In accordance with the provisions of sub-section (1) of Section 23 of the RTE Act, the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) vide Notification dated 23rd August, 2010
and subsequently amended vide Notification dated 29th July 2011 had laid down the minimum qualification for a person to be eligible for appointment as a teacher in classes I to
VIII. It had been inter-alia provided that one of the essential qualifications for a person to be eligible for appointment as a teacher in any of the schools referred to in clause (n) of Section
2 of the RTE Act is that he/she should pass the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) which will be conducted by the appropriate Government in accordance with the Guidelines framed by the
NCTE.
The Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India has entrusted the responsibility of conducting the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) to the Central
Board of Secondary Education, Delhi which will be held on 29.01.2012 (Sunday).
CTET Question Papers 2012, Central Teacher Eligibility Test Solved papers for 2012 Exam
The ministry of human resource development, govt of India has entrusted the responsibility of conducting the central teacher eligibility test (CTET) to the central board of secondary education Delhi which will be held on 26th June, 2011
The CTET shall apply to schools of the central govt (KVS, NVS, Tibetan schools, etc) and schools under the administrative control of UT of Chandigarh and Andaman and Nicobar Islands
CTET may also apply to the unaided private schools, who may exercise the option of considering the CTET
Schools owned and managed by the state govt/local bodies and aided schools shall consider the TET conducted by the state govt. However, a state govt can also consider the CTET if it decided not to conduct the state TET
Cost of CTET information bulletin and application form for general/OBC candidates Rs 500/-; for SC/ST/differently abled candidates Rs 250/-
The fee can be remitted in the following ways; through credit/debit card; through demand draft in favour of the secondary, central board of secondary education, Delhi drawn in any nationalized bank payable at Delhi. Write your name, address and registration number on the back of the demand draft
CTET 2012 Important dates
Sale of CTET Information Bulletin and Application Form: 05.11.2011 to 25.11.2011
Date for making on-line application: 01.11.2011 to 25.11.2011
Last date for receipt of application form in CBSE: 30.11.2011 (online and offline both)
Note: 7 days grace time i.e. up to 07.12.2011 for receipt of Application Form will be allowed to the candidates belonging to remote areas viz. Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur,
Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Lahaul and Spiti District and Pangi Subdivision of Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Island and
Lakshadweep.
Schedule of examination
Paper-I: 29th January 2012 , 10 to 11.30 hours (One and a half hours)
Paper-II: 29th January 2012 , 13.00 to 14.30 hours (One and a half hours)
Applications received after the last date of submission will not be accepted irrespective of the date of their dispatch. CBSE will not be responsible for any postal delays
Candidates must purchase the information bulletin from the designated banks and institution. Bulletins obtained from unauthorized source will be summarily rejected
Further detailed information is available in the information bulletin and on our website www.cbse.nic.in
Candidates can apply for CTET 2012 either on the prescribed application form or apply on-line
Candidates must follow instructions strictly as given in the information bulletin. Candidates not complying with the instructions shall be summarily disqualified
For on-line submission of application at board’s website www.cbse.nic.in
Application can also be made on-line by accessing the board’s website www.cbse.nic.in. The candidate should supply all details while filling up the online form. Candidates are required to take a print out of the computer generated application form/confirmation page after successful submission of data
Submission of application on prescribed form: Information bulletin containing application form can be had personally from the designated branches of Syndicate bank and institutions
Information bulletin containing application form can also be had by post by sending demand draft of required fee from the central board of secondary education, Shiksha Sadan, 17 Rouse Avenue, New Delhi-110002
The application form/confirmation page complete in all respect should be sent by registered/speed post so as to reach positively by 30.11.2011 (online and offline both) in the CBSE office on the following address
The assistant secretary (CTET), central board of secondary education, Shiksha sadan, 18, Rouse Avenue, New Delhi-110002
The application form sent by courier will be rejected
Eligibility criteria: The following persons are eligible for appearing in the CTET
Minimum qualifications for classes I-V: Senior secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final 2 year diploma in elementary education (or its equivalent); or senior secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 45% marks and passed or appearing in final 2 year diploma in elementary education (or its equivalent), 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 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 2 year diploma in education (special education)
Relaxation of 5% in minimum qualifying marks at B.A./B.Sc/senior secondary level is admissible for SC/ST/differently abled candidates
For this year only, a candidate with B.A./B.Sc with at least 50% marks and B.Ed qualification shall also be eligible for test for classes I to V, provided he/she undergoes, after appointment, an NCTE recognized 6 month special program in elementary education
Minimum qualifications for classes VI-VIII: B.A./B.Sc and passed or appearing in final 2 year diploma in elementary education (or its equivalent); or B.A./B.Sc with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in 1 year bachelor in education (B.Ed); or B.A./B.Sc 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 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 4 year B.A./B.Sc-Ed or B.A. (Ed)/B.Sc. (Ed); or B.A./B.Sc with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in 1 year B.Ed (special education)
A diploma/degree course in teacher education recognized by the national council for teacher education (NCTE) only shall be considered. However, in case of diploma in education (special education) and B.Ed (special education), a course recognized by the rehabilitation council of India (RCI) only shall be considered
Relaxation of 5% in minimum qualifying marks at B.A./B.Sc/senior secondary level is admissible for SC/ST and differently abled candidates
Pattern of examination: The CTET examination will be of objective type multiple choice questions (MCQs). There will be no negative marking
There will be 2 papers of CTET
Paper-I will be for a person who intend to be a teacher in classes I to V
Paper II will be for a person who intends to be a teacher for classes VI to VIII
A person who intents 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)
List of state/cities where teacher eligibility test-2012 will be conducted
Andaman and Nicobar (Port Blair); Andhra Pradesh (Guntur, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Warrangal; Maharashtra (Amravati, Aurangabad, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nashik, Pune, Thane); Arunachal Pradesh (Itanagar); Assam (Guwahati, Silchar); Manipur (Imphal); Meghalaya (Shillong); Mizoram (Aizwal); Bihar (Gaya, Muzzafarpur, Patna); Nagaland (Kohima); Orissa (Bhubaneshwar, Rourkela); Chandigarh (Chandigarh, Panchkula, Mohali); Puducherry (Puducherry); Chhattisgarh (Raipur); Dadar and Nagar Haveli (Dadar and Nagar Haveli); Daman and Diu (Daman and Diu); Delhi (Delhi); Goa (Panaji); Punjab (Bhatinda, Jalandhar); Rajasthan (Ajmer, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur); Gujarat (Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara); Sikkim (Gangtok); Haryana (Faridabad, Hissar, Kurukshetra); Tamilnadu (Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai); Tripura (Agartala); Himachal Pradesh (Hamirpur, Shimla); Uttarakhand (Dehradun, Haldwani, Pantnagar, Roorkee); Jharkhand (Bokaro, Dhanbad, Jamshedpur, Ranchi); Uttar Pradesh (Agra, Allahabad, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Noida, Varanasi); Karnataka (Bangalore, Hubli, Mangalore); Kerala (Ernakulam, Kozhikoe, Trivandrum); Lakshyadeep (Kavarati); West Bengal (Durgapur, Kolkata, Siliguri); Madhya Pradesh (Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Indore); Abroad (Dubai, Riyadgh)
Admit card: The admit card will be sent by post under certificate of posting (UCP) to the candidate by 12.1.2012 however, the board will not be responsible for any consequences that may arise due to loss of admit card in transit. It will be the responsibility of the candidate to contact to the board in case he/she is not in receipt of the admit cards by 18th January, 2012
In case the admit card is not received by 18th january 2012, the candidate should contact the Assistant Secretary (CTET), central board of secondary education, Shiksha Sadan, 17, Institutional Area, Rouse Avenue, Delhi-110002 between 10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. giving details of the post office, date of dispatch, original receipt of postal dispatch, Photostat copy of the application form/confirmation page, one photograph (as pasted on the application form). Request for issue of admit card after the examination will not be entertained. In no case the duplicate admit card would be issued at the examination centres
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