Exam Alert! CBSE Central Teacher Eligibility Test

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE )conducts the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) to recruit a large number of teachers across the country in a time bound manner. The CTET is designed to benchmark teacher quality and ensure that quality requirement for recruitment of teachers is not diluted.

Exam: Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET)

Conducted by: Central Board of Secondary Education

Eligibility:
Minimum Qualifications for Classes I-V:

o                                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

o                                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 National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) OR

o                                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

o                                Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final 2 – year Diploma in Education (Special Education).

Note: (i) Relaxation of 5% in minimum qualifying marks at BA/B.Sc./Senior Secondary level is admissible for SC/ST/ Differently abled Candidates.
(ii) For this year only, a candidate with BA/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, a NCTE recognized 6-month special program in Elementary Education.

Minimum Qualifications for Classes VI-VIII:

o                                B.A. /B.Sc and passed or appearing in final 2 – year Diploma in Elementary Education (or its equivalent) OR

o                                B.A. /B.Sc. with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in 1 – year Bachelor in Education (B.Ed) OR

o                                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 OR

o                                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

o                                Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final 4-year BA/B.Sc.Ed. or B.A. (Ed.)/B.Sc. (Ed) OR

o                                B.A. /B.Sc. with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in 1 – year B.Ed. (Special Education).

Application fee: Rs 500 for General/OBC and Rs 250 for SC/ST/PWD

How to apply: Click here to apply online
Interested candidates can apply either online or on the prescribed application form (offline):

o                                To apply online candidate has to log on to the board’s official website: http://www.cbse.nic.in/. Fill in the appropriate details and information after carefully reading the instructions mentioned. One must take the print out of the computer generated confirmation page after the successful submission of the data. The application fee is Rs 500 for General/OBC category and Rs 250 for SC/ST/Differently able category which can be either paid by Debit/Credit card or by DD drawn from any nationalized bank in favour of “The Secretary, Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi” payable at Delhi. Candidate must write his/her name, address and registration number on the back of the DD.

o                                To apply offline, one can obtain the information bulletin and application form in person from the designated branches of Syndicate bank, Institutions specified on board’s website against a cash payment (not by post). The same can also be obtained through post by sending DD of required fee (mentioned above) from the Central Board of Secondary Education, Shiksha Sadan, 17 Rouse Avenue, New Delhi-110 002. The duly filled application form along with DD (in case of online application) and other necessary enclosures must be sent in an envelope (size 12”x10”) super scribing “Application for CTET- 2011”. The envelope should be sent by Registered Post or Speed Post to “The Assistant Secretary (CTET), Central Board of Secondary Education, Shiksha Sadan, 17, Rouse Avenue, New Delhi-110002” latest by May 15, 2011. For further details about application procedures candidates are advised to visit Board’s above mentioned official website.

Important dates:

o                                Sale of prospectus: April 20, 2011 – May 15, 2011

o                                Date from which candidates can apply online: April 08, 2011

o                                Last date for submission of form (online and offline): May 15, 2011

o                                Date of examination: June 26, 2011

SEND complete application form in the enclosed CBSE envelope only. Those applying online, confirmation page must be dispatched in an envelope of size 12”x10” only and superscribed “APPLICATION FOR CTET-2011” to:
THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY (CTET)
Central Board Of Secondary Education,
“Shiksha Sadan’, 17, Rouse Avenue,
New Delhi-110002
Note: The Application form sent by courier shall not be accepted and rejected.
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Address: 
Central Board Of Secondary Education,
“Shiksha Sadan’, 17, Rouse Avenue,
New Delhi-110002

Phone: 011-23238361, 23220153, 23217128 (FAX)

Website: http://cbse.nic.in