CTET
Central Teacher Eligibility Test
- Qualification
- Teacher training as notified by NCTE: D.El.Ed-type diploma for Paper I, B.Ed or D.El.Ed with a degree for Paper II
- Age
- See notice
- Pay
- Eligibility test — no post or pay of its own
Exam from 12 Dec
Every Teaching exam on one page: what is open today, which exams you can apply for and how they compare.
Step 1
Pick your qualification and age. CTET and UGC-NET are eligibility tests (they fill no post). KVS/NVS and DSSSB fill teaching jobs and need D.El.Ed or B.Ed plus CTET, as each notice sets out.
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Step 2
Where each test stands today and who can apply. CTET and UGC-NET only make you eligible; KVS/NVS and DSSSB fill posts.
Central Teacher Eligibility Test
Exam from 12 Dec
University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test
Result for 84 subjects out 28 Aug 2026; English, Commerce and Sociology re-conducted 9–10 Sep 2026
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan & Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti Teacher Recruitment
Tier-2 held 27–31 Mar 2026; results in phases from 17 Aug 2026; interview dates not announced
Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board — Trained Graduate Teacher and Assistant Teacher (Primary)
PRT exam held Feb–Apr 2026; Advt. 03/2026 applications closed 15 Jul 2026
Dates from CBSE, NTA and DSSSB notices. CTET, postponed from 6 September, is now on 12–13 December 2026; the other exams have no confirmed future date yet.
How the tests are built, from each notice. CTET and UGC-NET are eligibility tests with no negative marking; KVS/NVS and DSSSB are recruitment exams that add general aptitude and a subject paper. A dash means the notice we checked does not say.
| Part of the exam | CTET | NET | KVS/NVS | DSSSB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child Development & Pedagogy section | – | – | ||
| Language sections | ||||
| School subjects: Maths, EVS, Science, Social Studies | ||||
| Reasoning and general awareness | ||||
| Teaching & research aptitude paper | ||||
| Subject paper for your post or discipline | ||||
| Interview | ||||
| Negative marking |
Tested Some posts only Not tested
7th Pay Commission levels printed in the KVS & NVS and DSSSB notices. CTET and UGC-NET are eligibility tests: they fill no post and have no pay of their own. Figures are basic pay ranges; allowances are extra.
Source: KVS & NVS Recruitment Notification 01/2025Teaching vacancies stated in the KVS & NVS and DSSSB notices, as revised by their corrigenda. CTET and UGC-NET are eligibility tests and have no vacancies.
Eligibility test: no vacancies of its own.
Eligibility test: no vacancies of its own.
Post-wise vacancies only in the notice (e.g. 3,630 KVS PRT, 3,069 KVS TGT, 2,978 NVS TGT); no total printed.
Official qualifying marks and cut-offs, once they are added from the result notices. CTET needs 60% to pass; UGC-NET considers only candidates with 40% aggregate (35% for reserved categories).
Official cut-offs appear here as soon as they are added from the Teaching result notices. Predict your rank from a mock score →
Notifications, admit cards, answer keys and results, each linked to the official notice.
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The path most Teaching exams follow. The notice of each exam has its own dates and stages.
A D.El.Ed-type diploma for primary classes, or B.Ed with a degree for higher classes, as the NCTE rules and each notice require. Source
CTET for school teaching (certificate valid for life); UGC-NET for Assistant Professor, JRF or PhD. Source
KVS & NVS (conducted by CBSE) or DSSSB for Delhi schools, with your CTET certificate by the closing date. Source
KVS & NVS: Tier-1 and Tier-2. DSSSB: one computer-based exam of 200 marks. Source
KVS & NVS interview (merit 85% Tier-2 + 15% interview); DSSSB selects on the exam with document scrutiny. Source
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CTET is an eligibility test held by CBSE: passing it makes you eligible to be appointed as a teacher, but it gives no job, no vacancy and no pay. KVS & NVS recruitment is a job exam that fills posts at 7th CPC pay levels, and CTET is one of its essential qualifications for PRT and TGT posts.
No. UGC-NET decides eligibility for Junior Research Fellowship, for appointment as Assistant Professor and for PhD admission. Recruitment as Assistant Professor is done by the university, college or state concerned under its own rules.
For life, for all categories. There is no limit on attempts, and you can take CTET again to improve your score.
PRT: Senior Secondary with 50% and a 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education, plus CTET Paper-I. TGT: a bachelor’s degree with 50% and B.Ed with 50%, plus CTET Paper-II (not needed for Music, Art, Work Experience, Physical Education and Librarian). PGT: a master’s degree with 50% and B.Ed with 50%.
KVS & NVS: minimum 18, maximum 30 for PRT, 35 for TGT and 40 for PGT, with 10 years’ relaxation for women in these posts. DSSSB TGT and PRT: up to 30. CTET has no age limit in its bulletin. UGC-NET JRF: up to 30, with no upper limit for Assistant Professor or PhD.
Not in CTET or UGC-NET. KVS & NVS deduct 1 mark (of 3) per wrong answer in Tier-1 and 0.25 in Tier-2 objective questions. DSSSB deducts 0.25 per wrong answer.
60% or more, as per the NCTE notification of 11-02-2011. School managements may give concessions to SC, ST, OBC and differently abled candidates under their reservation policy.
As printed in the notices: Primary Teacher at Level 6 (₹35,400–1,12,400), TGT at Level 7 (₹44,900–1,42,400) and PGT at Level 8 (₹47,600–1,51,100). NVS adds a 10% special allowance for residential duties. Allowances are extra.
Recruitment Notification 01/2025, as revised by Corrigendum-3, lists vacancies post by post, with no grand total: in KVS 3,630 PRT, 3,069 TGT and 1,606 PGT; in NVS 3,421 TGT and 1,531 PGT, among other posts. Vacancies are tentative.
Tier-1 was held on 10 and 11 January 2026 and Tier-2 from 27 to 31 March 2026. CBSE began declaring Tier-2 results in phases on 17 August 2026, starting with PGT and TGT (Computer Science); interview call letters follow once the schedule is fixed with KVS and NVS.
On 12 and 13 December 2026. CBSE postponed the exam set for 6 September 2026, reopened applications from 25 August to 1 September, and on 14 September fixed the new dates. Your exam city and date appear on the CTET portal 15 days before the exam, and the admit card 2 days before.
CTET: ₹1,000 for one paper or ₹1,200 for both (₹500/₹600 for SC, ST and differently abled). UGC-NET: ₹1,150 (₹600 Gen-EWS/OBC-NCL, ₹325 SC/ST/PwD/third gender). KVS & NVS: ₹1,500 exam fee plus ₹500 processing for PRT, TGT and PGT; SC, ST, PwBD and ex-servicemen pay only the ₹500. DSSSB: ₹100, free for women, SC, ST, PwBD and ex-servicemen.
Eligibility, pay, fees, patterns, vacancies and dates on this page come from these official documents, last checked on 26 Sept 2026. Stages, cut-offs and updates come from our records of official notices. Always confirm in the official notice on ctet.nic.in, ugcnet.nta.nic.in, cbse.gov.in, kvsangathan.nic.in, navodaya.gov.in or dsssb.delhi.gov.in before applying. Sarkari Parcha is not affiliated with CBSE, NTA, UGC, KVS, NVS or DSSSB.