CTET Eligibility Criteria 2023,Qualification & Age Limit

CTET Eligibility Criteria 2023: CTET Eligibility Criteria 2023 has been mentioned on the CTET’s official website in a detailed CTET Official Notification. CTET official notification was released and candidates can apply for CTET 2023 from 27 April 2023 to 26 May 2023. All the candidates should check CTET Eligibility Criteria 2023 before filling CTET 2023 application form. The detail of CTET Eligibility Criteria 2023, Qualification & Age Limit has been mentioned below.

CTET Notification 2023 PDF

CTET Eligibility Criteria in Hindi

CTET 2023 Eligibility Criteria is an essential qualification for all teaching aspirants who want to make their career in the teaching field, particularly in government schools across India. It is very important for aspirants to know about the CTET eligibility criteria for both papers i.e. Primary and Upper Primary level exams. As CTET 2023 has come up with many changes, candidates who are applying for the CTET Exam 2023 must check out the CTET Eligibility Criteria 2023 before submitting their CTET Online Application Form 2023.

CTET Result 2023

CTET Revised Eligibility Criteria 2023

In this post, we are providing you with all the information regarding the CTET 2023 Eligibility Criteria including the age limit, educational qualifications, subject to choose, changes from the previous years, reserved category requirements, subject combination eligibility, etc. Here is the complete detail about the CTET  Eligibility Criteria including all the new pointers added to the New CTET Eligibility Criteria 2023.

• National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) has released revised eligibility criteria for candidates who are pursuing Teacher Training Courses (TTC)
• As per NCTE, Candidates who have been admitted and undergoing any Teacher Training Course(TTC) can be referred to as “Pursuing” and they can be eligible to apply for TET Examination.
• The candidate whose appointments are challenged were eligible to appear in the TET exam when they are pursuing Teacher Training Course(TTC).
• National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) Regulations for eligibility criteria will be followed as previously mentioned.
• Post-Graduation candidate with a minimum 55% marks or equivalent grade and three-year integrated B.Ed.-M.Ed.
• Minimum qualifications laid down in the Recruitment Rules for the teachers by the Appropriate Government where the school is situated or the Recruitment Rules for the teachers of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangthan or Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti.
• Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) does not imply that the candidate’s eligibility has been verified for Recruitment.
• Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) does not vest any right with the candidate for appointment.
• The final eligibility for any teaching recruitment by the concerned authority shall be finally verified.

CTET Revised Eligibility Criteria by NCTE

CTET Eligibility 2023 For Paper-I

The candidates who wish to teach students from Class 1 to 5 must appear for the CTET Paper I. Here is the complete CTET Eligibility Criteria 2023 for Paper I.

Senior Secondary (or it’s equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in the final year of 2- a year Diploma in Elementary Education/4- year Bachelor of Elementary Education (B.El.Ed).

OR

Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 45% marks and passed or appearing in the final year of 2- year Diploma in Elementary Education.

OR
Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in the final year of 2- year Diploma in Education (Special Education)*.
OR 
Candidates who possessed “Graduation with at least 50% marks and Bachelor of Education (B.Ed)” are now eligible for becoming Teachers for Classes I-V: Primary Stage. Such Candidates have to mandatory undergo a six-month Bridge Course in Elementary Education recognized by the NCTE, within two years of such appointment as a primary teacher.

OR

Post-Graduation candidate with a minimum 55% marks or equivalent grade and three-year integrated B.Ed.-M.Ed.

CTET Eligibility 2023 For Paper-II

The candidates who wish to teach students from Class 1 to 5 must appear for the CTET Paper II. Here is the complete CTET Eligibility Criteria 2023 for Paper II.

Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in the final year of 4- a year Bachelor in Elementary Education (B.El.Ed)/B.A/B.Sc.Ed or B.A.Ed/B.Sc.Ed.

OR

Graduation and passed or appearing in the final year of 2- year Diploma in Elementary Education.

OR

Graduation with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in 1- year Bachelor in Education (B.Ed)/B.Ed. (Special Education).

OR

graduation with at least 45% marks and passed or appearing in 1-year Bachelor in Education (B.Ed), in accordance with the NCTE (Recognition Norms and Procedure).

OR

any candidate having a qualified B.Ed Programme recognized by the NCTE is eligible to appear in TET/CTET.

OR

Post-Graduation candidate with a minimum 55% marks or equivalent grade and three-year integrated B.Ed.-M.Ed.

CTET Eligibility Age Limit 2023

There is no age limit required for the CTET examination. You can attempt a number of times as you want to improve your CTET score.

• Candidates should be citizens of India
• There is no age restriction to apply for the CTET exam

CTET Eligibility 2023 For Reserved Category

There is no provision for seat reservations for reserved category (SC/ ST/ OBC and PwD candidates)candidates. However, they are granted a relaxation of 5% marks in the qualifying exam of the CTET Exam.

CTET Reservation Criteria

For the General category, Candidates who score 60% marks in the examination will be considered qualified. A good thing for all the appearing candidates is that there is no negative marking for a wrong attempted question.

Conclusion: The candidate may get a clear idea about the CTET eligibility Criteria & age limit category-wise.  So, candidates must fulfill the CTET Eligibility Criteria before applying for the exam.

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