The Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) 2026 was scheduled to be conducted by the Maharashtra State Council of Examinations on June 28, 2026, across a total of 1,028 centers in the state of Maharashtra.
Keeping in mind the malpractices in the NEET 2026 examination, all necessary security measures had been put in place by the Maharashtra State Council of Examinations.
However, today, on 27 June 2026, in the early hours of the morning, based on confidential information, the Bhiwandi Police raided a location upon learning that certain individuals possessed information regarding this question paper.
- Following this, officials from the Maharashtra State Council of Examinations were summoned for inspection and immediate verification.
- Upon verification, it was found that some of the questions in the possession of these individuals matched the question paper of the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) June 2026 exam.
- Consequently, a case has been registered at the Bhiwandi Police Station.
Considering this situation, the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) scheduled to be held on 28 June 2026, is being postponed. Since the Council insists that the examination must be conducted with complete transparency under all circumstances, and believes that a thorough investigation into this matter is necessary, the examination is being postponed.
Updated information regarding the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) will be published on the official website of the Maharashtra State Council of Examinations.
CM Devendra Fadnavis orders SIT probe
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis ordered an SIT probe into the TET paper leak issue under Thane Joint CP Panjabrao Ugale.
He spoke to School Education Minister Dada Bhuse and DGP Sadanand Date, directing strict action against those involved.
Thane police on Saturday said that they have detained three individuals and lodged a case in connection with the paper leak.
Thane Additional Commissioner Ashok Dudhe told ANI that a Special Investigation team has been formed to investigate the case.
No fresh registration or fee for candidates, says council
According to PTI, officials said that candidates will not be charged a re-registration fee for the examination.
Talking to reporters, MSCE Deputy Commissioner Priya Shinde said that at least 6 lakh candidates were scheduled to appear for the examination across 1,728 centres at 37 locations.
The process of organising an examination of this scale typically takes around three weeks. Candidates who had already registered for the examination will not have to register again. Since the candidates are not at fault, no re-registration fee will be charged.
4.28 lakh students affected; highest number of candidates in Pune
- For this year’s MahaTET examination, 4,28,122 candidates had registered from across the state.
- This includes the highest number of 45 thousand 562 candidates from Pune district.
- With the cancellation of the examination, the hard work of lakhs of candidates who had been preparing for months has been wasted.
- Intense anger is being expressed among teachers and parents.
Paper leaked from Thane; police were informed about ongoing sale
According to information received from sources,
- Police informers had reported that the sale of TET question papers was ongoing in Thane district.
- After it came to light that the examination paper was being sold in exchange for money, the police laid a trap.
- In this operation, the leaked question paper was seized and some persons have been taken into custody.
- Information regarding this was urgently provided to the Education Department.
- Subsequently, as the credibility of the examination process was compromised, a decision was taken to cancel the entire examination.
It is understood that the Education Department will hold an official press conference in this regard and provide detailed information.
Where exactly did the paper leak from? Investigation underway
Police are investigating through which mechanism exactly the paper was leaked, from whom it was leaked, and how it reached the suspects.
Intensive interrogation of the detained suspects is ongoing, and an investigation is also being conducted into whether a large racket is operating behind this case.
Papers are being leaked by the government itself; Ambadas Danve lashes out after TET paper leak
Expressing strong anger over this paper leak, Thackeray group MLA Ambadas Danve has taken the Mahayuti government to task. Danve said,
The government itself is involved in this entire paper leak. This government cannot even conduct a simple TET examination properly. Every time papers are being leaked by the government itself and currently the entire state is running on ‘God’s mercy’.
Criticising the government’s lax administration, Danve further said,
A poor student prepares day and night for a year for the exam. But if such papers are leaked just two days before the exam, the enthusiasm of students to take the exam completely dies. This directly affects their mentality and results.
TET has been in controversy before as well
The MahaTET examination had previously been in the news due to major irregularities.
- There were allegations of a major scam in the evaluation of answer sheets.
- The investigation revealed that many candidates’ marks were illegally increased to make them eligible.
- Due to that incident, the credibility of the TET examination was already at risk.
- Now with the paper leak happening again, serious questions are being raised about the examination system.
18,000 AI cameras, biometric… yet paper leak
Notably, unprecedented security arrangements were made by the Maharashtra State Examination Council to make this year’s examination transparent.
- A total of 1,729 examination centers were set up across the state – 701 for Paper Number 1 and 1,028 for Paper Number 2.
- The responsibility of conducting the examination smoothly in each district was entrusted to the District Collector and Chief Executive Officers.
- To prevent malpractices, 18,000 AI-based CCTV cameras were installed at all examination centers.
- Direct monitoring was to be conducted from state and district-level control rooms.
Arrangements for face recognition, biometric and metal detector
- Arrangements were made for biometric verification, face recognition and inspection through hand-held metal detectors for every candidate.
- Preparations were also made to identify bogus candidates, duplicate applications and morphed photos through the ‘Photo View’ system.
- Mobile phones, smart watches, calculators or any electronic devices were banned from being taken into the examination center.
- Candidates were required to bring one original identity proof among Aadhaar card, PAN card, voter ID card or driving license.
Question mark even after strict security arrangements
Despite such extensive security arrangements and AI-based surveillance, the question paper was leaked before the exam started, raising questions about the entire machinery of the State Examination Board.
Now the attention of the entire state is focused on who is the mastermind behind this paper leak, at exactly which stage the question paper was leaked, and who else is involved in this racket.
Meanwhile, due to the cancellation of the exam, lakhs of candidates will have to wait for a new date again, and the Education Department is likely to make an official announcement soon about when the new exam will be conducted.
