CTET 2022 Paper I

CTET Paper 1 2022: The Central Teaching Eligibility Test (CTET) is an entrance exam conducted by CBSE. It is a gateway to becoming a teacher in the government schools of India. CTET 2022 Admit Card has been released on December 26, 2022. CTET December 2022 Paper 1 Exam will be held online starting from December 28, 2022, in various cities. Those acquiring minimum passing marks in the CTET Paper 1 exam are shortlisted as teachers, and they get the opportunity to teach the students of Class 1 to 5.

The test is held in 20 languages throughout the country. CTET exam question papers are prepared to assess the conceptual understanding, application, problem-solving, reasoning, and critical thinking of the candidates. The focus is on assessing candidates’ knowledge of the subject, their pedagogic content knowledge, and its relevance in the school curriculum.

CBSE conducts CTET to determine the eligibility of the candidates for the teaching profession. The candidates who clear the CTET Paper 1 exam can apply for teaching jobs across the country.

Particulars	Details
Name of Exam	Central Teacher Eligibility Test
Commonly Known As	CTET
Exam Conducting Authority	Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)
Job Category	Teaching Job
Mode of Application	Online
Exam Level	National Level
Frequency of Exam	Twice a Year
Mode of Examination	Computer Based Test (Changed from 2021)
Medium of Exam	20 Languages
Total Exam Centres	218
Official Website	ctet.nic.in

Check the latest updates related to CTET Paper 1 below:

• December 26, 2022: CTET Admit Card 2022 has been released. Click here to download CTET Admit Card 2022.
• December 20, 2022: CTET Pre Hall Ticket along with exam date & centre details has been released. Click here to download CTET Pre Admit Card 2022.
• October 31, 2022: CBSE has released the CTET 2022 notification.
• August 14, 2022: CBSE released the CTET 2022 Public Notice.

CTET 2022 Paper 1 Notification

The official notification for CTET 2022 Paper 1 exam has been released by the conducting body on October 31, 2022. Check the complete notification details on CTET Paper 1 below:

Get complete details on CTET 2022 Notification here.

Check the important dates related to the CTET 2022 exam from the table below:

CTET Events	CTET Exam Dates
Official Notification Date	October 31, 2022
Application Form Date	October 31, 2022
Last Day to Application Fee	November 24, 2022
Final Verification of Payment of Fee by the Candidates	November 25, 2022 (Before 3:30 pm)
Application Form Correction Window	November 28 to December 03, 2022
Admit Card Release Date	December 26, 2022
CTET 2022 Paper 1 Exam date	– December 28 to 29, 2022, – January 09 to 13, 2023, – January 17 to 20, 2023, – January 23 to 25, 2023, – January 27 to 30, 2023, – February 01 to 04, 2023, – February 06 to 07, 2023
Release of Official Provisional Answer Key	To Be Announced
Release of Final Answer Key	To Be Announced
Declaration of Result	To Be Announced

Candidates who clear the CTET Paper 1 will receive lucrative salaries and benefits. Moreover, the career growth opportunities and job profiles are attractive and appealing.

Salary Structure

Check the salary structure for candidates who clear the CTET Paper 1:

Components	Amount
Grade Pay	Rs. 4,200
Pay Scale	Rs. 9,300 to 34,800
Basic Pay (after 7th Pay Commission)	Rs. 35,400
TA	Rs. 1,600
HRA	Rs. 3,240
Gross Salary	Rs. 40,240
Net Salary	Rs. 35,000 to 37,000

CTET Paper 1 Job Profile

Check the job profile for eligible teachers below:

• Must have subject expertise
• Must have good oral and written communication skills
• Must have good knowledge about pedagogy and child development
• Encourage students for co-curricular activities
• Increase learning abilities and social growth of students
• Maintain school and classroom records
• Promote a safe and secure classroom environment

Career Growth

The positions that candidates can get through promotion after clearing the CTET Paper 1 exam are as follows:

• Headmaster of the primary school
• Senior Teacher of the primary school
• Assistant Teacher of the primary school
• Senior Teacher of the upper-primary school
• Principal of the upper-primary school

CBSE has set certain eligibility criteria for applicants who want to become teachers for Classes 1 to 5. This section has provided the age limit criteria, nationality criteria, and educational qualification criteria for CTET 2022 Paper 1 exam.

Age Limit Criteria

Aspirants who wish to apply for CTET Paper 1 exam need to be above the age of 17. There are no upper limit age criteria for the eligibility test.

Nationality Criteria

Candidates who have permanent citizenship in India can apply for the exam. Subjects of Bhutan and Nepal can also apply for the eligibility exam.

Educational Qualification

The educational qualification requirement for CTET Paper 1 exam are as follows:

• Applicants need to complete the senior secondary exam with a minimum of 50 per cent marks and have passed or appeared for the final year of a 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education, or
• The candidate has passed the senior secondary exam with 45 per cent marks and has passed or appeared for the final year examination for a 2-year diploma in Elementary Education in accordance with the NCTE regulations, or
• The candidate has passed the senior secondary examination with a minimum of 50 per cent marks and passed or appeared for the final year of 4 years Bachelor of Elementary Education (B.Ed), or
• Have passed the senior secondary examination with a minimum of 50 per cent marks and passed or appeared in the final year of a 2-year Diploma in Education, or
• Passed the 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education course.

Candidates interested in the Central Teacher Eligibility Test were required to submit the duly filled application forms online from October 31 to November 24, 2022. Moreover, on November 28, 2022, CBSE started the application correction window for the CTET December test. The CTET  correction window was disabled on December 03, 2022.

How to Apply for CTET Paper 1 Exam?

The steps to apply online for CTET are as follows.

• Visit the official website of CTET – ctet.nic.in
• Find and click on the “Apply Online” link from the homepage.
• This will lead to an authentication form where the details such as name, state, identification type, date of birth, gender, etc should be entered.
• Enter all the primary information carefully because it will be saved with the profile. Enter the contact information, such as a valid email address and phone number.
• Log out of the portal to prevent modifications by unauthorised persons.

Steps to Fill the CTET Application Form

The steps to fill out the application form are as follows:

• Candidates should visit the CTET official website to complete their registration process
• They should click on the “Application” option.
• Registration – In the third step, candidates should fill up their CTET application forms. They should add their basic details and register themselves by adding their basic details such as name, email ID, phone number, address, etc.
• Candidates will receive the “Application Number” and “Password”. They should preserve these details for future use.
• Application Process – Fill in the application form as per the instructions. They’ll be required to enter the following important information: Candidates’ Name, Education Details, Specially Abled or Not, Address, and Security PIN.
• Document Uploading Process – Upload the scanned documents as described by the officials.
• Students will now be directed to the payment gateway. It can be paid through a debit card, net banking, or credit card.
• Kindly click on the “Submit” option. Now take a printout of the application form for future use.

The CTET Paper 1 exam will be held in 20 cities around the country. Check the exam centres from the table below.

State/ UT	CTET Exam Centers
Andaman & Nicobar	Port Blair
Andhra Pradesh	Vijayawada Visakhapatnam
Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar
Assam	Dibrugarh Guwahati Jorhat Silchar Tezpur
Bihar	Bhagalpur Bhojpur Darbhanga Gaya Madhubani Muzaffarabad Nalanda Patna Madhubani Vaishali
Chandigarh	Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh	Raipur
Dadra & Nagar Haveli	Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu	Daman
Delhi	Delhi Central Delhi East Delhi North Delhi South Delhi West
Goa	Panaji
Gujarat	Ahmedabad Surat Vadodara
Haryana	Ambala Faridabad Gurugram Karnal Kurukshetra
Himachal Pradesh	Hamirpur Kangra Shimla
Jammu & Kashmir	Jammu Srinagar
Jharkhand	Bokaro Dhanbad Ranchi
Karnataka	Bangalore Mangalore
Kerala	Ernakulam Kozhikode Thiruvananthapuram
Lakshadweep	Kavaratti
Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal Indore Jabalpur
Maharashtra	Aurangabad Mumbai Nagpur Nashik Pune
Manipur	Imphal
Meghalaya	Shillong
Mizoram	Aizawl
Nagaland	Kohima
Odisha	Bhubaneshwar Sambalpur
Puducherry	Puducherry
Punjab	Amritsar Bhatinda Ferozepur Jalandhar
Rajasthan	Ajmer Alwar Bikaner Jaipur Jodhpur Kota Udaipur
Sikkim	Gangtok
Tamil Nadu	Chennai Coimbatore Madurai Tiruchirapalli
Telangana	Hyderabad
Tripura	Agartala
Uttarakhand	Dehradun Haldwani Roorkee Srinagar Garhwal
Uttar Pradesh	Agra Aligarh Ayodhya Bareilly Etawah Ghaziabad Ghazipur Gorakhpur Jhansi Kanpur Lucknow Mathura Mau Meerut Moradabad Noida Prayagraj Raebareli Saharanpur Sultanpur Varanasi
West Bengal	Durgapur Kolkata

The CTET Paper 1 exam has 5 sections with a total of 150 questions and marks. The total duration of the exam is 150 minutes i.e. 2:30 hours. Check the CTET Paper 1 exam pattern below:

Subject	Number of Questions	Total Marks
Language I (Compulsory)	30	30
Language II (Compulsory)	30	30
Child Development and Pedagogy	30	30
Environmental Studies	30	30
Mathematics	30	30
Total	150	150

Candidates will have to choose two compulsory language subjects during the application form process. Check the languages that candidates can choose from in the table below.

Code No.	Language	Code No.	Language
1	English	11	Marathi
2	Hindi	12	Mizo
3	Assamese	13	Nepali
4	Bengali	14	Oriya
5	Garo	15	Punjabi
6	Gujarati	16	Sanskrit
7	Kannada	17	Tamil
8	Khasi	18	Telugu
9	Malayalam	19	Tibetan
10	Manipuri	20	Urdu

It is important that candidates have a good idea of the syllabus so that they can prepare for the exam well. Candidates can also find the topics for each section that are included in the syllabus from the table below:

Child Development & Pedagogy	Language I	Language II	Mathematics	Environmental Studies
Child Development (Primary school child)	Language Comprehension	Comprehension	Content	Content
Concept of Inclusive Education and Understanding Children with Special Needs	Pedagogy of Language Development	Pedagogy of Language Development	Pedagogical Issues	Pedagogical Issues
Learning and Pedagogy	–	–	–	–

Check the detailed CTET Paper 1 syllabus by clicking the link below:

• CTET 2022 Paper 1 Syllabus

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The CTET Paper 1 exam can be challenging. However, with proper preparation and study strategies candidates can overcome the challenges and clear the exam. Check some of the preparation tips for CTET 2022 Paper 1 below:

• Candidates need to refer to the syllabus so that they do not miss out on any important topics.
• Candidates should refer to the CTET best books to have a good preparation phase.
• Candidates should make a proper study plan referring to the syllabus and exam pattern. It is important that applicants revise and take Embibe’s CTET Paper 1 mock test. This will help them identify their weaknesses and improve upon them.
• Talk to close friends and families about the topics mentioned in the syllabus and that will help in revising and understanding the concepts well.
• Candidates should refer to the CTET Paper 1 previous year papers. This will help them in understanding the difficulty level of the exam and the type of questions asked in the examination.
• The most important tip is to stay calm, confident, and positive during the preparation stage and not get overwhelmed.

The CTET 2022 Admit Card has been released on December 26, 2022. Candidates willing to apply for CTET 2022 must download their admit cards online from the official website.

To download the admit card for CTET December 2022 exam, they have to follow the steps mentioned below:

• Visit the official website of CTET.
• Find the option to download the admit card for CTET 2022 on the homepage.
• Click on the link to download the admit card and then log in using the registration number (issued during filling out the application form) and date of birth as credentials.
• After logging in, the CTET admit card will be displayed on the screen. Candidates have to check all the details and download the admit card.
• After downloading the CTET Admit Card, the candidates must take a few printouts of the same.

CTET admit card contains important details such as the name of the candidate, father’s name, application number, roll number, gender, date of birth, date of exam and timings, exam centre address, category, candidate’s address, photo, signature, paper applied for, medium of question paper and exam instructions.

Candidates need to keep the admit card safe till the completion of CTET. The candidates will have to carry their CTET admit card and a photo ID proof to the exam centre. No candidates will be allowed to enter the exam hall without these documents.

CBSE releases the CTET Paper 1 Answer Key after the conclusion of the exam. Candidates will be able to check the answer key once the conducting body releases it. To check and download the answer key, candidates need to go to the official website of CTET.

• Check details about CTET 2022 Paper 1 Answer Key here

Once the answer key for CTET is released, the Central Board of Secondary Education will prepare the results of the exam. CTET results will be published online on the official website. The candidates will have to use the required credentials to check the result. Those who clear the CTET exam will be considered eligible for teaching jobs across the country. To check the result, the candidates must follow the below steps.

• Step 1: Visit the official website of CTET.
• Step 2: Find the option to check the result for CTET 2022 on the homepage and click on the same.
• Step 3: Candidates must now log in using the required credentials such as application number and date of birth.
• Step 4: CTET result will appear on the screen that will be carrying some important details such as total marks of the exam, marks obtained by the candidate, pass or fail etc.
• Step 5: Candidates have to download their admit card and take a printout of the same. If the candidate is qualified, they can use the CTET eligibility certificate to apply for teaching jobs at the school level.

The CTET cut-off score for Paper 1 is 60% of the total marks for the general category and 55% for the SC/ST/OBC category. Candidates must secure the qualifying marks to get the eligibility certificate.

Check the CTET 2021 cut-off for Paper 1 below:

Category	Minimum Qualifying Percentage	Passing Marks Out of 150
General	60%	90
OBC/ SC/ ST	55%	82

Candidates might be having many questions regarding the CTET 2022 Paper 1 Exam. Here are a few commonly asked questions and answers.

Q1. What is the CTET exam?

Ans: Central Teacher Eligibility Test, also known as CTET, is a national-level teacher eligibility test conducted by the CBSE. Candidates who qualify for the CTET exam can apply for teaching jobs across the country.

Q2. How many papers are there in CTET?

Ans: The CTET exam has two papers- Paper 1 is for classes 1 to 5.

Q3. Who can apply for CTET paper 1?

Ans: Applicants must pass the senior secondary exam or equivalent exam from a recognised state or national board with at least 50% marks.

Q4. Can I fill in the application form for CTET through offline mode?

Ans: No. Candidates can fill in the application form for CTET only through online mode, and the application form can be accessed on the official website of CTET.

Q5. How much will be the application fee for an OBC candidate to apply for both papers?

Ans: OBC and general category candidates must pay Rs 1,200 to apply for both papers in CTET.

Q6. For how long is the CTET certificate valid?

Ans: According to new guidelines, CTET certification is valid for a lifetime.