CTET Admit Card 2021 soon at ctet.nic.in; Mock test direct link, FAQs

NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education will release the Central Teachers Eligibility Test (CTET) admit card in the first week of December on the official website, ctet.nic.in. The CTET 2021 exam is scheduled to be held from December 16 to January 13, 2022.

Candidates who are going to appear for the CTET 2021 exam can check the CBSE CTET mock test 2021 available on the official website to practice for the computer-based test. Earlier, the CBSE announced that 356 test practice centers have been set up for the CTET 2021 exam across India. To know the list of CTET practice centres - Click here.

Candidates can also take the CTET mock test 2021 for the December exam at ctet.nic.in or check the steps below to know how to attempt the online CTET mock test 2021.

CTET Mock Test 2021: How to attempt

• Visit the CBSE CTET official website - ctet.nic.in or click here
• On the home page, find and click on the ‘mock test’ link
• A new login page will be displayed on the device and candidate will have to enter the credentials to sign in
• The detailed instructions page for CTET mock test will be exhibited on the screen
• After reading the guidelines of how to take the CTET 2021 mock test candidates will have to click on the next tab at the end of the page
• Other important instructions page will be displayed and at the end check the box and click on “I am ready to begin”
• There will be a stopwatch on the top right hand corner and candidates will have to answer the questions and can proceed to the next one after “save and next”.

CBSE CTET 2021: Frequently asked questions

What is the validity period of a CTET certificate?

Earlier as per guidelines framed by NCTE, the validity period was 7 years but now “The Validity period of TET qualifying certificate for appointment, unless otherwise notified by the appropriate Government, would remain valid for life.

How is the city allotted for the exam?

Generally, the board makes an effort to allot exam centers in the city as per candidate’s first choice of exam city. However, the Board reserves the right to allot any centre/city.

How many papers are there in one CTET?

There are two papers in each CTET Paper 1: For Class 1 to 5, Paper II: For Class 6 to 8. If a candidate intends to teach Classes from 1-8, he/she has to appear in both the papers.

What is the time duration of each test?

The duration of each test is 2:30 hours. However, the differently abled candidates may be given a compensatory time of 50 minutes in each paper of CTET exam.

How many attempts does a candidate get?

Till now there is no limit on the number of attempts for appearing in CTET.

Who will get the CTET eligibility certificate?

A person who scores 60% or more in the TET exam will be considered as TET Pass. School Managements (Governments ,local bodies, government aided and unaided) may consider giving concessions to persons belonging to SC/ST, OBC, differently-abled persons, etc in accordance with their extant reservation policy. Should give weightage to the CTET scores in the recruitment process.

What is/are Weeding Out rules(s)?

The record of Central Teacher Eligibility Test is preserved upto two months from the date of declaration of result in accordance with the CBSE examination Weeding out rules. Thereafter, it will be disposed of as per Weeding Out rules.