CTET Eligibility Criteria

Aspirants Should Have To Know This Before Applying:

The eligibility shall be finally verified, by the concerned recruiting agency/appointing authority. The aspirant should satisfy his/her eligibility before applying and shall be personally responsible in case he/she is not eligible to apply as per the given eligibility criteria.

Furnishing of false, wrong or inaccurate information may lead to cancellation of the Test result, forfeiture of the certificate and even prosecution in appropriate cases.

The records of CTET including OMR Answer sheet is preserved up to two months from the date of declaration of result in accordance with CBSE Examination weeding out rules. Thereafter it will be disposed of as per weeding out rules.

The OMR sheet and the Answer Key of CTET examination will be displayed on the CTET official website on which a public notice will be issued in all leading newspapers. The aspirants can download the same in the given stipulated time.

Candidate must possess Minimum Educational Qualifications for becoming a teacher for Class I to V and VI to VIII. The following persons are eligible for appearing in the CTET 2018 examination:

Minimum educational qualifications for becoming the teacher for Classes I-V:

• Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 2 years Diploma in Elementary Education OR
• Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 45% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 2 years 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.El.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 and passed or appearing in final year of two years Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever name known)

Minimum educational qualifications for becoming the teacher for Classes VI-VIII:

• 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.El.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

Note:

Relaxation up to 5% in the qualifying marks in the minimum educational qualification for eligibility shall be allowed to the candidates belonging to reserved categories, such as SC/ST/OBC/Differently abled.