CENTRAL TEACHER ELIGIBILITY TEST : CTET-JULY 2019 : INFORMATION BULLETIN

CENTRAL TEACHER ELIGIBILITY TEST

CTET-JULY 2019

INFORMATION BULLETIN

CONDUCTED BY

CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION, DELHI

CENTRAL TEACHER ELIGIBILITY TEST UNIT

In accordance with the provisions of sub-section (1) of Section 23 of the RTE Act, the National
rd th Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) vide Notification dated 23 August, 2010 and 29 JULY, 2011 laid down the minimum qualifications for a person to be eligible for appointment as a teacher for class I to VIII. It had been inter alia provided that one of the essential qualifications for a person to be eligible for appointment as a teacher in any of the schools referred to in Clause (n) of section 2
of the RTE Act is that he/she should pass the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) which will be conducted
by the appropriate Government in accordance with the Guidelines framed by the NCTE.
The rationale for including the TET as a minimum qualification for a person to be eligible for
appointment as a teacher is as under:
i. It would bring national standards and benchmark of teacher quality in the recruitment process;
ii. It would induce teacher education institutions and students from these institutions to further
improve their performance standards;
iii. It would send a positive signal to all stakeholders that the Government lays special emphasis
on teacher quality
The Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt, of India has entrusted the
responsibility of conducting the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) to the Central Board
of Secondary Education, Delhi.


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