CBSE conducted Central Teacher Eligibility Test on 26 June 2011

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) for the first time organised Central Teacher Eligibility Test on Sunday, 26 June 2011. The eligibility test was held at 1178 centres in 86 cities all over the country.

The CTET exam was divided into two papers which included Paper I for classes I to V and Paper II for classes VI to VIII. While there was no negative marking, all questions in CTET had Multiple Choice Questions of one mark each.

The candidates who clear the exam will be eligible to apply for recruitment as teachers in schools of central government like KVS, Navodaya Vidyalayas, Tibetan Schools, etc and schools under the administrative control of union territories of Chandigarh and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The test may also apply to the unaided private schools.