CTET Exam 2023: Over 29 lakh appear for July session

NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) successfully conducted the 17th edition of the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) exam today for 3,121 test centres in 136 cities across the country. Around 80 percent of candidates appeared in the CTET 2023 exam.

As per the board, a total of 29,03,903 candidates took the CTET exam 2023 today out of which 15,01,719 candidates appeared for paper 1 for Class 1 to 5 and 14,02,184 candidates appeared for paper 2 for teaching posts for Class 6 to 8.

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The CBSE in an official statement said that a total of 141 city coordinators, 3,121 centre superintendents, 3,506 observers, and 599 CBSE officials and employees were deployed for the smooth and fair conduct of the examination.

The board will provide digital mark sheets and eligibility certificates through ‘DigiLocker’ to the candidates. According to the board, the DigiLocker accounts of all the candidates will be created and the account credentials and details will be sent to the candidates on their registered mobile numbers.

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Candidates will be able to download their digital mark sheet and eligibility certificate using these credentials. The mark sheets and certificates will have an encrypted QR code which can be scanned and verified using the DigiLocker mobile app.

CBSE conducted the CTET exam 2023 paper 1 and paper 2 in two shifts today for various teaching jobs for Class 1 to 8. Paper 1 was conducted for teaching jobs for Class 1 to 6 while paper 2 was for teaching posts for Class 6 to 8. Candidates fulfilling the prescribed qualification were able to appear in one or both the papers and could choose any two languages out of 20 prescribed languages according to the board.