PANAJI: Results of the written test to fill posts of 182 government primary school Marathi teachers, released by the directorate of education (DoE) on Tuesday, have revealed that just 767 of the 1,394 candidates who appeared for the exam, qualified.Also, of the total number of candidates who took the November 2018 test, only 161 could score over 60%. The exam tested Marathi language skills and topics like child psychology and pedagogy.Last year, an exam for vacant posts of government accountants drew attention when not even one of the nearly 8,000 commerce graduates who appeared, qualified for the 80 posts. The required score to qualify was 50% and 60% in two papers.The exam for accountants led to many raising questions over Goa’s quality of education. The results for the exam for the post of teachers does not seem to be much different. The basic qualification to appear for the exam was a Class XII certificate with a diploma in education (DEd).Like the test held for accountants, the exam for Marathi teachers shows poor performance by a large chunk. Over 370 of the 767 qualified candidates scored less than 50% marks, with 97 clearing the test narrowly, scoring only between 35 and 40 out of 100. The highest marks scored by any candidate was 78.The DoE has now asked the qualifying candidates to produce their documents at its office by March 22, after which the selection of the candidates will begin.This is the first time that a written test was held to fill teachers’ posts and the process of vivas, earlier held, was done away with. The results of the test were eagerly awaited as the state has begun the process of filling up primary teachers’ posts after a long gap. Last year, DEd qualified teachers had protested non-creation of new jobs to absorb them. Each year, 100 DEd graduates pass out from the District Institute of Education and Training in Porvorim. Another 150 each qualify as primary school teachers through two private institutes in Colvale and Cortalim.Teachers, once appointed to the posts, have to pass a state-held teacher eligibility test within their two-year probation period, after which their services are regularised.