Teachers are responsible for imparting education and knowledge in a strategic manner among students at school and university levels. TET exam after B.Ed. is a mandatory qualification required for teaching in all Government Schools, Kendriya Vidyalayas, DSSSB and Army/Air force Schools. B.Ed. is a degree program in teaching which makes you eligible to teach a class from 6th to 12th. The duration of this course is two years.
The Students who have qualified B.Ed may also be eligible to apply for CTET or TET 2021. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has revised the eligibility criteria for CTET Exam 2021.The candidates who passed B.Ed exam and already applied for CTET paper II, now they can apply for both the papers — Paper-I and Paper-II.
TET Exam or CTET Eligibility Criteria:
CTET Paper I (For Primary Teacher)Candidates who possessed “Graduation with at least 45% – 50% marks and passed or appearing in 2 year Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.)” are now eligible for becoming Teacher for Classes I-V: Primary Stage. CTET Paper II ( For Secondary Teacher) Graduation with at least 45% – 50% marks and passed or appearing in 2-year Bachelor in Education (B.Ed.) or B.Ed. (Special Education) or four year Bachelor in Elementary Education (B.El.Ed.) or BA/B.Sc.Ed. or BA.Ed. / B.Sc.Ed. are also eligible to apply. All candidates are required to do degree education along with other educational qualifications. Candidates who have completed their class 12 board examination and have a D.El.Ed. Degree and have obtained a minimum aggregate score of 50% (45% for reserved category) are eligible for the exam.
Candidates with a graduate degree in any discipline and have completed a 2-year D.El.Ed programme, are eligible for the exam. Candidates who scored a minimum aggregate score of 50% in their class 12 board exam and completed a four-year B.El.Ed programme. Candidates who have cleared class 12 board exam with a minimum aggregate score of 50% and completed a 2-year D.El.Ed programme in Special Education, are also eligible for the exam.
Candidates who have completed their graduation and obtained a minimum aggregate score of 50% in the qualifying exam as well as have a valid B.Ed. degree are also eligible for the exams. The candidates who are preparing for the Teachers Eligibility Test and are confused about the exam pattern for either TET or CTET. One must be aware that there are no changes between the two exams. Both TET and CTET are offline examinations that are conducted in an OMR based sheet. All questions are asked in an MCQ format, and the candidates are asked to answer 150 questions in
duration of 2½ hours. All 150 questions carry 1 mark each. There is no negative marking for any questions. Both CTET and TET examinations have two papers which will determine the classes that the candidates will conduct. The positions and the packages that are offered to the candidates who clear CTET and TET are based on the experience and skills that they have gained over the years.
However, the major differences that occur after appearing for the CTET or TET examinations depend on the kind of government schools candidates will be offered positions at. Candidates who have appeared for the CTET examinations will be offered jobs in schools that are run by the Central Government alone, while the candidates who have appeared for one of the State TET exams will be offered jobs in the specific state government-run schools.
