CTET Cut Off 2022 – Check TET Cut Off Marks Category-Wise (Official)

CTET Cut Off 2022 – The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) releases CTET Cut Off 2022 on the official website at ctet.nic.in. The cut offs for CTET examination are declared by CBSE every year on the basis of the difficulty level and number of candidates appearing. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) conducts CTET annually nationwide to recruit eligible candidates to the post of lower primary level and upper primary level teachers across all states in India. Aspirants who secure the minimum 60% in CTET exam are declared qualifed for CTET exam. Candidates can find information on CTET Cut Off Marks from this article.

CTET Cut Off 2022

Central Teacher Eligibility Test is held in two stages namely Paper I and Paper II. Candidates who qualify CTET paper 1 Exam are eligible to teach lower primary level classes. Qualifying CTET Paper 2 are eligible to teach upper primary level classes. For the year 2021, CTET was held in July and December sessions.

CBSE release CTET Cut Off 2022 on the official website along with the notification. Candidates have to score marks equal to or above the minimum qualifying cutoff marks of CTET exam to be considered as eligible. Candidates can find the minimum percentage of marks required to qualify CTET in the table provided below. 

Category of candidate	Cut Off Minimum percentage
General/Unreserved category	60%
SC/ST/OBC categories	55%

Recommended: CTET Normalisation

CTET Cut Off Marks

Candidates can check the CTET Cut Off Marks of the last two year exam in the table given below –

Name of Category	CTET 2019 Cut Off	CTET 2018 Cut Off	Expected (2022)
General (Unreserved)	90	90	90
OBC (Other Backward Class)	82.0	85	82-85
SC (Scheduled Caste)	80.0	80	80
ST (Scheduled Tribes)	80.0	80	80
EWS (Economically Weaker Section)	82.0	87	82-89

How to Check CTET Cut Off Marks

To download the cut-off marks for CTET 2022 examination, candidates shall follow the below given steps. 

• Visit ctet.nic.in 
• Click on the ‘CTET Results’ link
• Enter the candidate’s Roll Number and click ‘Submit’ 
• Candidate’s can check the cut off displayed on the screen 

Factors Determining CTET Cut-off Marks

The Cut-Off for CTET exam is decided by the CBSE based on many factors. Some of the factors affecting the CTET qualifying marks/cut-off are given below. 

• Level of difficulty of CTET examination 
• Number of people attending CTET for that particular session 
• Number of applications submitted for a specific Paper (affects Paper wise cut-off) 
• Normalization

CTET Result & Certificate

The CTET is conducted in two sessions: July session and December session. The CTET December 2021 session was conducted from 16th of December 2021 to 13th of January 2022 in different shifts. So the difficulty level of all the question papers varies and evaluating every shift the same and keeping the same cut off will make it unfair. CBSE counteracts this by employing the normalization process. Qualifying the CTET examination gives the candidate eligibility for teaching across all states in India. Check impotant aspects related to CTET certificate and result below:

• Candidates can check the CTET 2022 result by logging in with their CTET registration number and password created during the registration process at ctet.nic.in.
• Qualifying CTET and earning the certification issued by CBSE does not however guarantee employment.
• CTET e-certification is issued in digital format through DigiLocker.
• CTET certification issued by CBSE has lifetime validity.

CTET Result Highlights

CTET Year	Candidates Appeared	Qualified	Pass Percentage
January 2021 Paper 1	12,47,217	4,14,798	33.25%
January 2021 Paper 2	11,04,454	2,39,501	21.68%
December 2019 Paper 1	14,13,390	2,47,386	17.50%
December 2019 Paper 2	9,91,755	2,94,899	29.73%
July 2019 Paper 1	13,59,478	2,14,658	15.78%
July 2019 Paper 2	10,17,553	1,37,172	13.48%
December 2018 Paper 1	10,73,545	1,78,273	16.60%
December 2018 Paper 2	8,78,425	1,26,968	14.45%
September 2016  Paper 1	1,93,005	26,638	13.8%
September 2016 Paper 2	3,86,085	42,928	11.12%
September 2015	6,55,660	1,14,580	17.48%
February 2015	6,77,554	80,187	11.95%
February 2014	7,50,000	13,425	1.7%
July 2013	7,76,000	77,000	9.96%
November 2012	7,95,000	4,850	0.61%
January 2012	9,00,000	55,422	6.1%
June 2011	7,60,000	97,919	9%

About Exam

Central Teacher’s Eligibility Test or CTET is a national level eligibility test conducted twice every year by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). Eligible candidates can get information on the cut off marks for CTET examination 2022 at ctet.nic.in. CTET examination is conducted twice every year to recruit eligible candidates to teach the lower primary and upper primary level classes in various private and public schools within India. After qualifying in CTET examination Paper I(lower primary), II(Upper primary) or both, the candidates will be awarded with a lifelong valid eligibility certification issued from CBSE 

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