CTET answer key July 2024 challenge window closes tonight; result date soon

NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will close the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) July 2024 answer key challenge window today before midnight. The CTET objection facility was made available along with the provisional answer key and scanned images of OMR answer sheets at the official website, ctet.nic.in.

To challenge the CTET answer key 2024, candidates will have to pay a non-refundable fee of Rs 1,000 per question through credit or debit card. “There is a provision for the candidates to challenge the answer keys through the link available on the website https://ctet.nic.in/ from 24/07/2024 to 27/07/2024 (upto 11:59 PM),” the board said.

“If the challenge is accepted by the Board i.e. if any mistake is noticed by the subject experts in the answer key, a policy decision will be notified and the fee shall be refunded,” it said.

CTET marking scheme

CTET exam will have two papers - paper 1 is for candidates who have applied for becoming teachers for Classes 1 to 5 and paper 2 is for candidates who are eligible to become Classes 6 to 8 teachers.

The CTET paper 1 consists of five sections namely child development and pedagogy, language 1, language 2, mathematics, and environmental studies. Each section carries 30 questions with 30 marks totally to 150 questions for 150 marks. For paper 2, the last two sections were mathematics and science (for teachers applying for these subjects) or social studies (for any other teacher); both the sections carried 60 questions for 60 marks.

According to the CTET passing percentage, a candidate who scores 60% or more in the CTET exam will be considered as a TET pass. “School managements (Government, 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,” the board said.

CTET result, final answer key

The CTET final answer key along with the results will be declared after the subject experts review the challenges. The board will then upload the CTET mark sheets of all eligible candidates in digital format in the DigiLocker account. The CTET eligibility certificate is legally valid as per IT Act.