CTET 2024 application form at ctet.nic.in; syllabus, exam pattern

CTET Exam Date 2024: The CTET application form 2024 is hosted on the official website, ctet.nic.in. CTET exam will be held in 135 cities.

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CTET exam 2024 is held for teacher recruitment in central government schools. (Image: Careers360/Sheena Sachdeva)

Anu Parthiban | November 4, 2023 | 09:45 AM IST

NEW DELHI: Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has started the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET 2024) January session registration. The CTET exam is conducted for the minimum qualifications to be eligible for appointment as a teacher for Class 1 to 8.

As per the schedule announced, the CTET exam 2024 will be held on January 21. The CTET registration last date is November 23. The CTET application form 2024 is hosted on the official website, ctet.nic.in.

Background wave

The exam will apply to schools of central government including Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS), Navodaya Vidyalaya (NVS), Central Tibetan Schools, and schools under the administrative control of UT‟s of Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu and Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep and NCT of Delhi. Teachers recruitment in some of the unaided private schools will also be based on CTET score.

CTET 2024 syllabus

The Central Teacher Eligibility Test will be conducted in 20 languages in 135 cities across the country. However, the main question paper will be bilingual - English and Hindi.

Candidates will have to opt two languages out of the 20 - English, Gujarati, Marathi, Sanskrit, Hindi, Kannada, Mizo, Tamil, Assamese, Khasi, Nepali, Telugu, Bengali, Malayalam, Odia, Tibetan, Garo, Manipuri, Punjabi, Urdu.

The CBSE Board informed that the mathematics and environmental studies paper will focus on the concepts, problem solving abilities and pedagogical understanding and applications of the subjects. In all, the papers will be prepared based on the syllabus of Class 1 to 5 NCERT textbooks.

CTET exam pattern 2024

CTET subjects

Number of question

Marks

Child Development and Pedagogy (compulsory)

30

30

Language I (compulsory)

30

30

Language II (compulsory)

30

30

Mathematics and Science

60

60

Social Studies/Social Science

60

60

Total

150

150

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