CTET

The Ministry of Education, Government of India, has entrusted the Central Teacher Eligibility Test to the Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi, which runs it through the ctet.nic.in portal. The requirement itself flows from Section 23(1) of the RTE Act and NCTE notifications dated 23 August 2010 and 29 July 2011.

Anyone who wants to be appointed as a teacher for classes I to VIII in the schools referred to in Clause (n) of Section 2 of the RTE Act. Passing TET is listed as one of the essential qualifications for such an appointment. Clearing CTET makes you eligible to apply; it does not by itself give you a teaching post.

The portal is showing the 22nd edition, CTET September 2026. Public notices listed include exam dates for the 22nd edition, re-opening of online applications, and a correction window with last date 10.09.2026. Confirm any live window inside the portal itself before acting on a date you read elsewhere.

Those values are not published on the CTET homepage. They sit inside the CTET September 2026 Information Bulletin, which the site only links to. Open that bulletin and read it end to end before you build a study plan, and treat item counts, duration, marking scheme and qualifying marks quoted by coaching sites as unverified until you have checked them there.

The homepage carries a public notice titled 'Validity Period of TET qualifying certificate', but the visible page text does not state the number of years. Open the linked notice or the Information Bulletin and read the figure there. Do not rely on a number remembered from an older cycle, because validity rules have been revised before.

The homepage does not state any limit on attempts or a retake policy, so no figure is given here. Look for the applicable rule in the Information Bulletin for your cycle. Practically, candidates do reappear in later editions, so preserve your registration details and keep watching the portal for the next edition's notification and application window.

The portal's own advice is to refer only to authentic textbooks and the syllabus suggested by NCTE for preparation in the area of education. The syllabus itself is reached through the Information Bulletin link. Avoid unauthorised compilations and forwarded PDFs; the exam body explicitly points candidates towards NCTE-suggested material rather than third-party notes.

Read the Information Bulletin first so you know the paper you are actually sitting. Then work through child development and pedagogy, since that reasoning underpins classroom questions across the paper, before drilling subject content. Finish with timed practice using the question papers and final answer keys the portal publishes, and log every error so revision targets weaknesses rather than favourites.

Skipping the Information Bulletin is the big one, because structure, instructions and qualifying rules all live there. Others: missing the correction window while it is open, losing login credentials, trusting unofficial syllabus summaries, and preparing only subject content while neglecting pedagogy. Keep your registration data safe and check the public notices page regularly for notices and deadlines.

The portal lists e Services and a 'Duplicate Marks sheet and Certificate' link, plus a separate page for duplicate certificates and marksheets of CTET examinations up to 2016 and a circular on the revised fee for duplicate marksheet, certificate and verification. A Helpdesk and Contact Us page are also linked; the site also hosts the 19 August 2018 Office Memorandum on examination guidelines for persons with benchmark disabilities.