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CTET 2018 Summary

Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi conducts Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) as per the guidelines laid down by The Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India. CTET exam is conducted by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) twice in a year. However, as per media reports, the teacher eligibility test will now be conducted only once a year.

There are two CTET test papers in the exam, that is, Paper-I and Paper-II. Candidates who want to teach Classes I-V need to give Paper-I whereas Paper-II needs to be given by aspirants who want to be eligible to teach Classes VI to VIII. The CTET 2017 exam pattern is such that aspirants need to attempt multiple choice questions.

Candidates are informed that in order to be eligible to be appointed as a teacher for Class I to VIII, aspirants need to pass Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) that is conducted by the appropriate Government in accordance with Guidelines as framed by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE). “As per NCTE notification No. 76-4/2010/NCTE/Acad Dated 11.02.2011: A person who scores 60% or more in the TET exam will be considered as TET pass”, informs the official website.

Exam dates for CTET 2018 have been declared. View CTET exam dates here.

CTET 2018 Eligibility

CTET 2018 eligibility criteria depends on the class/standard for which aspirants are applying for.

Minimum CTET Qualifications for Primary Stage Teacher

Candidates need to meet the below mentioned eligibility criteria for CTET exam if they want to become a teacher for Class I-V.

• Completed Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with minimum 50% marks and passed/appearing in final year of 2- year Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever name known)

OR

• Completed Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with minimum 45% marks and passed/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

• Completed Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with minimum 50% marks and passed/appearing in final year of 4- year Bachelor of Elementary Education (BElEd).

OR

• Completed Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with minimum 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 2- year Diploma in Education (Special Education)*.

OR

• Graduated and passed/appearing in final year of two year Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever name known).

Minimum CTET Qualifications for Elementary Stage Teacher

Candidates need to meet the below mentioned eligibility criteria for CTET exam if they want to become a teacher for Class VI-VIII.

• Completed Graduation and passed/appearing in final year of 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever name known).

OR

• Completed Graduation with minimum 50% marks and passed/appearing in 1-year Bachelor in Education (BEd) programme.

OR

• Completed Graduation with minimum 45% marks and passed/appearing in 1-year Bachelor in Education (BEd), in accordance with the NCTE (Recognition Norms and Procedure) Regulations issued from time to time in this regard.

OR

• Completed Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with minimum 50% marks and passed/appearing in final year of 4- year Bachelor in Elementary Education (BElEd).

OR

• Completed Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with minimum 50% marks and passed/appearing in final year of 4- year BA/BSc.Ed or BA.Ed/BSc.Ed.

OR

• Completed Graduation with minimum 50% marks and passed/appearing in 1-year B.Ed. (Special Education)*.

Note:

• Candidates belonging to reserved categories (SC/ST/OBC/Differently abled) will be given relaxation of up to 5% in the qualifying marks in the minimum Educational Qualification for CTET eligibility.
• Diploma/Degree Course in Teacher Education: For the purpose of this Notification, a Diploma/Degree course in teacher education recognised by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) will only be considered. However, in case of Diploma in Education (Special Education) and BED (Special Education), a course recognised by the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) only shall be considered.
• Training to be undergone: A person with DEd (Special Education) or qualification shall undergo, after appointment, an NCTE recognised 6-month Special Programme in Elementary Education.
• The minimum CTET qualifications referred above apply to teachers of Languages, Mathematics, Social Studies/Social Science, Science etc. The minimum qualification norms for Physical Education teachers referred to in NCTE Regulation, dated November 3, 2001 (as amended from time to time) shall be applicable. For teachers of Art Education, Craft Education, Home Science, Work Education, etc. the existing eligibility norms prescribed by the State Governments and other school managements shall be applicable till such time the NCTE lays down the minimum qualifications in respect of such teachers.

• CTET 2018 Process

  Step 1: Fill CTET Application Form

  Aspirants need to fill their CTET 2018 application form by downloading the same from the official website.

  In CTET application form, aspirants need to fill their details such as Father’s Name, Mother’s Name and Date of Birth as per Class Xth Certificate. After filling all these details aspirants need to upload their scanned photograph and signature in JPG format on the online portal.

  Once the candidate fills his/her CTET 2018 application form it is required that they pay the application fee. CTET application fee can be paid by either of the two means mentioned below:

  • Through E-Challan: This can be done by depositing the application fee in the CTET Exam Fee Account with Syndicate Bank or Canara Bank.
  • By Debit/Credit Card: This can be done online itself.

  CTET 2018 Application Fee
  Category	Only Paper I or II	Both Paper I & II
  General/OBC	Rs 600	Rs 1000
  SC/ST/Differently Abled Person	Rs 300	Rs 500

  Step 2: Download CTET Admit Card

  Candidates can download their CTET 2018 admit card from the official website of the exam. The admit card for CTET exam contains details of the aspirant. It also mentions the candidate’s test centre details as well as reporting time for the exam, along with other instructions related to giving CTET.

  Step 3: Give CTET Exam

  Aspirants need to report at their CTET exam centre atleast 90 minutes before the commencement of the exam. CTET exam is of two and a half hour duration. On the exam day two papers will be conducted. Paper-I needs to be given by aspirants who want to qualify to teach Classes I-V (Primary Wing) and Paper-II is to qualify for Class VI-VIII (Elementary Wing).

  Step 4: Check CTET Result

  CBSE will announce CTET 2018 result on the official website of the exam. Candidates who qualify the exam will get a CTET certificate.

  The official website informs: “The Validity Period of CTET qualifying certificate for appointment will be seven years from the date of declaration of its result for all categories”. Further, it is shared that, “There is no restriction on the number of attempts a person can take for acquiring a CTET Certificate. A person who has qualified CTET may also appear again for improving his/her score”. 

  CTET 2018 Exam Centers

  Candidates need to mention three CTET test centres in their application form. “Under no circumstances, the Centre once allotted shall be changed by the Board. In case the number of candidates in any of the notified City is very less for running the Examination Centre, the Board at its discretion may not conduct the Examination in that City and the Candidate who opted that city as 1st Choice may be allotted Examination Centre in other city opted as 2nd or 3rd choice”, informs the official website.

  CTET 2018 test centres have not been declared yet. However, it has been shared that the exam would be held across 92 cities in the country. Last year CTET exam centres were as mentioned below:

  State/UT	City	City Code
  Andaman & Nicobar Island	Port Blair	1
  Andhra Pradesh	Vijayawada	2
  	Visakhapatnam	3
  Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar	4
  Assam	Guwahati	5
  Bihar	Muzzafarpur	6
  	Patna	7
  Chandigarh	Chandigarh	8
  Chhattisgarh	Raipur	9
  Dadra & Nagar Haveli	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	10
  Daman & Diu	Daman	11
  Delhi/NCR	Delhi Central	12
  	Delhi East	13
  	Delhi North	14
  	Delhi South	15
  	Delhi West	16
  Goa	Panaji	17
  Gujarat	Ahmedabad	18
  	Surat	19
  	Vadodara	20
  Haryana	Ambala	21
  	Faridabad	22
  	Gurugram	23
  	Karnal	24
  	Kurukshetra	25
  	Panchkula	26
  Himachal Pradesh	Hamirpur	27
  	Kangra	28
  	Shimla	29
  Jammu & Kashmir	Jammu	30
  	Srinagar	31
  Jharkhand	Bokaro	32
  	Dhanbad	33
  	Ranchi	34
  Karnataka	Bengaluru	35
  	Mangalore	36
  Kerala	Ernakulam	37
  	Kozhikode	38
  	Trivandrum	39
  Lakshadweep	Kavaratti	40
  Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal	41
  	Indore	42
  	Jabalpur	43
  Maharashtra	Aurangabad	44
  	Mumbai	45
  	Nagpur	46
  	Nashik	47
  	Pune	48
  Manipur	Imphal	49
  Meghalaya	Shillong	50
  Mizoram	Aizawl	51
  Nagaland	Kohima	52
  Odisha	Bhubaneswar	53
  	Sambalpur	54
  Puducherry	Puducherry	55
  Punjab	Amritsar	56
  	Bhatinda	57
  	Ferozepur	58
  	Jalandhar	59
  	Mohali	60
  Rajasthan	Ajmer	61
  	Jaipur	62
  	Jodhpur	63
  	Kota	64
  	Udaipur	65
  Sikkim	Gangtok	66
  Tamil Nadu	Chennai	67
  	Coimbatore	68
  	Madurai	69
  	Tiruchirappalli	70
  Telangana	Hyderabad	71
  Tripura	Agartala	72
  Uttarakhand	Dehradun	73
  	Haldwani	74
  	Roorkee	75
  	Srinagar Garhwal	76
  Uttar Pradesh	Agra	77
  	Aligarh	78
  	Allahabad	79
  	Bareilly	80
  	Ghaziabad	81
  	Gorakhpur	82
  	Kanpur	83
  	Lucknow	84
  	Mathura	85
  	Moradabad	86
  	Noida	87
  	Raebareli	88
  	Saharanpur	89
  	Varanasi	90
  West Bengal	Durgapur	91
  	Kolkata	92
  Abroad	Dubai	93
  	Riyadh	94

  CTET 2018 Pattern

  CTET exam pattern is such that aspirants need to attempt 150 multiple choice questions in two and a half hours duration.

  Informing about CTET Paper-I pattern, the official website informs: “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”.

CTET 2018 Exam Pattern for Paper-I
Subject	Questions	Marks
Child Development and Pedagogy	30	30
Language I (compulsory)	30	30
Language II (compulsory)	30	30
Mathematics	30	30
Environmental Studies	30	30
Total	150	150

CTET Paper-II pattern is such that, “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”, informs the official website.

CTET 2018 Exam Pattern for Paper-II for Mathematics and Science Teacher
Subject	Questions	Marks
Child Development & Pedagogy (compulsory)	30	30
Language I (compulsory)	30	30
Language II (compulsory)	30	30
Mathematics and Science (for Mathematics and Science teacher)	60	60
Total	150	150

CTET 2018 Exam Pattern for Paper-II for Social Studies/Social Science Teacher
Subject	Questions	Marks
Child Development & Pedagogy (compulsory)	30	30
Language I (compulsory)	30	30
Language II (compulsory)	30	30
Social Studies/Social Science (for Social Studies/Social Science teacher)	60	60
Total	150	150

CTET 2018 Exam Pattern for Paper-II (Apart from Social Studies/Social Science, Mathematics and Science  Teacher
Subject	Questions	Marks
Child Development & Pedagogy (compulsory)	30	30
Language I (compulsory)	30	30
Language II (compulsory)	30	30
Mathematics and Science (for Mathematics and Science teacher) Or Social Studies/Social Science (for Social Studies/Social Science teacher)	60	60
Total	150	150