CTET 2024 Registration Begins For December Exam; Top 5 Points To Know Before Applying

CTET 2024: Central Board of Secondary Education ( CBSE ) has released notification for Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) for December 2024 session. exam will be conducted on December 1, 2024. Registration has also started. last date to apply for CTET December 2024 is October 16. Here are top 5 points to note if you are planning to apply for exam. 

CTET 2024: Overview

CTET is a national-level exam, which is a minimum qualification for a person to be eligible for appointment as a teacher for classes I to VIII. Central Board of Secondary Education ( CBSE ) conducts CTET twice a year- in June/July and December. Re on to know top 5 points you should keep in mind while applying for CTET. 

1- CTET 2024 Eligibility Criteria

For Paper 1: Primary Stage (Class I - V) 

• Gruation with at least 50% marks and Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) OR
• 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 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 45% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 2- year Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever name known), following 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 2- year Diploma in Education (Special Education)*.

For Paper 1: Elementary Stage (Class VI-VIII) - Any One Of se

• 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
• Gruation and passed or appearing in final year of 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever name known). OR
• Gruation with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in 1-year Bachelor in Education (B.Ed). OR
• Gruation with at least 45% marks and passed or appearing in 1-year Bachelor in Education (B.Ed), following NCTE (Recognition Norms and Procedure) Regulations issued from time to time in this regard. OR
• Gruation with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in 1-year B.Ed (Special Education) OR

Any candidate who has passed B.Ed programme recognized by NCTE is eligible to appear in TET/CTET. Moreover, as per existing TET guidelines circulated vide NCTE letter dated 11-02-2011, a person who is pursuing any of teacher education courses (recognized by NCTE or RCI, as case may be) specified in NCTE Notification dated 23rd August 2010 is also qualified to appear in TET/CTET.

2- CTET 2024 Age Limit 

Candidates must note that minimum age for applying for CTET is 18 years. CBSE has not set upper age limit for applying for exam. 

3- CTET Attempts

Candidates can take any number of attempts for CTET. Moreover, certificate of CTET qualification is also valid for a lifetime. “ Validity Period of CTET qualifying certificate for appointment will be for a lifetime for all categories. re is no restriction on number of attempts a person can take for acquiring a CTET Certificate. A person who has qualified CTET may also appear again to improve his/her score,” official notification res.

4-  CTET Application Fee

General and OBC (NCL) candidates who apply for paper 1 or paper 2 have to pay an application fee of Rs 1000 while reserved category candidates will pay Rs 500. For unreserved and OBC (NCL) candidates applying for both papers will pay Rs 1200 while for reserved candidates, fee is Rs 600. 

5- CTET Certificate Applicability

CTET shall apply to schools of Central Government (KVS, NVS, Central Tibetan Schools, etc.) and schools under ministrative control of UT‟s of Chandigarh, Dra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu and Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshweep and NCT of Delhi. 

CTET may also apply to unaided private schools, who may exercise option of considering CTET.

Schools owned and managed by State Government/local bodies and aided schools shall consider TET conducted by State Government. However, a State Government can also consider CTET if it decides not to conduct State TET.

Direct link to check CTET 2024 Notification.

According to CBSE Affiliation Bye-Laws, prescribing minimum qualifications for teachers to teach various subjects in Classes I to VIII in schools Affiliated to CBSE stands amended to that extent and it shall be mandatory that teachers appointed hereinafter i.e. 6th March 2012 to teach classes I to VIII in Schools affiliated to CBSE shall qualify/pass Central Teacher Eligibility Test or Teacher Eligibility Test (TET), conducted by appropriate Central/ State Government per Guidelines framed by NCTE for this purpose.