Qualifications required for TET Exam

What is the minimum qualification required to appear for Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) Entrance Exam?????

Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi conducts Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) for a person to be eligible for appointment as a teacher for classes I to VIII

CTET Exam Eligibility --

Minimum Educational Qualifications For becoming Teacher for Classes I – V :
Primary Stage :
Must have passed Senior Secondary ( Or its equivalent ) with minimum 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 2 year Diploma in Elementary Education ( By whatever name known )
OR
Passed Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with minimum 45% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 2 year Diploma in Elementary Education in accordance with the NCTE ( Recognition Norms and Procedure ), Regulations, 2002.
OR Passed Senior Secondary ( or its equivalent ) with minimum 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 4 year Bachelor of Elementary Education ( B.El.Ed ). OR
Passed Senior Secondary ( or its equivalent ) with minimum 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

Minimum Qualifications for becoming Teacher for Classes VI – VIII :

Elementary Stage :
Must have passed Graduation and passed or appearing in final year of 2 year Diploma in Elementary Education
OR
Passed Graduation with minimum 50% marks and passed or appearing in 1 year Bachelor in Education ( B.Ed ).
OR
Graduation with minimum 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
Passed Senior Secondary ( or its equivalent ) with minimum 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 4 year Bachelor in Elementary Education ( B.El.Ed ). OR
Must have passed Senior Secondary ( or its equivalent ) with minimum 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
Must Possess Graduation with minimum 50% marks and passed or appearing in 1 year B.Ed. ( Special Education )

Note:
-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.

Pattern of Exam (CTET)

-CTET examination will be of objective type multiple choice questions (MCQs)
-There will be no negative marking
-There will be 2 papers of CTET

Paper-I will be for a person who intends to be a teacher for classes I to V
Paper-II will be for a person who intends to be a teacher for classes VI to VIII
A person who intends to be a teacher for both levels (classes I to V and classes VI to VIII) will have to appear in both the papers (Paper I and Paper II)

Important Dates for applying for CTET 2014 exam
Date of Examination: 16th February, 2014

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