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Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) releases how many students appeared in the CTET exam through the official notification after announcement of the result. Nearly 23 to 25 lakhs candidates appeared for the CTET exam every year for each session. Out of that approximately 8 lakhs candidates appear for paper 1 while for paper 2 around 12 lakhs candidates appear for each session.
As per the previous year reports released by the CBSE a total of 795231 candidates appeared for paper 1 and 1481242 appeared for paper 2 in the January session. Aspirants can gothrouth the full article to know how many candidates appeared in CTET exam every year.
Also read - When will the CTET 2024 result be declared?
CBSE conducts the Central Teacher Eligibility Exam twice every year. Those who want to apply for the teaching post of Class I to V in state and central government schools have to write Paper I and those who want to become teachers of Class VI to VIII have to write Paper II. Candidates who qualify the CTET exam will be issued a CTET Eligibility Certificate with lifetime validity.
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Candidates can check the CTET 2024 exam information from the below table.
Exam | Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) |
Exam Body | Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) |
Mode of application | Online |
Mode of examination | Online (MCQ type) |
CTET Papers | Paper-I and II |
Total marks for each paper | 150 |
Duration for each paper | 2 hours 30 minutes |
The validity of CTET certificate | Lifetime |
Medium | Hindi and English |
Official Website | ctet.nic.in |
Also read - How many members applied for CTET?
The CTET exam statistics from previous years are as follows:
Year | Appeared Candidates | Qualified Candidates | Approximate CTET pass percentage | |||
January 2024 | Paper 1: 7,95,231 Paper 2: 14,81,242 | Paper 1: 1,26,845 Paper 2: 1,12,033 | Paper 1: 15.95% Paper 2: 7.56% | |||
July 2023 | Paper 1: 12,13,704 Paper 2: 11,66,178 | Paper 1: 2,98,758 Paper 2: 1,01,057 | Paper 1: 24.61% Paper 2: 8.66% | |||
December 2022 | Paper 1: 14,22,959 Paper 2: 12,76,071 | Paper 1: 5,79,844 Paper 2: 3,76,025 | Paper 1: 40.75% Paper 2: 29.39% | |||
December2021 | Paper 1: 14,95,511 Paper 2: 12,78,165 | Paper 1: 4,45,467 Paper 2: 2,20,069 | Paper 1: 29.79% Paper 2: 17.22% | |||
December2019 | Paper 1: 14,13,390 Paper 2: 9,91,755 | Paper 1: 2,47,386 Paper 2: 2,94,899 | Paper 1: 17.50% Paper 2: 29.73% |
CBSE prescribes the minimum marks that a candidate must score in the CTET exam to be considered qualified. The CTET qualifying marks by category are as follows:
Category | Qualifying Marks |
UR | 90 |
SC/ST/OBC/PwD | 82.5 |
Candidates who qualify in the CTET exam will be issued the CTET eligibility certificates. With the CTET certificates they will be eligible to apply for government teacher recruitment and as well in private schools. Those who get the CTET eligibility certificate can teach grades I to VIII. The CTET certificate will be valid for a lifetime. Candidates will be able to download the CTET eligibility certificate in digital format through Digilocker.
Approximately 23 to 25 lakhs candidates appeared for the CTET exam every year for each session.
CBSE will announce the report after the announcement of the CTET result.
Yes, they will release the statistics separately for paper 1 and paper 2 of the CTET exam.
Others:18 February,2025 - 31 August,2025
Application Correction Date:01 August,2025 - 28 August,2025
Application Date:07 August,2025 - 30 August,2025
Application Date:10 August,2025 - 08 September,2025
Hi dear candidate,
You can download the subject wise syllabus for CTET 2025 exam in PDF from our official website. Kindly use the link given below:
CTET Syllabus 2025 - Download Paper 1 and Paper 2 Subject-wise Syllabus PDF
It has syllabus for both paper 1 and 2 as well.
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If you have less than 50% marks in graduation, then you are not eligible for CTET Paper 2 under the general category.
However, if you belong to SC/ST/OBC or PwD category, then you may be eligible with 45% marks in graduation along with a B.Ed degree as per NCTE norms.
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Hello,
The CTET form for the next session is expected to be released in a few months, likely by the end of this year or early next year.
Keep checking the official website regularly for updates.
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Hi dear candidate,
You can find the subject syllabus of CTET exam at our official website, kindly use the link attached below:
CTET Syllabus 2025 - Download Paper 1 and Paper 2 Subject-wise Syllabus PDF
You can also change language to Hindi by clicking the "Hindi" button on right side of the page.
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You can find the CTET Hindi Question Papers in the website of CTET, cetet.nic.in
Open the website and go to the archive section. There you will find the previous year questions for all subjects. Select your subject and it will show all the previous year papers arranged year wise. You can download them in your device as PDF.
Hope this helps. All the best!
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