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As per the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) notification, one of the essential qualifications for a person to be eligible for appointment as a teacher is that he/she should pass the CTET- Central Teacher Eligibility Test conducted by CBSE / Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) which will be conducted by the appropriate Government . CTET is first conducted in the year 2011.

CTET Exam structure

All questions in CTET test will be Objective type (MCQs), each questions carrying one mark, There will be no negative marking.

There will be two papers of CTET.
(i) Paper I for teachers for classes I to V.
(ii) Paper II for teachers for classes VI to VIII.

Note: A person who intends to be a teacher for both levels will have to appear in both the papers (Paper I and Paper II).

Exam pattern of the question paper for CTET Paper 1 is as follows.

Child Development and Pedagogy – 30 questions, total 30 marks.
Language I – 30 questions, total 30 marks.
Language II – 30 questions, total 30 marks.
Mathematics – 30 questions, total 30 marks.
Environmental Studies – 30 questions, total 30 marks.

Total – 150 questions, 150 marks.

Exam pattern of the question paper for CTET Paper 2 is as follows.

Child Development & Pedagogy (compulsory) – 30 questions of 30 marks.
Language I (compulsory) – 30 questions of 30 marks.
Language II (compulsory) – 30 questions of 30 marks.
For Mathematics and Science teacher: Mathematics and Science – 60 questions of 60 marks.
For Social Studies/Social Science teacher: Social Science – 60 questions of 60 marks.
For any other teacher – either (Mathematics and Science) or (Social Science) – 60 questions of 60 marks.

Total – 150 questions, 150 marks.