CBSE CTET Notification 2024 – CTET December 2024, Apply Now

Exam Name	CTET December 2024
Edition	20th Edition
Board Name	CBSE
Date of exam	1st December 2024
Education Qualification	12th Pass
Application Process	Online
Application Fee	₹ 1000/-
Start Date	17th September 2024
Last Date	16th October 2024

Notification

CBSE CTET 2024

AssamCareer: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has released the official short notification regarding the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) December 2024 on its official website. 

CBSE will be conducting the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) in the month of 1st December 2024 (Sunday), at various examination centers spread across the country. Candidates who want to pursue teaching in school level as their profession must appear and qualify in CBSE 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)

Number of CTET Edition: 20th edition

Date of exam: 1st December 2024

Type of exam: CBT (Computer Based Test) 

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

Official website: https://ctet.nic.in

Eligibility Criteria of CBSE CTET Exam:

The minimum educational qualifications for appearing in the CTET are as notified by NCTE. The candidates are advised to visit the website of NCTE https://ncte.gov.in to ascertain their eligibility.

Classes I-V or Primary Level

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”.

Classes VI-VIII or Elementary Level

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 CBSE CTET 2024

To complete this CTET application process candidates have to pay a specific amount as per their category. Candidates will be able to pay their application fee through an online payment gateway using their credit card, debit card, UPI or net banking. The complete details of the application fee are given below.

Category	Only Paper I or II	Both Paper I & II
General/OBC	₹ 1000/-	₹ 1200/-
SC/ST/PWD	₹ 500/-	₹ 600/-

How to apply for CTET Examination 2024?

Candidates satisfying the required eligibility criteria of CBSE CTET are able to submit their online applications using the official application portal developed by CBSE. Further, candidates follow the following steps to complete their online application process.

➥ Scroll down, go to Important Web-Links section .

➥ Click on Online Application link .

➥ A new webpage will be opened.

➥ Enter all your personal and educational details as required .

➥ Upload your passport sized photograph and signature and other required documents.

➥ Pay the examination fee as per your category and at the end click on submit button.

➥ Don’t forget to take a print of submitted application form .

Important Dates of CBSE CTET Exam 2024

Starting date for submission of online application	17th September 2024
Last date for submission of online application	16th October 2024
Date of CTET Examination	1st December 2024

Important Web-Links of CBSE CTET Notification:

Online Application Form	Click Here
Official Notification	Click Here
Information Bulletin	Click Here
CTET Question Papers	Click Here
Official Website	Click Here

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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)

Subject	No of MCQs	Marks
Child Development and Pedagogy	30	30
Mathematics	30	30
Environmental Studies	30	30
Language I	30	30
Language II	30	30
Total	150 MCQs	150 Marks

Nature and standard of questions:

➲ Duration of examination is Two-and-a-half hours.

➲ 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.

➲ The Test items in Language I will focus on the proficiencies related to the medium of instruction.

➲ The Test items in Language II will focus on the elements of language, communication and comprehension abilities.

➲ 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.

➲ 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.

➲ 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)

Subject	No of MCQs	Marks
Child Development and Pedagogy	30	30
Mathematics and Science	60	60
OR Social Studies/ Social Science	60	60
Language I	30	30
Language II	30	30
Total	150 MCQs	150 MCQs

Nature and standard of questions:

➲ Duration of examination is Two-and-a-half hours.

➲ 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.

➲ The Test items in Language I will focus on the proficiencies related to the medium of instruction.

➲ The Test items in Language II will focus on the elements of language, communication and comprehension abilities.

➲ 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.

➲ 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.

➲ 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.

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