CTET 2026 Exam City Slip (OUT) LIVE: City allotment out; admit card soon at ctet.nic.in

After qualifying for the CTET 2026 examination, qualified candidates are awarded the CTET Eligibility Certificate, which makes them eligible to apply for teaching positions in Central Government schools, unaided private schools, and schools under the administrative control of Union Territories.

Check the CTET exam 2025 will be held 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 CTET 2026 Paper 1 Syllabus for EVS is 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 CTET 2026 eligibility certificates are now valid for life, enabling applicants to apply at any time for teaching positions throughout India, according to the NCTE guidelines.

Yes, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced the examination date. The CTET 2026 examination will be conducted on February 8, 2026. The authority will soon release the CTET 2026 admit card on its official website.

The Central Board of Secondary Education will soon release the CTET 2026 admit card at ctet.nic.in. Candidates can check the official website for the latest updates.

Candidates appearing for the CTET 2026 exam can contact the helpline number and email given below in case of any query:

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

There is no restriction on the number of attempts for the CTET 2026 examination. Candidates can appear as many times as they want, as per the CBSE CTET latest updates.

Check the Science syllabus for the CTET 2026 exam is given below:

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

The CTET 2026 eligibility criteria are below:

• Nationality: Indian citizens only. 
• 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.
• 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 CBSE will conduct the CTET 2026 exam in February in 20 Indian languages, allowing candidates to choose their preferred medium of language.

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.

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.

Each CTET 2026 paper consists of 150 questions to be attempted within 150 minutes in OMR mode.

Candidates can check the CTET 2025 English syllabus below:

• Reading unseen passages – two passages, one prose or drama and one poem.
• Questions will be from comprehension, inference, grammar and verbal ability.
• Prose passage may be literary, scientific, narrative, or discursive.

Candidates must cover the syllabus paper 1, which includes child development, languages I/II, math, EVS and pedagogy basics. Whereas, the paper 2 syllabus includes EVS for math/science or social studies, diving into history, geometry, and natural resources.

The exam helpline numbers for candidates appearing for the CTET 2026 are given below:

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

Candidates can check the table below for the CTET 2026 exam pattern.

Check the CTET 2026 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 eligibility criteria for CTET 2025 state a minimum age of 18 years (or 17 in some sources), and there is no maximum age limit in the official criteria.

As per the NCTE guidelines, CTET eligibility certificates are now valid for life, enabling applicants to apply at any time for teaching positions throughout India.

Candidates who qualify for the CTET 2026 are awarded the CTET Eligibility Certificate, which makes them eligible to apply for teaching positions in Central Government schools, unaided private schools, and schools under the administrative control of Union Territories.

The exam timings for both CTET 2026 papers 1 and 2 are as follows. 

Once the CTET admit card 2026 is issued, candidates can follow the steps given below to access it. 

• Visit the official website, ctet.nic.in.
• Click the CTET admit card 2026 link login. 
• Enter the CTET required credentials
• CTET admit card 2026 will be displayed on the screen.
• Check the information printed on the CTET admit card 2026.
• Download and save the CBSE CTET admit card 2026 for future reference.

Recently, according to several media reports, CTET is planning to include Maithili as an option in the exam. The development comes after a proposal related to Maithili was cleared during a National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) meeting.

CBSE CTET likely to add Maithili as language option soon

The minimum age is 18 years (or 17 in some sources), and there is no maximum age limit given, as per the CTET 2026 eligibility criteria.

The CTET 2026 will be conducted offline in pen and paper mode. Candidates can download their CTET 2026 exam city slip from the official website.

Check the CTET Geography syllabus 2025 for paper 2 Social Studies below:

1. Geography as a social study and as a science
2. Planet: Earth in the solar system
3. Globe
4. Environment in its totality: natural and human environment
5. Air
6. Water
7. Human Environment: settlement, transport and communication
8. Resources: Types-Natural and Human
9. Agricultur

The exam conducting authority has published the CTET 2026 exam city slip on the official website, that is, ctet.nic.in. Candidates can expect the CTET 2026 admit card soon on the website.

Check the CTET Science Syllabus 2025 given below for the examination:

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

Candidates can check the CTET Paper 1 Syllabus for Maths below:

1. Geometry
2. Shapes & Spatial Understanding
3. Solids around Us
4. Numbers
5. Addition and Subtraction
6. Multiplication
7. Division
8. Measurement
9. Weight
10. Time
11. Volume
12. Data Handling
13. Patterns
14. Money

The CTET 2026 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 2026 minimum passing scores are 90 out of 150 for the General category and 82 out of 150 for reserved categories (SC, ST, OBC, PwD).

Candidates will be able to find the CTET 2026 hall ticket once it is published on the official website. The CBSE has released the CTET 2026 exam city slip at ctet.nic.in.

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will declare the CTET admit card 2026 soon on the official website. Candidates are advised to keep checking the website for the latest updates.

The CTET Exam 2026 will be conducted on February 8, 2026. Paper 1 is held in the morning, from 09:30 to 12:00, and Paper 2 is conducted in the evening, from 02:30 to 05:00.

Candidates can check and download the CTET exam centre list 2026 PDF on the official website by using the correct login credentials, which include email address, password, and the captcha code verification.

Check the CTET 2026 English syllabus below:

1. Reading unseen passages – two passages, one prose or drama and one poem.
2. Questions will be from comprehension, inference, grammar, and verbal ability.
3. (Prose passage may be literary, scientific, narrative, or discursive)

Check the table below for CTET exam pattern.

The CTET 2026 syllabus for Paper 2 is given below:

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

The eligibility mentioned for CTET 2026 is a minimum age of 18 years (or 17 in some sources), and there is no maximum age limit given.

Candidates need to carry an admit card, photo ID, and a black ballpoint pen; a biometric check can be done at the exam centre.

The CTET 2026 paper 1 syllabus covers child development, languages I/II, math, and EVS and pedagogy basics, while Paper 2 covers EVS for math/science or social studies, diving into history, geometry, and natural resources.

Check the CBSE CTET marking scheme 2025 below:

• +1 for each correct answer
• 0 for wrong answer

Candidates can 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 subjects for Paper 2 of the CTET are listed below.

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

Check the Paper 1 subjects for CBSE CTET exam 2026 below:

1. Child Development and Pedagogy
2. Language-I
3. Language-II
4. Mathematics
5. Environmental Studies

Check the details that will be mentioned in the CTET City Intimation Slip 2026 below:

1. Candidate’s Full Name
2. Roll Number/Registration Number
3. Date of Birth
4. Exam Date and Day
5. Shift Timing and Reporting Time
6. Exam City

The SSC CHSL Tier 1 cutoff 2026 will be announced separately for UR, OBC, SC, ST, EWS, and other reserved categories. The authority has issued the CTET 2026 exam city slip on the official website.

The exam helpline numbers for candidates appearing for the CTET 2026 exam are given below:

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

Candidates can take the CTET 2026 examination an unlimited number of times. Candidates can retake the test as many times as they like, and there is no upper age limit to take the test.

The CTET 2026 examination will be conducted on February 8, 2026. Candidates can check the CTET 2026 Exam Timings below:

The CTET 2026 exam city slip has been published on the official website at ctet.nic.in. Candidates can download the CTET 2026 city intimation slip using the login credentials such as application number and password.

CTET 2026 City Intimation Slip at ctet.nic.in. (Image source: Official website)

Candidates can download the CTET 2026 city intimation slip at ctet.nic.in. The CTET 2026 city intimation slip can be downloaded using login details such as email address and password.

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

• English
• Gujarati
• Marathi
• Sanskrit
• Hindi
• Kannada
• Mizo
• Tamil
• Assamese
• Khasi
• Nepali
• Telugu
• Bengali
• Malayalam
• Odia
• Tibetan
• Garo
• Manipuri
• Punjabi
• Urdu

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 prior to the RTE Act, they are exempt from taking the Teachers Eligibility Test (TET). 

Supreme Court mandates TET for aspiring, in-service teachers

The exam helpline numbers for candidates appearing for the CTET 2026 are given below:

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

There is no restriction on the number of attempts for the CTET 2026 examination, as per the CBSE CTET 2026 latest updates.

The subjects for Paper 2 of the CTET are listed below.

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

The CTET 2026 eligibility criteria are below:

• Nationality: Indian citizens only. 
• 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.
• 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 Paper 1 subjects for CBSE CTET exam 2026 are below:

1. Child Development and Pedagogy
2. Language-I
3. Language-II
4. Mathematics
5. Environmental Studies

Each CTET 2026 paper consists of 150 questions to be attempted within 150 minutes in OMR mode.

The exam conducting authority has issued the CBSE CTET 2026 exam city slip on the official website.

Candidates are required to carry an admit card, photo ID, and a black ballpoint pen. A biometric check can be conducted at the CTET 2026 exam centre.

Candidates can check the CTET 2026 syllabus for Paper 1 highlights below in the table:

Below in the table is the CTET 2026 exam pattern: