The Maharashtra government has postponed the Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) 2026 after parts of the question paper were leaked a day before the exam.
The TET exam was scheduled to be conducted on June 28 in 1,028 centers across Maharashtra. However, the test has now been rescheduled after police found evidence that some questions were leaked before the test.
According to Nandkumar Bedse, director of the Maharashtra State Examination Board, the police received a tip-off early on June 27 that a few people in Bhiwandi had access to the TET exam question paper. Acting on a tip-off, Bhiwandi police conducted a raid and summoned officials from the examination board to verify the materials recovered from the site.
During the verification process, officials found that some questions in the seized documents matched the actual TET 2026 question paper. Following the discovery, a criminal case was registered and an investigation is underway.
The examination board said it has put in place several security measures during the preparation for the TET exam, keeping in mind the reported irregularities in the NEET 2026 exam. However, after the suspected paper leak came to light, the authorities decided to postpone the exam to ensure that the recruitment process remains fair and transparent.
The council said in a statement that the examination was rescheduled because it was necessary to conduct a detailed investigation and it wanted to ensure that the examination was conducted in a completely transparent manner.
A new date for the examination will be announced later on the official website of Maharashtra State Examination Board.
