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Exam Date: 08 February 2026

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will conduct the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) on 08 February 2026. The examination will be held across 132 cities in India, including Guwahati, Dibrugarh, and Silchar in Assam. CTET is mandatory for candidates who wish to become teachers in government and private schools affiliated with CBSE.

Overview of CBSE CTET 2026

Exam Name	Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET)
Conducting Body	Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)
Edition	21st Edition
Mode of Exam	Offline (Pen & Paper)
Exam Date	08 February 2026
Exam Centres in Assam	Guwahati, Dibrugarh, Silchar
Certificate Validity	Lifetime
Official Website	https://ctet.nic.in

Related: CTET Syllabus

Eligibility Criteria

The eligibility criteria for CTET 2026 are prescribed by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE). Candidates can check details on ncte.gov.in.

For Classes I–V (Primary Stage)

Senior Secondary (or equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed/appearing in final year of 2-year D.El.Ed.
OR Senior Secondary with 45% marks and passed/appearing in final year of 2-year D.El.Ed (as per NCTE 2002 norms).
OR Senior Secondary with 50% marks and passed/appearing in final year of 4-year B.El.Ed.
OR Graduation with 50% marks and B.Ed.
Note: Candidates with B.Ed must complete a 6-month Bridge Course in Elementary Education after appointment.

For Classes VI–VIII (Elementary Stage)

Graduation and passed/appearing in final year of 2-year D.El.Ed.
OR Graduation with at least 50% marks and passed/appearing in 1-year B.Ed.
OR Senior Secondary with 50% marks and passed/appearing in 4-year B.El.Ed / B.A.Ed / B.Sc.Ed.
OR Graduation with 50% marks and passed/appearing in 1-year B.Ed (Special Education).

CTET Application Fee 2026

Category	Only Paper I or II	Both Paper I & II
General / OBC	₹1000	₹1200
SC / ST / PwD	₹500	₹600

Payment Mode: Online (Debit/Credit Card or Net Banking)

How to Apply for CTET 2026

Go to the official website: https://ctet.nic.in
Click on the “Online Application Form” link.
Register and fill in your personal and educational details.
Upload your photo, signature, and required documents.
Pay the exam fee and submit the form.
Take a printout of the submitted application for reference.

Important Dates of CTET 2026

Starting Date of Application	To be updated
Last Date of Application	To be updated
Admit Card Release	To be updated
CTET Exam Date	08 February 2026

CTET 2026 Exam Pattern

CTET exam will consist of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs), each carrying 1 mark. There will be no negative marking. Duration for each paper: 2 hours 30 minutes.

Paper I (Classes I–V)

Subject	No. of Questions	Marks
Child Development & Pedagogy	30	30
Language I	30	30
Language II	30	30
Mathematics	30	30
Environmental Studies	30	30
Total	150	150

Paper II (Classes VI–VIII)

Subject	No. of Questions	Marks
Child Development & Pedagogy	30	30
Language I	30	30
Language II	30	30
Maths & Science / Social Studies	60	60
Total	150	150

CTET Certificate Validity

The CTET certificate will be valid for lifetime, allowing candidates to apply for teaching jobs any number of times without reappearing unless desired.

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Conclusion

CTET 2026 is a great opportunity for teaching aspirants across India. Candidates are advised to prepare according to the CTET syllabus, practice NCERT-based questions, and stay updated via AssamSearch.com for admit card and result notifications.

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As per CBSE Notification, a huge number of candidates applied in CTET 2025 Examination. Now the candidate has to prepare themselves for qualify in the CTET Examination 2025. We are here with the Complete Syllabus of CTET July 2025. Check below Syllabus for Paper I and Paper II for CTET July 2025.

Related: CTET Notification 2025

STRUCTURE AND CONTENT OF CTET Syllabus :

All questions in CTET will be Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs), with four alternatives out of which one answer will be most appropriate. Each carrying one mark and there will be no negative marking.

There will be two papers of CTET July 2025. :

(i) Paper, I will be for a person who intends to be a teacher for classes I to V.

(ii) Paper-II will be for a person who intends to be a teacher for classes VI to VIII.

Note:

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).
CTET Syllabus & marks for Paper II (Class VI to VIII :
Paper-II (for Classes VI to VIII) Elementary Stage :

Duration of examination - Two-and-a-half hours

Structure and Content (All Compulsory): (Appendix I)

(i) Child Development & Pedagogy(compulsory) 30 MCQs 30 Marks

(ii) Language I (compulsory) 30 MCQs 30 Marks

(iii) Language II (compulsory) 30 MCQs 30 Marks

(iv) Mathematics and Science 60 MCQs 60 Marks (for Mathematics and Science teacher)

(v) Social Studies/Social Science 60 MCQs 60 Marks (for Social Studies/Social Science teacher) *For any other teacher - either (IV) or (V) Total 150 MCQs 150 Marks

CTET Syllabus 2025

CTET Syllabus Paper II (for classes VI to VIII) Elementary Stage :

I. Child Development and Pedagogy 30 Questions

a) Child Development (Elementary School Child) 15 Questions

• Concept of development and its relationship with learning

• Principles of the development of children

• Influence of Heredity & Environment

• Socialization processes: Social world & children (Teacher, Parents, Peers)

• Piaget, Kohlberg and Vygotsky: constructs and critical perspectives

• Concepts of child-centered and progressive education

• Critical perspective of the construct of Intelligence

• Multi-Dimensional Intelligence

• Language & Thought

• Gender as a social construct; gender roles, gender-bias and educational practice

• Individual differences among learners, understanding differences based on diversity of language, caste, gender, community, religion etc.

• Distinction between Assessment for learning and assessment of learning; School-Based Assessment, Continuous & Comprehensive Evaluation: perspective and practice

• Formulating appropriate questions for assessing readiness levels of learners; for enhancing learning and critical thinking in the classroom and for assessing learner achievement.

b) Concept of Inclusive education and understanding children with special needs 5 Questions

• Addressing learners from diverse backgrounds including disadvantaged and deprived

• Addressing the needs of children with learning difficulties, ‘impairment’ etc. CTET December 2019 .

c) Learning and Pedagogy 10 Questions

• How children think and learn; how and why children ‘fail’ to achieve success in school performance.

• Basic processes of teaching and learning; children’s strategies of learning; learning as a social activity; social context of learning.

• Child as a problem solver and a ‘scientific investigator’

• Alternative conceptions of learning in children, understanding children’s ‘errors’ as significant steps in the learning process.

• Cognition & Emotions

• Motivation and learning

• Factors contributing to learning - personal & environmental

II. Language I 30 Questions

a) Language Comprehension 15 Questions

Reading unseen passages - two passages one prose or drama and one poem with questions on comprehension, inference, grammar and verbal ability (Prose passage may be literary, scientific, narrative or discursive)

b) Pedagogy of Language Development 15 Questions

• Learning and acquisition

• Principles of language Teaching

• Role of listening and speaking; function of language and how children use

• it as a tool

• Critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally and in written form;

• Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors and disorders

• Language Skills

• Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: speaking, listening, reading and writing

• Teaching- learning materials: Textbook, multi-media materials, multilingual resource of the classroom • Remedial Teaching

III. Language-II 30 Questions

a) Comprehension 15 Questions

Two unseen prose passages (discursive or literary or narrative or scientific) with question on comprehension, grammar and verbal ability

b) Pedagogy of Language Development 15 Questions

• Learning and acquisition

• Principles of language Teaching

• Role of listening and speaking; function of language and how children use

•it as a tool

• Critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally and in written form;

• Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors and disorders

• Language Skills

• Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: speaking, listening, reading and writing

• Teaching - learning materials: Textbook, multi-media materials, multilingual resource of the classroom

• Remedial Teaching

IV. Mathematics and Science 60 Questions

(i) Mathematics 30 Questions

a) Content 20 Questions Number System

• Knowing our Numbers

• Playing with Numbers

• Whole Numbers

• Negative Numbers and Integers v

• Fractions Algebra

• Introduction to Algebra v

• Ratio and Proportion Geometry

• Basic geometrical ideas (2-D)

• Understanding Elementary Shapes (2-D and 3-D)

• Symmetry: (reflection)

• Construction (using Straight edge Scale, protractor, compasses)

• Mensuration

• Data handling

b) Pedagogical issues 10 Questions

• Nature of Mathematics/Logical thinking

i) Science 30 Questions

a) Content 20 Questions Food

• Sources of food

• Components of food

• Cleaning food Materials

• Materials of daily use The World of the Living v Moving Things People and Ideas How things work

• Electric current and circuits

• Magnets v Natural Phenomena Natural Resources

b) Pedagogical issues 10 Questions

• Nature & Structure of Sciences

• Natural Science/Aims & objectives

• Understanding & Appreciating Science

• Approaches/Integrated Approach

• Observation/Experiment/Discovery (Method of Science)

• Innovation

• Text Material/Aids

• Evaluation - cognitive/psycho motor/effective

• Problems

• Remedial Teaching

V. Social Studies/Social Sciences 60 Questions

a) Content 40 Questions History

• When, Where and How

• The Earliest Societies

• The First Farmers and Herders

• The First Cities

• Early States

• New Ideas

• The First Empire

• Contacts with Distant lands

• Political Developments

• Culture and Science

• New Kings and Kingdoms

• Sultans of Delhi

• Architecture

• Creation of an Empire

• Social Change • Regional Cultures

• The Establishment of Company Power

• Rural Life and Society

• Colonialism and Tribal Societies

• The Revolt of 1857-58

• Women and reform

• Challenging the Caste System

• The Nationalist Movement

• India After Independence

• Geography as a social study and as a science

• Planet: Earth in the solar system

• Globe

• Environment in its totality: natural and human environment

• Air

• Water

• Human Environment: settlement, transport and communication

• Resources: Types-Natural and Human

• Agriculture v Social and Political Life

• Diversity

• Government

• Local Government

• Making a Living

• Democracy

• State Government Geography

• Understanding Media

• Unpacking Gender

• The Constitution

• Parliamentary Government

• The Judiciary

• Social Justice and the Marginalized

b) Pedagogical issues

• Concept & Nature of Social Science/Social Studies

• Class Room Processes, activities and discourse

• Developing Critical thinking

• Inquiry/Empirical Evidence

• Problems of teaching Social Science/Social Studies

• Sources - Primary & Secondary

• Projects Work

• Evaluation Note:

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