CBSE CTET 2024 | Apply Link | Eligibility Criteria | Application Fee | How to apply
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has released the official notification regarding the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) December 2024 on its official website.
CBSE will be conducting the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) on 1st December, 2024, in twenty languages in 136 cities at various examination centres spread across the country. Candidates who want to pursue teaching in school level as their profession must appear and qualify in CTET. Interested and eligible candidates may apply online here
CBSE CTET Overview
Name of exam: Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) December 2024
Name of board: Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)
No of CTET Edition: 20th edition
Date of exam: 1st December, 2024
Type of exam: Offline
Exam centres in Assam: Dibrugarh, Guwahati and Silchar
Validity of CTET certificate: Lifetime
Application mode: Online
Last date of submission of application: 16th October 2024
Helpline: Mail to ctet.cbse@nic.in mentioning your Registration/ Application No. in the mail
Official website: https://ctet.nic.in
Eligibility Criteria of CBSE CTET Exam
Classes I-V or Primary Stage:
Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 2- year Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever name known)
OR
Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 45% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 2- year Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever name known), in accordance with the NCTE (Recognition Norms and Procedure), Regulations, 2002.
OR
Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 4- year Bachelor of Elementary Education (B.EI.Ed).
OR
Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 2- year Diploma in Education (Special Education)*.
OR
“Graduation with at least 50% marks and Bachelor of Education (B.Ed)”
“(a) who has acquired the qualification or Bachelor of Education from any NCTE recognized institution shall be considered for appointment as a teacher in classes I to V provided the person so appointed as a teacher shall mandatorily undergo a six month Bridge Course in Elementary Education recognized by the NCTE, within two year of such appointment as primary teacher”.
Related Article: Download CTET Admit Card
Classes VI-VIII or Elementary Stage:
Graduation and passed or appearing in final year of 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever name known).
OR
Graduation with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in 1-year Bachelor in Education (B.Ed).
OR
Graduation with at least 45% marks and passed or appearing in 1-year Bachelor in Education (B.Ed), in accordance with the NCTE (Recognition Norms and Procedure) Regulations issued from time to time in this regard.
OR
Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 4- year Bachelor in Elementary Education (B.EI.Ed).
OR
Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 4- year B.A/B.Sc.Ed or B.A.Ed/B.Sc.Ed.
OR
Graduation with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in 1-year B.Ed. (Special Education)*.
OR
Any candidate having qualified B.Ed. Programme recognized by the NCTE is eligible to appear in TET/CTET. Moreover, as per the existing TET guidelines circulated vide NCTE letter dated 11-02-2011, a person who is pursuing any of the teacher education courses (recognized by the NCTE or the RCI, as the case may be) specified in the NCTE Notification dated 23rd August 2010 is also qualified to appear in the TET/CTET.
Application Fee of CTET 2024
All the candidates have to pay a certain amount as application fee. Category-wise application fee is as given below.
How to apply for CTET Examination ?
Interested and eligible candidates may apply online for CTET December 2024 by visiting at official portal of CBSE CTET. They may follow below mentioned steps .
Step 01: Scroll down, go to "Important Web-Links" section.
Step 02: Click on Online Application link.
Step 03: A new webpage will be opened.
Step 04: Enter all your personal and educational details as required.
Step 05: Upload your passport sized photograph and signature and other required documents.
Step 06: Pay the examination fee as per your category and at the end click on submit button.
Step 07: Don't forget to take a print of submitted application form.
Imp Dates of CBSE CTET Exam 2024
● Starting date of online application: 17th September 2024
● Last date of submission of online application: 16th October 2024
● Issue of CTET Admit Card: Two Days before the day of examination
● Date of CTET Examination 2024: 01st December, 2024
Imp Web-Links of CTET Notification
Online Application: Click Here
CTET Question Papers: Click Here
Information Bulletin: Click Here
Official Notification: Click Here
Official Website: Click Here
Structure of CTET Exam
All questions in CTET will be Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs), with four alternatives out of which one answer will be most appropriate. Each carrying one mark and there will be no negative marking.
There will be two papers of CTET.
(i) Paper I will be for a person who intends to be a teacher for classes I to V.
(ii) Paper II will be for a person who intends to be a teacher for classes VI to VIII.
Note: A person who intends to be a teacher for both levels (classes I to V and classes VI to VIII) will have to appear in both the papers (Paper I and Paper II).
Paper I (for Classes I to V)
Nature and standard of questions:
i) Duration of examination is Two-and-a-half hours.
ii) The test items on Child Development and Pedagogy will focus on educational psychology of teaching and learning relevant to the age group of 6-11 years. They will focus on understanding the characteristics and needs of diverse learners, interaction with learners and the attributes and qualities of a good facilitator of learning.
iii) The Test items in Language I will focus on the proficiencies related to the medium of instruction.
iv) The Test items in Language II will focus on the elements of language, communication and comprehension abilities.
v) Language II will be a language other than Language I. A candidate may choose any one language as Language I and other as Language II from the available language options and will be required to specify the same in the Confirmation Page.
vi) The Test items in Mathematics and Environmental Studies will focus on the concepts, problem solving abilities and pedagogical understanding and applications of the subjects. In all these subject areas, the test items will be evenly distributed over different divisions of the syllabus of that subject prescribed for classes I-V by the NCERT.
vii) The questions in the test for Paper I will be based on the topics prescribed in syllabus of the NCERT for classes I - V but their difficulty standard as well as linkages, could be up to the Secondary stage.
Paper II (for Classes VI to VIII)
Nature and standard of questions:
i) Duration of examination is Two-and-a-half hours.
ii) The test items on Child Development and Pedagogy will focus on educational psychology of teaching and learning, relevant to the age group of 11-14 years. They will focus on understanding the characteristics, needs and psychology of diverse learners, interaction with learners and the attributes and qualities of a good facilitator of learning.
iii) The Test items in Language I will focus on the proficiencies related to the medium of instruction.
iv) The Test items in Language II will focus on the elements of language, communication and comprehension abilities.
v) Language II will be a language other than Language I. A candidate may choose any one language as Language I and other as Language II from the available language options and will be required to specify the same in the Confirmation Page.
vi) The Test items in Mathematics and Science, and Social Studies/Social Science will focus on the concepts, problem solving abilities and pedagogical understanding and applications of the subjects. The test items of Mathematics and Science will be of 30 marks each. The test items will be evenly distributed over different divisions of the syllabus of that subject as prescribed for classes VI-VIII by the NCERT.
vii) The questions in the test for Paper II will be based on the topics prescribed in syllabus of the NCERT for classes VI-VIII but their difficulty standard as well as linkages, could be up to the Senior Secondary stage.