CBSE CTET 2025 Application Form LIVE: CTET form at ctet.nic.in soon; exam dates, eligibility criteria, updates

The scanned image of the candidate's signature should be of 3 KB to 30 KB, and the dimensions should be 3.5 cm (length) x 1.5 cm (height).

Candidates can check the exam helpline numbers for students appearing for the CTET exam 2025:

1. Contact No: 011-22240112
2. Email: ctet.cbse@nic.in

The State Bank of India will soon declare the SBI Clerk prelims result 2025 anytime on the official website. Candidates can check the prelims result once it is released at sbi.co.in.

Check the table below for the CTET 2025 application fee.

The scanned image of the candidate's signature should be of 3 KB to 30 KB, and the dimensions should be 3.5 cm (length) x 1.5 cm (height).

The Central Board of Secondary Education will announce the CTET application form 2026 soon at ctet.nic.in. Candidates can check the official website once it is released.

Below in the table is the CTET exam pattern:

The exam helpline numbers for candidates appearing for the CTET 2025 exam are given below:

• Contact No: 011-22240112
• Email: ctet.cbse@nic.in

The CTET 2025 application form will be declared soon on the official website, i.e., ctet.nic.in. The candidates must apply for the CTET 2025 examination online by completing the registration process.

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will issue the CTET 2025 application form. Candidates are advised to visit the website, ctet.nic.in, for the latest updates.

The authority is expected to issue the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) admit card 2025 in January 2026. Candidates can check the admit card once it is announced.

Each CTET 2025 paper consists of 150 questions to be attempted within 150 minutes in OMR mode.

To be eligible for  CTET 2025, Candidates must hold B.Ed or D.El.Ed qualifications according to the NCTE norms.

There is no restriction on the number of attempts for the CTET 2025 examination, as per the CBSE CTET 2025 latest notification.

Candidates need to secured a Senior Secondary (12th grade) certificate with at least 50% marks and a 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education, or a 4-year Bachelor of Elementary Education (B.El.Ed) are eligible for Paper I (classes 1–5) and a Bachelor's degree with 50% marks and a 2-year Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) degree for Paper II (classes 6–8).

There is no restriction on the number of attempts for the CTET 2025 examination, as per the CBSE CTET 2025 latest notification.

Yes, for the CTET 2025 exams, candidates can pay the CTET application fee via debit/credit card, UPI, or net banking once the form link is activated by the exam conducting authority.

The fee for the general category for the CTET 2025 application form is:

• One Paper Fee: Rs. 1000
• Both Papers Fee: Rs. 1200

Candidates can check the CTET eligibility criteria 2025 given below:

1. Nationality: Indian citizens only.
2. Paper 1 (Classes 1-5):  Class 12 with 50%/45% marks + 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education/Education or 4-year Bachelor of Elementary Education, or Candidates must have a Bachelor’s degree + BEd.
3. Paper 2 (Classes 6-8): Graduation with 50%/40% marks + 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education or BEd or 4-year Bachelor of Elementary Education, or Senior Secondary with 50% marks + cleared/appearing in final year of B.A.Ed/B.Sc.Ed or B.A/B.Sc.Ed.

Candidates can check the Paper 2 subjects for CBSE CTET below:

1. Child Development and Pedagogy
2. Language-I
3. Language-II
4. Mathematics and Science or Social Studies/Social Science

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced the CTET 2025 exam date for the December session. As per the latest notification, the 21st edition of the exam will be conducted on February 8, 2026.

The Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) will be conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education on February 8, 2026. Both papers 1 and 2 will be conducted in two separate shifts on the same day.

18 years (or 17 in some sources) minimum age, and there is no maximum age limit given in the official criteria, according to the CTET 2025 eligibility criteria.

Check the CBSE CTET Science Syllabus 2025 below:

1. Sources of food
2. Components of food
3. Moving Things People and Ideas
4. Materials
5. Food
6. Materials of daily use
7. The World of the Living
8. How things work
9. Cleaning food
10. Magnets
11. Natural Phenomena
12. Natural Resources
13. Electric current and circuits

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will announce the CTET application form soon at ctet.nic.in. Candidates can check the official website once it is declared.

The number of times a candidate can take the CTET exam is unlimited. To raise their score, candidates can retake the test as much as they like. Additionally, there is no higher age limit to take the test.

Check the CTET eligibility criteria 2025 given below:

1. Nationality: Indian citizens only.
2. Paper 1 (Classes 1-5):  Class 12 with 50%/45% marks + 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education/Education or 4-year Bachelor of Elementary Education, or Candidates must have a Bachelor’s degree + BEd.
3. Paper 2 (Classes 6-8): Graduation with 50%/40% marks + 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education or BEd or 4-year Bachelor of Elementary Education, or Senior Secondary with 50% marks + cleared/appearing in final year of B.A.Ed/B.Sc.Ed or B.A/B.Sc.Ed.

The exam conducting authority, i.e., CBSE, will conduct the CTET 2026 exam in February in 20 Indian languages, allowing candidates to choose their preferred medium of language.

The table below outlines the CTET 2025 exam pattern.

The CTET Language 1 and 2 means the two language papers candidates choose for either CTET Paper 1 (classes 1-5) or Paper 2 (classes 6-8).

The CTET examination 2025 will be conducted in an offline mode or pen and paper mode.

Below are the highlights of the CTET 2025 syllabus for Paper 1:

The BSEB holds the Bihar STET exams 2025 from October 14 to November 16, 2025. The exam will be conducted in a computer-based test (CBT) mode. The Bihar STET admit card 2025 was declared between October 12 to 14, 2025.

Also Read: Bihar STET admit card 2025 out; exams from October 14

Check the Paper 2 subjects for CBSE CTET below:

1. Child Development and Pedagogy
2. Language-I
3. Language-II
4. Mathematics and Science or Social Studies/Social Science

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has declared the CTET 2025 exam date for the December session. As per the latest update, the 21st edition of the exam will be held on February 8, 2026.

The Central Board of Secondary Education will conduct the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) on February 8, 2026. Both papers 1 and 2 will be held in two separate shifts on the same day.

The candidate must be a minimum age of 18 years (or 17 in some sources), and there is no maximum age limit given in the official criteria, as per the CTET 2025 eligibility criteria.

Check the CBSE CTET Science syllabus 2025 is as follows:

1. Sources of food
2. Components of food
3. Moving Things People and Ideas
4. Materials
5. Food
6. Materials of daily use
7. The World of the Living
8. How things work
9. Cleaning food
10. Magnets
11. Natural Phenomena
12. Natural Resources
13. Electric current and circuits

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will issue the CTET application form soon at ctet.nic.in. Candidates can check the official website once it is announced.

The number of times a candidate can take the CTET exam is unlimited. To raise their score, candidates can retake the test as much as they like. Additionally, there is no higher age limit to take the test.

The CTET examination 2025 is conducted in an offline mode or in pen and paper mode by the CBSE.

No, there is no negative marking for wrong answers in the CBSE CTET examination 2025. The authority will soon declare the updates on the official website, i.e., ctet.nic.in.

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will soon issue the notification for the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) on its official website. Candidates can check the official website once the results are declared.

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will soon begin the registration process for the CTET exam at ctet.nic.in.

Check the CBSE CTET 2025 registration details are given below:

1. Name
2. Father’s Name
3. Mother's name 
4. Date of birth
5. Gender
6. Photo ID Number
7. Contact details
8. Password generation

After qualifying the exam, the CTET certificate remains valid for life, allowing candidates to apply for central and state teaching jobs anytime.

Below is the CTET Paper 1 Syllabus for Maths for candidates reference:

• Geometry
• Shapes & Spatial Understanding
• Solids around Us
• Numbers
• Addition and Subtraction
• Multiplication
• Division
• Measurement
• Weight
• Time
• Volume
• Data Handling
• Patterns
• Money

Candidates can check the CTET Science Syllabus 2025 given below for the examination:

• Food
• Sources of food
• Components of food
• Cleaning food
• Materials
• Materials of daily use
• The World of the Living
• Moving Things, People, and Ideas
• How things work
• Electric current and circuits
• Magnets
• Natural Phenomena
• Natural Resources

As per the Supreme Court's (SC) mandate, which requires all teachers to take the test to keep their jobs, the Teachers Recruitment Board (TRB) of the Tamil Nadu government has announced that the Teachers' Eligibility Test (TET) will be given three times a year.

Also Read: Tamil Nadu to hold TET thrice in 2026 after SC’s mandatory eligibility rule; relief for teachers

The CTET exam 2025 will be conducted in 20 languages, which are as follows:

1. English
2. Gujarati
3. Marathi
4. Sanskrit
5. Hindi
6. Kannada
7. Mizo
8. Tamil
9. Assamese
10. Khasi
11. Nepali
12. Telugu
13. Bengali
14. Malayalam
15. Odia
16. Tibetan
17. Garo
18. Manipuri
19. Punjabi
20. Urdu

The photo and signature dimensions for the CTET 2025 application form are below:

The Bihar STET exam 2025 will be conducted from October 12 to October 31, 2025, and the results are expected to be out by November 16, 2025 according to the latest notification.

Also Read: BPSC TRE 4 vacancies to be submitted within five days, says Education Minister; notification soon

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) announced the CTET 2025 exam date for the December session. According to the latest notification, the examination will be conducted on February 8, 2026.

Also Read: CBSE to hold CTET December 2025 on February 8

The CTET 2025 application form will be announced soon on the official website, i.e. ctet.nic.in. The aspiring candidates must apply for the CTET 2025 exam online by undergoing the registration process.

Admit cards, photo IDs, and a black ballpoint pen are required to be carried by the candidates; a biometric check can be conducted at the centre.

Candidates need to secured a Senior Secondary (12th grade) certificate with at least 50% marks and a 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education, or a 4-year Bachelor of Elementary Education (B.El.Ed) are eligible for Paper I (classes 1–5) and a Bachelor's degree with 50% marks and a 2-year Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) degree for Paper II (classes 6–8).

Candidates must cover the syllabus paper 1 that includes Child Development, Languages I/II, Maths, EVS and pedagogy basics. Whereas, the paper 2 syllabus includes EVS for Maths/Science or Social Studies, diving into History, Geometry, and natural resources.

Check the CTET 2025 Paper 1 Syllabus for EVS below:

1. Family and Friends: Relationships, Work and Play, Animals, Plants
2. Shelter
3. Water
4. Things We Make and Do
5. Travel
6. Food

The State Bank of India will soon declare the SBI Clerk prelims result 2025 anytime on the official website. Candidates can check the prelims result once it is released at sbi.co.in.

The scanned image of the candidate's signature should be of 3 KB to 30 KB, and the dimensions should be 3.5 cm (length) x 1.5 cm (height).

There is no restriction on the number of attempts for the CTET 2025 examination, as per the CBSE CTET 2025 latest notification.

The CTET 2025 application online link for the December session will be activated along with the notification on the official website, ctet.nic.in. The CBSE is expected to declare the application form soon.

Check the table below for the CTET 2025 exam pattern:

There are a total of 150 questions per paper in the CTET examination 2025: 1 and 2.

The CTET 2025 application form will be declared soon on the official website, i.e., ctet.nic.in. Candidates must apply for the CTET 2025 exam online by undergoing the registration process.

Candidates can check the exam helpline numbers for students appearing for the CTET exam 2025:

1. Contact No: 011-22240112
2. Email: ctet.cbse@nic.in

According to a ruling by the Bombay High Court, teachers who passed the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) after the March 2019 deadline can stay employed and be considered for promotions as long as they were hired after Maharashtra made the test mandatory in 2013.

Also Read: Bombay HC allows teachers who cleared TET after 2019 to continue service; eligible for transfers, promotion

The fee for the general category for the CTET 2025 application form is:

• One Paper Fee: Rs. 1000
• Both Papers Fee: Rs. 1200

Registration for the Andhra Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test (AP TET) was announced by the Andhra Pradesh Department of School Education on October 24, 2025, on the official website at tet2dsc.apcfss.in.

Also Read: AP TET 2025 registration begins at tet2dsc.apcfss.in; exam on December 10

Below in the table is the CTET exam pattern:

There is no restriction on the number of attempts for the CTET 2025 examination, as per the CBSE CTET 2025 latest notification.

Candidates can check the CTET eligibility criteria 2025 given below:

1. Nationality: Indian citizens only.
2. Paper 1 (Classes 1-5):  Class 12 with 50%/45% marks + 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education/Education or 4-year Bachelor of Elementary Education, or Candidates must have a Bachelor’s degree + BEd.
3. Paper 2 (Classes 6-8): Graduation with 50%/40% marks + 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education or BEd or 4-year Bachelor of Elementary Education, or Senior Secondary with 50% marks + cleared/appearing in final year of B.A.Ed/B.Sc.Ed or B.A/B.Sc.Ed.

In the table below is the CTET 2025 application fee.

Teachers at Delhi's government schools have filed a review case against the Supreme Court's mandate ruling requiring in-service teachers to take the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET), claiming the directive is "illegal" and "irrational." 

Also Read: Delhi school teachers call Supreme Court’s CTET mandate ‘arbitrary’; demand review petition

Below is the list of documents required for filling the CTET application form 2025:

• Mobile number and email ID
• Scanned photograph
• Scanned signature
• Photo ID Proof
• Debit/Credit card/UPI details for payment

The Central Board of Secondary Education will conduct the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) on February 8, 2026. Both papers 1 and 2 will be held in two separate shifts on the same day.

According to the Supreme Court mandate, it is now compulsory for every candidate who wants to become a teacher to take the TET examination. The Supreme Court also ruled that if a teacher has less than five years left on their job contract and was hired before the RTE Act, they are exempt from taking the Teachers Eligibility Test (TET). 

Also Read: Supreme Court mandates TET for aspiring, in-service teachers

Yes, for the CTET 2025 exams, candidates can pay the CTET application fee via debit/credit card, UPI, or net banking once the form link is activated by the exam conducting authority.

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will publish the CTET 2025 notification and application form. Candidates are advised to visit the website, ctet.nic.in, for updates.