Admission Notification: Central Teacher Eligibility Test 2012

CBSE is a self-financing body which meets the recurring and non-recurring expenditure without any grant-in-aid either from the Central Govt. or from any other source.

Courses Offered: 

The CTET shall apply to schools of the Central Government (KVS, NVS, Central Tibetan Schools etc.) and schools under the administrative control of UT of Chandigarh and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

CTET may also apply to the unaided private schools, who may exercise the option of considering the CTET. 

Schools owned and managed by the State Government / local bodies and aided schools shall consider the TET conducted by the State Govt. However, a State Government can also consider the CTET if it decides not to conduct the State TET

Eligibility Criteria: 

The following persons are eligible for appearing in the CTET. 

Minimum Qualifications for Classes I-V: Primary Stage 

• Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 2- year Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever name known). OR
• Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 45% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever name known), in accordance with the NCTE (Recognition Norms and Procedure), Regulations, 2002.
  OR
• Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 4-year Bachelor of Elementary Education (B.El.Ed).
  OR
• Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 2-year Diploma in Education (Special Education).
  OR
• Graduation and passed or appearing in final year of two year Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever name known). 

Minimum Qualification for Classes VI-VIII: Elementary Stage 

• Graduation and passed or appearing in final year of 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever name known).
  OR
• Graduation with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in 1-year Bachelor in Education (B.Ed).
  OR
• Graduation with at least 45% marks and passed or appearing in 1-year Bachelor in Education (B.Ed), in accordance with the NCTE (Recognition Norms and Procedure) Regulations issued from time to time in this regard.
  OR
• Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 4-year Bachelor in Elementary Education (B.El.Ed).
  OR
• Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 4-year B.A/B.Sc.Ed or B.A. Ed/ B.Sc.Ed.
  OR
• Graduation with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in 1-year B.Ed. (Special Education).

Note:
(i) Relaxation up to 5% in the qualifying marks in the minimum Educational Qualification for eligibility shall be allowed to the candidates belonging to reserved categories, such as SC/ ST/ OBC/ Differently abled. 
(ii) Diploma/Degree Course in Teacher Education: For the purposes of this Notification, a diploma/degree course in teacher education recognized by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) only shall be considered. However, in case of Diploma in Education (SpecialEducation) and B.ED (Special Education), a course recognized by the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) only shall be considered.

Application Procedure: 

The cost of Information Bulletin Inclusive of Examination Fees
General/ OBC Category: Rs 500/- (Five hundred only) 
SC/ST/ Differently Abled Category: Rs 250/- (Two hundred fifty only) 

Information Bulletin containing Application Form can be had personally from the Designated Branches of Syndicate Bank / other Banks or Institutions against cash payment (not by Post). List available on CBSE website www.cbse.nic.in or www.ctet.nic.in 

The Syndicate Bank / other Banks / designated Institutions will not send the Information Bulletin by Post. Hence, no request should be made to them for sending the Bulletin by Post. 

Fee once remitted shall not be refunded under any circumstances. 

Online Application Procedure

The online submission of particulars may be made at website www.ctet.nic.in . The candidates should supply all the required details while filling up the online form. On submission of details, a Confirmation page with Registration No. shall be generated. Candidates are required to take printout of Confirmation page and paste photograph, sign in the space earmarked for the purpose. 

The confirmation Page is to be sent by Registered/Speed Post to CBSE (NOT BY COURIER) to " The Assistant Secretary (CTET Unit), Central Board of Secondary Education, 'Shiksha Sadan', 17, Rouse Avenue, New Delhi - 110002" along with original Demand Draft (if fee paid by Demand Draft) for further processing so as to reach latest by 30.11.2011 . 

Payment Procedure

By Credit/Debit Card

or

Demand Draft in favour of the Secretary, Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi drawn in any Nationalized Bank payable at Delhi. Write your Name, Address, Mobile No. and Registration No. on the back of the demand draft. 

Application can be submitted Online during 01.11.2011 to 25.11 .2011. 

Contact Details:

'Shiksha Sadan', 17, Rouse Avenue, New Delhi – 110002
Tel: 011-23238361, 23220153
Fax: 011-23217128
Website: http://ctet.nic.in 

Important Dates:  

Last date for receipt of form: 30th November, 2011
Entrance Date: 29th January, 2012 

Note: 

In 2011, of the total 794,080 candidates who registered for CTET, 715,050 took the exam held on June 26. The test was conducted in 1,178 centres and 81 cities across the country and two cities abroad.

A total of 97,919 candidates cleared CTET 2011.