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Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET)

Updated: Feb 27, 2024

Central Eligibility Test 2024 has been conducted on 21st January 2024. The official notification has already been issued. 

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has issued the CTET 2024 results. The CTET 2024 result was announced on February 15, 2024. The CTET result 2024 link has been made available on the official website, ctet.nic.in. According to the CBSE CTET result 2024 notice PDF, a total of 2,38,878 applicants passed the CTET 2024 exam. 


The CTET final answer key for 2024 was revealed on February 19, 2024. The provisional CTET answer key 2024 was made available on February 7, 2024, along with the OMR sheet and objection link. The deadline to submit CTET answer key 2024 objections was February 10, 2024.


The CBSE CTET examination was held on January 21, 2024. The CTET admit card 2024 was made available on January 18, 2024, via ctet.nic.in. The CTET application form 2024 was accessible between November 3 and December 1, 2023. The CTET January 2024 exam notification and application form were released on November 3, 2023. The CTET form correction 2024 timeframe ran from December 4 to 8, 2023. 


What is CTET?


The CTET, or Central Teacher Eligibility Test, is a test for people who want to become teachers. Once a candidate has passed the test and received a certificate indicating that they are qualified to work as teachers in various government or private schools, they can apply for many positions.


Organizations such as the National Council for Teacher Education can assist them in finding open opportunities.

CTET Exam Eligibility Criteria 2024

Before appearing for CTET 2024, the candidates must be well aware of the eligibility criteria. Not being aware of that can result in a waste of time and effort. The criteria will just like any other examination focus on age, qualifications, nationality, attempts, etc.

Age:

Candidates who are above the age of 18 years or at least 18 years of age can apply for this examination. Remember, there is no upper age limit, meaning that anyone above 18 can apply.

Educational Qualifications:

To appear for CTET 2024, one must have a graduation degree and a B.Ed degree. However, students who want to be appointed as primary teachers can apply with a 12th pass degree with 45% marks and a B.Ed Degree. It means they can only appear for Paper 1.  The percentage increases up to 50% if someone is applying for elementary school teacher. (Paper 2).

National Identity:

Candidates who are legal citizens of India can only appear for this examination.

Attempts:

An individual can choose to appear as many times as they want.

CTET 2024 Important Dates

Past Events

Dates

CTET Exam Date

21st January 2024

CTET Answer Key Objection

7th February - 10th February 2024

CTET Result 2024

15th February 2024

Final Answer Key

19th February 2024


The Central Board of Secondary Education will soon announce the CTET notification 2024 for the July session. The CTET exam notice 2024 will be available on the official website, ctet.nic.in. The CTET 2024 notification PDF will appear as a 'information bulletin' providing information on the examination, curriculum, languages, eligibility criteria, examination fee, examination cities, and key dates. The CTET notification 2024 PDF download link will be provided here. Candidates are recommended to thoroughly read the CTET notification PDF, which contains information about how the exam will be conducted. The 19th version of the CTET exam will take place in July 2024, tentatively.

CTET 2024 Application Process

Apart from knowing the dates, one must be aware of the application submission procedure to avoid any kind of mistakes and delays. For a successful application submission follow the below-mentioned steps.

Register Yourself

First, visit the official site https://ctet.nic.in/. There, you will find all the useful links to apply for the examination. Once you click on the link, keep moving forward and register yourself by creating an account on the site. You need to provide some essential details like email, phone number, etc to do the same.

Fill Application Form

Once you have successfully registered, you can start filling out the application form. After giving all the details which include ID proofs, marks, etc.


In the next step, upload all the documents like mark sheets, signature copies, photographs, etc.

Fee Payment

Then, pay the allocated fees to complete the process.

Corrections

Although no corrections can be made to the form after you pay the fees, your form becomes accessible for corrections within a certain period decided by the authority for corrections. In this period, you can make all the corrections.

Download Admit Card

To get the CTET 2024 admit card, you need to visit the same side and click on the admit card link which will be showcased on the home page. Provide your login credentials to get your admit card.


All the exam-related information like venue, time, etc will be mentioned there.


CTET 2024 Fee Structure

  • General and OBC candidates must pay 1000 to appear for paper 1 and 1200 to appear for paper 1 and paper 2.
  • SC/ST and people with disability must pay 500 to appear for paper 1 and 600 to appear for paper 1 and paper 2.

CTET 2022 Exam Scedule:

Both CTET papers take place on the same day. The first paper duration is from 9:30 am to 12 pm and the second paper duration is from 2 pm to 4:30 pm.

CTET 2024 Exam Pattern

The pattern for Paper 1 and Paper 2 remains the same only the subjects change. The pattern of the respective papers is mentioned Below.


Pattern for Paper 1:

Exam Mode: OMR Sheet

Subjects: Child Development and Pedagogy, Language 1, Language 2, Mathematics, Environmental Studies

Question Type: MCQs

Number of Questions: 30

Total Marks: 150 (30 each)

Negative Marking: No Negative Marking

Pattern for Paper 2:

Subjects: Child Development and Pedagogy, Language 1, Language 2, Mathematics and Science (For science teachers)/ Social studies or Social science (For social science teachers)

Exam Mode: OMR Sheet

Question Type: MCQs

Number of Questions: 30 for Child Development and Pedagogy, Language 1, Language 2, and 60 for Mathematics and Science/ Social Science

Total Marks: 150 (30 for Child Development and Pedagogy, Language 1, Language 2, and 60 for Mathematics and Science/ Social Science)

Negative Marking: No Negative Marking

CTET 2024 Exam Syllabus

The detailed syllabus is elaborated in the official notification. It is better to follow the same as there might be some misinformation in the syllabus available from different sources. You will find the syllabus on page 9, Appendix 1 of the official bulletin. 

CTET 2024 Exam Centers

Port Blair

Guntur

Rajkot

Surat

Vadodara

Ambala

Faridabad

Gurugram

Hissar

Karnal

Tirupati

Vijayawada

Silchar

Bihari

Begusarai

Bhagalpur

Bhojpur (Ara)

Darbhanga

Gaya

Gopalganj

Madhubani

Muzaffarpur

Nalanda

Patna

Purnia

Rohtas

Saharsa

Samastipur

Saran

Visakhapatnam

Itanagar

Assam

Dibrugarh

Guwahati

Vaishali (Hajipur)

Chandigarh

Chhattisgarh

Bhilai/Durg

Bilaspur

Raipur

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

Daman & Diu

Daman

Delhi Central

Delhi East

Delhi North

Delhi South

Delhi West

Panaji

Ahmedabad

Kurukshetra

Hamirpur

Kangra

Shimla

Jammu

Srinagar

Bokaro

Dhanbad

Hazaribagh

Jamshedpur

Ranchi

Bengaluru

Hubli

Ernakulam

Kozhikode

Thiruvananthapuram

Ladakh

Kargil

Leh

Lakshadweep

Kavarati

166

Amravati

Aurangabad

Nagpur

Nashik

Pune

Solapur

Manipur

Imphal

Shillong

Mizoram

Aizawl

Kohima

Bhopal

Gwalior

Indore

Jabalpur

Maharashtra

Bhubaneswar

Sambalpur

Puducherry

Amritsar

Bhatinda

Jalandhar

Ajmer

Alwar

Bikaner

Jaipur

Agartala

Agra

Aligarh

Ambedkar Nagar

Bareilly

Bijnor

Deoria

Etawah

Ghaziabad

Ghazipur

Gonda

Gorakhpur

Jaunpur

Jhansi

Kanpur

Lucknow

Mainpuri

Mathura

Mau

Jodhpur

Kota

Udaipur

Gangtok

Chennai

Coimbatore

Madurai

Hyderabad

Warangal

Meerut

Moradabad

Noida/Greater Noida

Pratapgarh

Prayagraj (Allahabad)

Raebareli

Saharanpur

Shahjahanpur

Sitapur

Sultanpur

Varanasi

Dehradun

Haldwani

Haridwar

Udham Singh Nagar

West Bengal

Kolkata

Siliguri

CTET 2023 Cut Off

General - 90

SC - 82

ST - 82

PWD - 82

OBC - 82

CTET 2024 Response Sheet

The response sheet helps students predict their marks before the final results come out. A response sheet has all the correct answers to the questions. This is done so that student can self evaluate their marks and prepare for further steps.

CTET 2024 Answer Key Challenge

CTET just like any other valuable entrance or government exam allows students to challenge the answers that are marked wrong even though they are right according to them. To challenge their answer key, they need to visit the official site click on the answer key link, and then click on the challenge button. 

After that, they need to select the answers and upload documents that prove that the answers are right. The charge for the same is 1000 rupees for each question.

CTET 2023 Toppers List

2,98,758 candidates have qualified the paper 1 and 1,01,057 candidates have qualified for papers 1 and 2. Various students have scored near the full marks like Paurushi, Anupama Verma, Antara Singh, etc., and have done a spectacular job. 

Watching their interviews helps candidates to make an effective preparation strategy maximizing their chances to qualify.

How to Prepare for CTET 2024

  • Complete your B.Ed degree with great attention, this course will cover a major portion of your exam paper. Apart from that, practice everything that you have learned in school and your college. 
  • Complete the syllabus first and then start practicing through mock tests.
  • Take the help of CTET books along with subject-specific ones.
  • Solving previous question papers will help you to evaluate your strengths and weaknesses.
  • Take coaching classes to be disciplined and constant practice.  To choose good coaching, always take a demo class and look at their success rate before enrolling yourself.

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