CTET Notification – CTET December 2022

 CTET  2022

The Central Board of Secondary Education, India has decided to conduct the 16th edition of the Central Teacher Eligibility Test. This year, CBSE has decided to conduct CTET December 2022 between December 2022 to January 2023 (exact date will be intimated on the candidate’s admit card). Therefore, candidates eligible and interested to work as a teacher can submit their online applications for CTET on the official portal of CBSE.


Important Dates of CTET Notification 2022

Application Start Date 31st October 2022

Application Last Date 24th November 2022



Qualification                 12th Pass



Required Qualifications of CTET 2022

Candidates who are willing to participate in the Central Teacher Eligibility Test, December 2022 must fulfil certain educational qualifications. The educational qualification required for CTET is different for primary and secondary level. The level wise educational qualification details are given below.



Primary Level (Class I to V)

In order to appear in the primary level CTET exam, candidates need to fulfil any one of the following qualifications.


  • Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 2- year Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever name known).

  • Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 45% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 2- year Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever name known), in accordance with the NCTE (Recognition Norms and Procedure), Regulations, 2002.

  • Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 4- year Bachelor of Elementary Education (B.EI.Ed).

  • Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 2- year Diploma in Education (Special Education)*.

  • “Graduation with at least 50% marks and Bachelor of Education (B.Ed).



Secondary Level (Class VI to VIII)


  • In order to appear in the secondary level CTET exam, candidates need to fulfil any one of the following qualifications.

  • Graduation and passed or appearing in final year of 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever name known).

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

  • 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) Regulations issued from time to time in this regard.

  • Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 4- year Bachelor in Elementary Education (B.EI.Ed).

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

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

  • Any candidate having qualified B.Ed. Programme recognized by the NCTE is eligible to appear in TET/CTET. Moreover, as per the existing TET guidelines circulated vide NCTE letter dated 11-02-2011, a person who is pursuing any of the teacher education courses (recognized by the NCTE or the RCI, as the case may be) specified in the NCTE Notification dated 23rd August 2010 is also qualified to appear in the TET/CTET.

Application Fee of CTET 2022

To complete this CTET application process candidates have to pay specific amount as per their category. Candidates will be able to pay their application fee through online payment gateway using their credit card, debit card, UPI or net banking. The complete details of the application fee are given below.


Category For One Paper For Both Papers

General           Rs.1000/-          Rs.1200/-

OBC           Rs.1000/-          Rs.1200/-

ST                   Rs.500/-          Rs.600/-

SC                   Rs.500/-         Rs.600/-

PWD           Rs.500/-         Rs.600/-



How to Apply for CTET 2022?

Candidates satisfying the required eligibility criteria of CTET are able to submit their online applications using the official application portal developed by CBSE. Further, candidates follow the following steps to complete their online application process.


  • Scroll down, check Important Link‘s section.
  • Click on Online Application Link.
  • Now, an official web portal will load in the new tab of your browser.
  • In that portal, you will get the option to register yourself.
  • After registration, you have to provide all your asked details.
  • After that you have to upload your documents.
  • Now, you have to pay the examination fee.
  • After successful payment, your application will be submitted.
  • Also, you will receive an acknowledgment copy of your submission.
  • Keep that acknowledgment copy for future use. 

Important Links of CTET Notification

Online Application Link                  31-10-2022
Download Official Notification          31-10-2022
Download Short Notification         Click Here
Visit Official Website                         Click Here