# Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) — Shishya exam context

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## Exam pattern
- Category: TEACHING · national
- Questions: 150 · Total marks: 150 · Marks per question: 1
- Duration: 150 minutes
- Negative marking: none
- Languages offered: EN, HI

## Eligibility & vacancies
- Age: 18–? years (before category relaxation: OBC +3, SC/ST +5)
- Education: Minimum 50% in Class 12 or Graduation with Diploma/Bachelor's in Education (B.Ed); specific requirements vary for Paper 1 and Paper 2
- Note: No upper age limit; unlimited attempts allowed; certificate valid for lifetime; must be Indian citizen
- Official portal: https://ctet.nic.in (Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE))

## Key dates
- 2026-07-25 — CTET examination date (exam day)
- 2026-08-01 — Answer key publication
- 2026-08-08 — Admit card release (expected)
- 2026-08-13 — Exam city slip release (expected)
- 2026-08-14 — CTET September 2026 admit card release (expected)
- 2026-08-18 — CTET city slip release
- 2026-08-24 — Result declaration
- 2026-08-27 — CTET September 2026 city intimation slip (expected)

## Declared results
- 2026-03-30 — February 2026 Session: CTET February 2026 results declared with 25.68% pass rate → https://shishya.in/exams/CTET/results/1e1227c1-4914-4870-8deb-7809c59d646a

## Syllabus outline
### Child Development and Pedagogy (weight 1)
Child Development (Primary School Child) · Distinction between Assessment for Learning and Assessment of Learning · School-based Assessment & Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation · Concepts of Child-centred and Progressive Education · Concept of Development & Relationship with Learning · Gender as a Social Construct · Influence of Heredity and Environment · Individual Differences among Learners · Critical Perspective on Construct of Intelligence · Language and Thought · Multi-Dimensional Intelligence · Piaget, Kohlberg and Vygotsky · Principles of Development of Children · Formulating Appropriate Questions · Socialisation Processes · Concept of Inclusive Education and Understanding Children with Special Needs · Addressing Learners from Diverse Backgrounds · Addressing Learners with Difficulties / Disabilities / Impairment · Addressing the Talented, Creative & Specially-abled Learners · Learning and Pedagogy · Alternative Conceptions of Learning · Basic Processes of Teaching and Learning · Child as a Problem Solver and Scientific Investigator · Cognition and Emotion · Factors Contributing to Learning – Personal & Environmental · How Children Think and Learn · Motivation and Learning

### Language I (weight 1)
Language Comprehension · Grammar and Verbal Ability · Unseen Poem · Unseen Prose / Drama Passage · Pedagogy of Language Development · Evaluating Language Comprehension and Proficiency · Challenges of Teaching in a Diverse Classroom · Critical Perspective on the Role of Grammar · Learning and Acquisition · Role of Listening and Speaking · Teaching-Learning Materials · Principles of Language Teaching · Remedial Teaching · Language Skills

### Language II (weight 1)
Comprehension · Grammar and Verbal Ability · Unseen Passage – Discursive / Literary · Unseen Passage – Narrative / Scientific · Pedagogy of Language Development · Evaluating Language Comprehension and Proficiency · Challenges of Teaching Language in a Diverse Classroom · Role of Grammar in Learning a Language · Learning and Acquisition · Role of Listening and Speaking · Teaching-Learning Materials · Principles of Second-Language Teaching · Remedial Teaching · Language Skills (LSRW)

### Mathematics (weight 1)
Content · Addition and Subtraction · Data Handling · Division · Fractions · Geometry · Measurement · Money · Multiplication · Numbers · Patterns · Shapes and Spatial Understanding · Solids around Us · Time · Volume / Capacity · Weight · Pedagogical Issues · Community Mathematics · Place of Mathematics in Curriculum · Diagnostic and Remedial Teaching · Error Analysis · Evaluation through Formal and Informal Methods · Language of Mathematics · Nature of Mathematics / Logical Thinking · Problems of Teaching

### Environmental Studies (weight 1)
Content · Animals and Plants · Family and Friends · Food · Relationships · Shelter · Things We Make and Do · Travel · Water · Work and Play · Pedagogical Issues · Activities · Approaches of Presenting Concepts · CCE in EVS · Concept and Scope of EVS · Discussion · Environmental Studies & Environmental Education · Experimentation / Practical Work · Learning Principles · Problems of Teaching EVS · Scope and Relation to Science and Social Science · Significance of EVS / Integrated EVS · Teaching Material / Aids

## Expected cutoffs (category-wise)
| Category | Expected Cutoff (indicative) |
|----------|------------------------------|
| General | 90-95 marks (60-63%) |
| EWS | 85-90 marks (57-60%) |
| OBC | 82-88 marks (55-59%) |
| SC | 80-85 marks (53-57%) |
| ST | 80-85 marks (53-57%) |
| PwD (all categories) | 75-80 marks (50-53%) |

**Guidance:**

• The General-OBC gap typically ranges 5-8 marks; SC/ST categories maintain a minimum 60% qualifying threshold but effective cutoffs hover around 53-57% based on competition density and paper difficulty.

• CTET cutoffs are **qualifying in nature** (certificate issued for ≥60% marks), but competitive recruitment positions often require 70%+ scores; year-to-year variations of 2-4% occur based on paper difficulty and overall candidate performance distribution.

• Paper I (Classes I-V) and Paper II (Classes VI-VIII) may show slight cutoff variations; urban centres and high-demand subjects typically see candidates scoring in the 70-80% range for actual teaching post selection beyond basic qualification.

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