The Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi will be conducting the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) for a person to be eligible for appointment as a teacher for classes I to VIII on 18th November 2012.
Applications are invited online at CBSE CTET website from 1st August 2012 to 31st August 2012 only.
The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) had laid down the minimum qualifications for a person to be eligible for appointment as a teacher in classes I to VIII. One of the essential qualifications for a person to be eligible for appointment as a teacher in any of the schools 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: It would bring national standards and benchmark of teacher quality in the recruitment process; It would induce teacher education institutions and students from these institutions to further improve their performance standards, and It would send a positive signal to all stakeholders that the Government lays special emphasis on teacher quality.
