, Russian, Social Work, Sociology, Statistics and Syriac candidates need not acquire B.Ed degree.
• Those who have acquired II class master’s degree in Communicative English with not less than 50% marks and B.Ed can also apply.
• Candidates who have acquired DLED/ LTTC in Arabic, Urdu and Hindi but do not have B.Ed Degree are eligible too.
• For the subject Biotechnology, those who have master’s degree in Biotechnology with not less than 50% marks and B.Ed degree in natural science are eligible.

Note: Reserved category candidates will be given a relaxation of 5% in qualifying marks.

Kerala SET 2023 Application Form

Candidates who wish to appear for the SET exam need to fill their Kerala SET 2023 application forms online. The application form will be made available on the official website of LBS Centre for Science and Technology www.lbscentre.kerala.gov.in.

• In the first step of the registration process, the candidates need to get their mobile number verified through OTP.
• After this step, the candidates will be able to fill the application form by providing their personal and academic details.
• Once these details are entered, the candidates can submit the form and generate a registration id.
• Candidates then need to upload their photograph and signature in scanned format into the application form.
• The next step will be the payment of the prescribed amount of application fee.
• Candidates can now take the printout of the filled application form which should be kept safe for future reference.
• Differently challenged candidates who want to avail scribe facility and the relaxation in marks need to send the printout of the application and copy of the medical certificate attested by Gazetted Officer to the LBS Centre.

Application fee:

• The application fee will be Rs. 1000/- for General/ OBC candidates and Rs. 500/- for SC/ ST/ Differently abled candidates.
• Only online mode of fee payment will be provided to the candidates and can be done via debit card/ credit card/ net banking.

Kerala SET 2023 Exam Pattern

The overview of Kerala SET 2023 exam pattern is provided below:

• Mode of exam: Offline
• Number of papers: 2
• Duration of exam: 2 hours for each paper
• Number of questions and marks allotted:
  • Paper I: 120 questions carrying one mark each
  • Paper II: 120 questions carrying one mark each (80 questions for Mathematics and Statistics carrying 1.5 marks each)
• Type of question: Objective type
• Negative marking: No marks will be deducted for incorrect answers.

Papers	No. of questions	Total marks	Duration
Paper I	120	120	120 minutes
Paper II	120	120	120 minutes
Total	240	240	240 minutes

Kerala SET 2023 Syllabus

Kerala SET 2023 syllabus has been provided below:

Paper I:

• General Knowledge & Teaching Aptitude: General Studies, Language and Reasoning, Foundations of Education, Teaching, Learning & Evaluation, etc

Paper II:

• Botany: Diversity of Life Forms, Functional Plant Biology & Analysis Plant Physiology, Molecular Cell Biology & Heredity, Ecology & Environment, etc
• English: Chaucer’s Age, Rise of the Novel, Beginning of Romanticism, Edwardian Period, African Literature & Colonialism, English Morphology, etc
• Gandhian Studies: Making of the Mahatma, Political & Economic Thought, Social & Educational Ideas, Fundamentals of Gandhian Thought, etc
• Geology: Physical Geology, Geomorphology, Crystallography & Mineralogy, Quaternary Geology, Structural Geology, Geochemistry, Geoinformatics, etc
• History: Historical Method, Historiography, Kerala History, Ancient & Medieval Indian History, Modern Indian History, Select Themes World History, etc
• Home Science: Human Development & Family Relations, Food Science, Nutrition & Dietetics, Family Resources Management, Textile Science & Fashion Designing, etc
• Journalism: Dimensions of Mass Comm., Media History & Laws, Reporting & Editing, Advertising, Public Relations, Corporate Communication & Media Management, etc
• Kannada: Modern Literature, Ancient & Medieval Literature, Folklore & Cultural Studies, Prosody & Literary Criticism, History of Kannada Language & Linguistics, etc
• Mathematics: Fundamental Concepts, Real and Complex Analysis, Linear Algebra & Matrix Theory, Number Theory, Differential Equations, Topology, etc

Kerala SET 2023 Admit Card

• Admit card of Kerala SET 2023 will be prepared for only those candidates who successfully register for the test.
• The admit card will be available on the website of the LBS Centre www.lbscentre.kerala.gov.in tentatively in the 3rd week of December 2022.
• Candidates need to enter their Registration ID and Site Access Key to download their admit card.
• A printout of the admit card should be taken after the download to be carried to the exam center on the day of exam.
• Under no circumstances, the candidates will be allowed to enter the exam hall without a valid admit card.

Kerala SET 2023 Answer Key

• Kerala SET 2023 answer key of all subjects will be published on the official websites of the LBS Centre immediately after the examination.
• Complaints from the candidates regarding the answer keys can be sent to the Director, LBS Centre in writing within five days from the publication of the keys.
• The complaint should be accompanied with a DD for Rs. 300/- for each question challenged drawn from any branch of a nationalized bank in favor of the Director, LBS Centre payable at Thiruvananthapuram.
• If a complaint regarding any question is found to be genuine, the fee remitted for that question will be refunded.

Kerala SET 2023 Result

• Kerala SET 2023 result will be declared online by the authorities and will be published on the website of the LBS Centre.
• Candidates who clear the test will be awarded the eligibility certificate after verification of their documents.
• Candidates should get their documents verified with one year of the result announcement or they will be required to pay late fee for that.
• Those who are awarded the certificate can apply for the post of Assistant Professor in the institutes of Kerala.

Important Documents

Qualified candidates need to send the following document to the Director, LBS Centre for verification:

• Filled in SET application form
• Provisional/ Original Certificate and Mark Sheet of PG Degree attested by a Gazetted Officer
• Provisional/ Original Certificate of B.Ed Degree attested by a Gazetted Officer
• Recognition & Equivalency Certificate from any one of the Universities in Kerala, if applicable
• Equivalency Certificate from any one of the Universities in Kerala, in the case of candidates possessing qualifications in subjects other than those mentioned in the list of subjects
• Original Caste/ Category certificate, if applicable

Frequently Asked Questions

Question 1: I haven’t completed my master’s degree. Can I apply?

Answer: Yes you can if you are in the final year of your master’s degree course (as in year 2023). Certificate will, however, only be granted after clearing the exam.

Question 2: Is there any age limit for appearing in the SET exam?

Answer: No age limit is prescribed for candidates appearing for the SET.

Question 3: Can I ask for a refund on the application fee?

Answer: Application fee once submitted will not be refunded under any circumstances.

Question 4: Is there any provision for re-checking of the answer sheet?

Answer: No request for re-checking of the OMR answer sheet will be entertained from the candidates.

Question 5: Can I get a duplicate eligibility certificate if I lose the original one?

Answer: A duplicate certificate will be issued to the candidate who apply for the same to the Director, LBS Centre on payment of Rs. 1000/-.  An affidavit in stamp paper worth Rs. 100/- to the effect that the original certificate has been irrecoverably lost, duly attested by a Notary Public/ First Class Judicial Magistrate and other relevant certificates should be enclosed.

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