Teacher Eligibility Test conducted by the Central and the respective State Governments and has been recommended
necessary to clear to become a Government Teacher. Teacher Eligibility Test is conducted in two levels – one for Teachers in the Primary (Grades 1-5) and Upper Primary Level (Grades 6-8).
CTET is known to be a highly competitive examination with pass percentages being as conservative as 13% of the total number of candidates who had appeared for CTET in the year 2016.
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Year
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Paper
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Pass Percentage
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2016
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Paper 1
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13.80%
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Paper 2
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11.12%
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Teaching is one of the most respectable professions in India and requires a minimum of either a B.Ed, NTT or BCC Degrees to be eligible for the employment as a teacher. The candidate is required to fulfill
CTET Eligibility criteria. A graduate/postgraduate is recommended to start by way of preparing for CTET and State TET. Over the time, CTET Certificate has been made a compulsory requirement to ensure selection as a teacher, as more increasing schools seem to be incorporating the same by way of eligibility criteria. The Candidate should also know the importance of the CTET Certificates that are issued to him/her.
The following are listed for his/her view:
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CTET Certificate is regarded as an added bonus to the profile of the candidate.
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CTET Certificate is essential to apply to various jobs in the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, NVS Army and ERDO.
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A lot of Private Institutes and Union Territories give preference only to CTET qualifying candidates.
Candidates who fulfill the
CTET Application Procedure successfully would be issued the
CTET Admit Card and would also be issued the scorecard. Candidates who attain 60% and above (55% for SC/ST) would be issued the Teacher Eligibility Certificate valid for a period of 7 years. The candidate can refer to the
CTET Syllabus and
CTET Preparation strategies for a better understanding on how to start working for the examination.
The
CTET Exam Pattern has been explained in brief for a candidate's reference. The
CTET examination is conducted for a total of 150 minutes.
The below mentioned is the CTET Exam pattern for Paper 1:
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Child Development and Pedagogy 30 Q for 30 Marks
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Mathematics 30 Q for 30 Marks
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Language 1 30 Q for 30 Marks
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Language 2 30 Q for 30 Marks
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Environmental Studies 30 Q for 30 Marks
The CTET Exam Pattern for Paper 2 has been detailed as below:
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Child Development and Pedagogy 30 Q for 30 Marks
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Mathematics 30 Q for 30 Marks
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Language 1 30 Q for 30 Marks
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Language 2 30 Q for 30 Marks
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Science, Maths or Social Science 30 Q for 30 Marks
Giving the CTET Examination is an important part of the eligibility criteria of the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan Exams particularly for the PRT and TGT level apart from the PGT category; which does not require candidates to give their CTET Examination. Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan is a recruitment Board which recruits both permanent and contractual teachers under several teaching posts. KVS has its headquarters in New Delhi and administers the operations of Kendriya Vidyalaya schools all over India.
The KVS Eligibility Criteria has been detailed as below:
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Bases |
PRT |
TGT |
PGT |
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Education Qualification |
SSC with 50% |
4-year Integrated Degree Course with 50% in the required subject and aggregate |
2-year Integrated Post Graduate Degree with 50% or Master's degree with the same aggregate |
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B.ed |
Not Applicable |
B.ed or equivalent qualification required |
B.ed or equivalent qualification required |
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CTET |
CTET is required |
CTET is required |
Expertise in English and Hindi. CTET not required |
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Age Limit |
30 |
35 |
36 |
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Vacancy |
4499 |
22 |
690 |
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Pay Band |
9300-34800 |
9300-34800 |
9300-34800 |
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Grade Pay |
4200 |
4600 |
4800 |
Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board or DSSSB is incorporated for filling in vacancies across Government Departments.
DSSSB releases notification of recruitment for close to 14000+ posts in the categories such as TGT, PGT, and PRT.
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