3.4.2. Graduates’ and Teachers’ Constituencies:

In the graduates' constituencies and the teachers' constituencies, the concerned State Government with the concurrence of the Election Commission may specify

(a) the qualifications which shall be deemed to be equivalent to that of a graduate of a university in the territory of India, and

(b) the educational institutions within the State not lower in standard than that of a secondary school.

Every person who is ordinarily resident in a graduates' constituency and has, for at least three years, been either a graduate of a University in the territory of India or in possession of any of the qualifications specified by the State Government concerned, shall be entitled to be registered in the electoral roll for that constituency; and

Every person who is ordinarily resident in a teachers' constituency, and has, within the six years immediately before the qualifying date for a total period of at least three years, been engaged in teaching in any of the educational institutions specified by the State Government concerned shall be entitled to be registered in the electoral roll for that constituency.