CTET Exam

CTET 2022: Every year, Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) is conducted twice at the national level for aspirants who want to secure a teaching job in the government sector. Now CTET Exam is conducted by the CBSE in online mode. CTET 2022 is the 16th Edition of the CTET Exam for examining the candidates for their teaching eligibility. The applicants who are interested to take forward their careers in the teaching sector for primary and upper primary classes have to qualify CTET Exam. Based on their score in CTET Exam, the candidates can apply for various vacancies in various government and government-aided schools. Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has released the CTET 2022 Notification along with all important dates and form-filling details. 

CTET 2022 Exam

Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) is conducted for determining the eligibility of candidates for teacher posts for Classes 1 to 8 in Central Government Schools such as NVS/KVS and other Schools etc. Earlier, CTET was conducted in offline mode, but since last year, CBSE has started conducting the exam in online mode CBSE has scheduled CTET 2022 for online mode (CBT test) to be held from 28th December 2022 to 07th February 2023. The validity of CTET has been extended for a lifetime period. States that do not conduct TET Exams select candidates through CTET Examination.

CTET 2022 Notification

The official CTET 2022 Notification PDF has been released by CBSE at the official website www.ctet.nic.in. The detailed CTET 2022 Notification including the application process, eligibility criteria, dates, exam structure, syllabus, results and more has been released in PDF format. The CTET Notification 2022 has been released with the complete process for CTET 2022 December exam and the same can be downloaded from the below link. 

CTET Notification 2022 PDF- Click to Download

CTET 2022 Exam Summary

An overview of CTET has been provided in the below table. The candidates interested and looking for an opportunity to begin their career as a teacher in government & government-aided schools must know every detail about CTET December 2022.

CTET 2022 Exam Summary

Exam Name

CTET December 2022 (Central Teacher Eligibility Test)

Exam Conducting Body

Central Board of Secondary Education

Exam Level

National

Exam Frequency

Twice in a year

Exam Mode

Online

Exam Dates

28th December 2022 to 07th February 2023

Exam Duration

150 minutes

Language of Paper

English and Hindi

Exam Purpose

For accessing the eligibility of candidates for appointment as teachers in Classes 1-8

No. of Test Cities

135 cities across India

Exam Helpdesk No.

011-22235774

Official Website

ctet.nic.in

CTET 2022 Important Dates

As per latest notice, CBSE has announced to conduct CTET 2022 Exam from 28th December 2022 to 07th February 2023. Check all the important dates for CTET 2022 December Exam from the below table.

CTET 2022- Important Dates

Events

Dates [tentative]

CTET Notification 2022

31st October 2022

CTET Application Form 2022 Starts From

31st October 2022

Last Date to fill Online Application

24th November 2022 (11:59 pm)

Last Date for submission of fee through E-Challan 

25th November 2022 (3:30 pm)

Online Correction Schedule

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CTET Pre Admit Card 2022

20th December 2022

CTET Admit Card 2022

26th December 2022

CTET Exam Date 2022

28th December 2022 to 07th February 2023

Release of CTET Answer Key

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CTET Result Declaration

--

CTET Certificates’ Dispatch

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CTET Exam Date 2022 Out

The tentative exam date for CTET 2022 December exam has been released along with the CTET Pre Admit Card 2022. As per the notification, CTET 2022 exam is to be held from 28th December 2022 to 07th February 2023.

CTET Exam Date 2022 Out- Click to Check Schedule

CTET 2022 Admit Card Out

The admit card for CTET 2022 December exam has been released on 26th December 2022. All candidates who filled the online application for the CTET exam can download their call letter from the link given below.

CTET Admit Card 2022 Download Link

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CTET 2022 Registration

CTET 2022 Registration for CTET 2022 has begun on 31st October 2022 as mentioned in the CTET Notification 2022. Candidates who have been waiting for CTET December 2022 Exam can fill out their registration form from the direct link which is given below. Now, no need to visit CTET's official website www.ctet.nic.in to apply online for CTET 2022 exam which will remain active till 24th November 2022. 

Link to Apply Online for CTET 2022 Exam

CTET 2022 Application Fee

A candidate belonging to either the General or OBC category is required to pay Rs. 1000/- (if applying for either Paper I or Paper II) and Rs. 1200/- (if applying for both papers). The same amount is reduced to Rs. 600/- (if applying for either Paper I or Paper II) and Rs. 600/- (if applying for both papers) for candidates belonging to SC/ST category.

Fee Details for CTET Exam are as follows:

Category

Only Paper I or II 

Both Paper I & II

General/OBC

Rs.1000/- 

Rs.1200/-

SC/ST/Diff. Abled Person 

Rs.500/- 

Rs.600/-

Note- GST as applicable will be charged extra by the Bank.

CTET 2022 Selection Process

Candidates appearing for Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) will be shortlisted on the basis of their score in the CTET Online Exam. CTET is an eligibility test only which means, qualifying CTET does not guarantee jobs to the aspirants. They have to apply for recruitment at different schools based on the available vacancies which require CTET Certification for which the candidates must score more or equal to 60% marks in order to get selected.

CTET 2022 Exam Pattern

CTET 2022 Exam will be conducted in two phases:

  1. Paper I
  2. Paper-II

Paper I is conducted for candidates who have been looking forward to becoming teachers for Class 1 to 5 and Paper II is conducted for candidates who aspire to become teachers for Class 6 to 8. Candidates also have the option to apply for both Paper-I and Paper-II. Questions asked in both Paper I and Paper II are Objective Multiple Choice Questions. A candidate is required to score a minimum of 60% to qualify CTET 2022 Exam. One major thing to note is that the CTET score is now valid for a lifetime as announced by CBSE.

Let’s have a look at the detailed Exam Pattern for CTET 2022 December Exam:

CTET Paper I Exam Pattern

Subject

Number of Questions

Total Marks

Language I (compulsory)

30

30

Language II (compulsory)

30

30

Child Development and Pedagogy

30

30

Environmental Studies

30

30

Mathematics

30

30

Total

150

150

Nature and standard of questions

• The test items on Child Development and Pedagogy will focus on the educational psychology of teaching and learning relevant to the age group of 6-11 years. They will focus on understanding the characteristics and needs of diverse learners, interaction with learners and the attributes and qualities of a good facilitator of learning.

• The Test items in Language I will focus on the proficiencies related to the medium of instruction.

• The Test items in Language II will focus on the elements of language, communication and comprehension abilities.

• Language II will be a language other than Language I. A candidate may choose any one language as Language I and other as Language II from the available language options and will be required to specify the same in the Confirmation Page.

Opt two languages in which you wish to appear for CTET. The List of languages and code are as follows:

Code No

Language 

Code No

Language

Code No

Language

Code No

Language

01

English

06

Gujarati

11

Marathi

16

Sanskrit

02

Hindi

07

Kannada

12

Mizo

17

Tamil

03

Assamese

08

Khasi

13

Nepali

18

Telugu

04

Bengali

09

Malayalam

14

Oriya

19

Tibetan

05

Garo

10

Manipuri

15

Punjabi

20

Urdu

• The Test items in Mathematics and Environmental Studies will focus on the concepts, problem-solving abilities and pedagogical understanding and applications of the subjects. In all these subject areas, the test items will be evenly distributed over different divisions of the syllabus of that subject prescribed for classes I-V by the NCERT.

• The questions in the test for Paper I will be based on the topics prescribed in the syllabus of the NCERT for classes I - V but their difficulty standard as well as linkages, could be up to the Secondary stage.

Check CTET 2022 Paper I & II Exam Pattern

CTET 2022 Syllabus 

The revised CTET Syllabus has been released along with the CTET 2022 Notification. When preparing to attempt for upcoming CTET, the detailed Syllabus is the first and foremost step for a candidate, to begin with. CTET Syllabus 2022 is lengthy and revolves around Child Development and Pedagogy which is one of the most important parts of the CTET exam. Other sections asked in CTET 2022 includes Mathematics, Science/Environmental Science, and Languages. Besides these, the candidate has to be prepared with any 2 languages (from the list mentioned in the notification)

Syllabus For CTET Paper-I: This covers topics of Child Development and Pedagogy, Language I & II, Mathematics, and Environmental Science.

Syllabus For CTET Paper-II: This covers topics of Child Development and Pedagogy, Language I & II, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies. The candidate has to choose anyone from Maths/Science or Social Studies as per their respective subjects.

Read the Complete CTET Syllabus 2022 (Paper I + Paper-II)

CTET Certificate Validity

The validity of the CTET certificate for an appointment has been revised and now the certificate will remain valid throughout life. The revised validity has been made effective from 2011 as announced by the Education Minister and the candidates whose certificates are expired can get their new certificate with no expiry. It has been declared that the States and UTs will be responsible for revalidating or re-issue TET certificates to the candidates whose period of 7 years has already expired (after 2011). Earlier, the validity of the CTET certificate was for 7 years (from the date of issue).

CTET 2022 Eligibility Criteria

The Eligibility Criteria are different for selecting candidates for the post of teacher for Classes 1 to 5 and for Classes 6 to 8. Let’s have a look at the Educational Qualification required by the candidates for both these sections:

Educational Qualification for Classes 1-5

A candidate who has completed their Senior Secondary or its equivalent exam with a minimum of 50% marks and cleared or appeared in final year exam of Diploma in Elementary Education (2 years duration) OR

A candidate who has completed Senior Secondary or its equivalent exam securing a minimum of 45% marks and has cleared or appeared in the final year exam of Diploma in Elementary Education (2 years duration), according to the NCTE Regulations 2002. OR

A candidate who has completed Senior Secondary or its equivalent test with a minimum of 50% marks and has cleared or appeared in the final year exam of Bachelor of Elementary Education (4 years duration). OR

A candidate who has completed Senior Secondary or its equivalent test with a minimum of 50% marks and has cleared or appeared in the final year exam of Diploma in Education (2 years duration). OR

A candidate who has a Bachelor’s degree and has cleared or appeared in the final year exam of Diploma in Elementary Education (2 years duration).

Educational Qualification for Classes 6-8

A candidate who holds a Graduation degree and has passed or is appearing in the final year examination of a Diploma in Elementary Education (2 years duration). OR

A candidate who has completed his/her Graduation degree with 50% marks and has cleared or appeared in the final year exam of Bachelor in Education. OR

A candidate who has completed his/her Graduation degree with 40% marks and has cleared or appeared in the final year exam of Bachelor in Education, according to NCTE regulations. OR

A candidate who has completed Senior Secondary or its equivalent test with a minimum of 50% marks and has cleared or appeared in the final year exam of 4 years duration Bachelor of Elementary Education. OR

A candidate who has completed Senior Secondary or its equivalent exam with 50% marks and cleared or appearing in the final year exam of B.A.Ed/B.Sc.Ed or B.A/B.Sc.Ed. OR

A candidate who has a Graduation degree with 50% marks and has cleared or appeared in a B.Ed program of 1-year duration.

Click to Check Detailed CTET Eligibility Criteria 2022

Download CTET Previous Year Question Paper

CTET Teacher Salary

Candidates after qualifying CTET 2022 Exam will be eligible to apply for teaching jobs for Classes 1 to 8 in Central Government Schools such as NVS/KVS and other Schools etc. The basic salary of teachers CTET qualified teachers is between Rs. 9300 to Rs. 34800 as the basic pay. The net in-hand salary of a CTET-qualified teacher ranges from Rs. 35000 to Rs. 50000 per month.

Components

Primary Teacher

TGT

PGT

Pay Scale

9300- 34800

9300- 34800

9300- 34800

Grade Pay

4200

4600

4800

Basic Pay after 7th CPC

35400

44900

47600

HRA

3240

3400

4350

TA

1600

1600

1600

Gross Salary

40240

49900

53550

Net Salary

35000-37000

43000-46000

48000-50000

CTET 2022 Key Points

In the press release, it is also notified that "within the existing syllabus of CTET and structure of the question paper, the question papers will be developed to assess less of factual knowledge and more of conceptual understanding, application, problem-solving, reasoning, and critical thinking focusing on the following aspects:

  1. To assess the teacher's understanding of teaching their respective subject.
  2. To assess the futuristic teacher's pedagogic content knowledge.
  3. To understand their knowledge for the relevance of the subject in the school curriculum.
  4. Some questions will be added for assessing the planning of teaching-learning experiences.
  5. The question paper will be focused on the assessment methodologies specific to the concept.
  6. A sample blueprint or sample question papers will be released by CBSE for making it easy for the candidates to understand the revised format

CTET 2022 Exam Centre 

Common Teacher Eligibility Test will be conducted in the following cities and the candidates have to make a choice for 4 exam centres at the time of registration from the below list. The first preference will be given to the chosen exam centre, in case of unavailability the CBSE can allot any exam center.

Sno.

States & UT

Cities

1

Andaman & Nicobar Island

Port Blair

2

Andhra Pradesh

Anantapur, Bhimavaran, Chirala, Eluru, Guntur,Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nandyala, Narsaraopeta, 
Nellore, Proddatur, Rajamundry, Srikulam, Tirupati, Vijaywada, Visakhapatnam, Viziannagaram

3

Assam

Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur

4

Bihar

Bhagalpur, Bhojpur, Gaya, Muzzafarpur, Patna, Purnea, 

5

Chhattisgarh

Bhilai Nagar, Bilaspur, Raipur

6

Chandigarh

Chandigarh

7

Dadar & Nagar Haveli

Dadar & Nagar Haveli

8

Daman & Diu

Daman

9

Delhi

New Delhi

10

Goa 

Panaji 

11

Gujarat

Ahmedabad, Anand, Bardoli, Gandhinagar, Jamnagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara, Valsad, Vapi 

12

Haryana

Ambala, Faridabad, Gurugram, Karnal, Hisar, Kurukshetra 

13

Himachal Pradesh 

Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kullu, Mandi, Shimla, Solan, Una 

14

Jammu

Jammu, Samba, Srinagar

15

Jharkhand

Bokaro, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ranchi

16

Karnataka

Belagavi, Bengaluru, Hubballi, Kalaburagi, Mangaluru, Mysuru, Shivamogga, Udupi 

17

Kerala 

Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Idukki, Kannur, Kasaragod, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, 
Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur 

18

Lakshadweep

Kavaratti

19

Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna, Ujjain 

20

Maharashtra

Ahmednagar, Amravati, Aurangabad, Baramati, Chandrapur, Dhule, Jalgaon, Kashti, Kolhapur, 
Kopragaon, Latur, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Pandharpur, Pune, Ratnagiri, Sangmner, 
Sangoli, Satara, Sindurpur, Solapur 

21

Manipur

Imphal

22

Meghalaya 

Shillong 

23

Mizoram 

Aizwal 

24

Nagaland

Dimapur, Kohima 

25

Odisha

Balasore, Berhampur- Ganjam, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Rourkela, Sambalpur

26

Puducherry 

 Puducherry

27

Punjab

Amritsar, Bhatinda, Fatehgarh Sahib, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Pathankot, Patiala, Sangrur 

28

Rajasthan

Ajmer, Alwar, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur

29

Sikkim

Gangtok

30

Tamil Nadu

Chennai, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dindigul, Erode, Kanchipuram, Karur, Mahurai, Kanyakumari, 
Nammakal, Salem, Thanjavar, Thoothukhudi, Tiruchirappali, Tirupur, Vellore, Villupuram, Virudhunagar

31

Tripura

Agartala

32

Uttar Pradesh

Agra, Aligarh, Bareilly, Basti, Bijnor, Bilaspur, Faizabad, Firozabad, Ghaziabad, Ghazipur, Gorakhpur, 
Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Mathura, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Noida, Pryagraj, Sitapur, 
Varanasi

33

Uttarakhand

Almora, Dehradun, Haldwani, Pauri Garhwal, Roorkee, Rudrapur

34

West Bengal

Asansol, Burdwan, Durgapur, Howrah, Kalyani, Kolkatta, Siliguri, Siuri

 CTET 2022 Admit Card 

CBSE releases Admit Card for the CTET exam 15-20 days before the date of conduct of the Examination. The admit card link for CTET 2022 2022 exam will be added here once it has been released. All candidates can download their admit card/hall ticket by clicking on the link given below:

CTET 2022 Admit Card Link- Check Details

CTET 2022 Answer Key 

CBSE will release provisional CTET Answer Key 2022 on the official website ctet.nic.in providing an opportunity to the candidates to challenge or raise objections to the Provisional Answer Key. The subject experts will assess all the challenges received by the candidates and then the final answer keys will be displayed on ctet.nic.in. The CTET Result will be declared according to the final answer keys.

CTET 2022 Answer Key- Check Details

CTET 2022 Results

The declaration of results will be done by CBSE after the examination of CTET is conducted. The CTET result will be declared within 04 (Four) weeks from the date of conduct of the examination. So the CTET 2022 Result will be declared tentatively after a month. 

Click Here to Check CTET 2022 Result

CTET Cut-Off

The candidates appearing in CTET will be issued with a mark sheet. The Candidates securing 60% (General) and above marks will be issued an Eligibility Certificate for which the validity has been extended from 7 years to a lifetime period.

School Management (Government, Local bodies, Government aided and unaided) may consider giving concessions to the person belonging to SC/ST, OBC, differently-abled persons, etc., in accordance with their extant reservation policy.


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