KTET Answer Key 2026: Provisional Key, Complaints, Rectified Key

There is no KTET September 2026 answer key yet, because the exam is on 14 and 15 November 2026. Under the notification, Pareeksha Bhavan will publish provisional keys for all question papers on ktet.kerala.gov.in as soon as the exam is over. The latest keys are for KTET February 2026, held on 8 and 9 August 2026. The provisional keys, the complaint form and the rectified keys for Categories I to IV are all on the KTET home page.

How do you complain against the KTET provisional key?

• Deadline and address: send your complaint to the Secretary, Pareeksha Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram, within the fixed number of working days after the key is published.
• Format: use only the format published on the website. Complaints in any other form are not accepted.
• What the form asks: the February 2026 complaint form asks for the category, part and subject, question paper code and SET code. For each question you also give the question number, the option in the provisional key and the option you say is correct, with supporting documents attached. Use a separate sheet for each category and part.
• Kannada and Tamil papers: complaints on questions in these languages must also explain the point in Malayalam or English. Complaints without enough evidence are not accepted.
• Outcome: complaints received after the fixed working days are rejected, and no individual replies are sent. The expert committee's decision is final.

How do you score yourself with the KTET key?

• Marks: each category paper is marked out of 150. There is no negative marking.
• Your copy: you get a carbon copy of your OMR sheet at the exam. Keep it and mark it against the key.
• Set code: question booklets come in four set codes, A, B, C and D. The February 2026 Category I provisional key gives a separate column for each set, so read the column for your code.
• Pass marks: General candidates need 60% (90 marks), SC/ST/OBC/OEC candidates 55% (82 marks) and PH candidates 50% (75 marks), under the Government Order of 15-03-2017.
• Deleted questions: if a question is dropped, its marks go equally to everyone who wrote that category, and evaluation stays out of 150.

What happens after the rectified key?

The Commissioner removes from evaluation any question the expert committee finds wrong or without a correct answer, and Pareeksha Bhavan publishes a Rectified Answer Key. OMR sheets are then evaluated by machine against that rectified key. In the February 2026 rectified key for Category I, Child Development and Pedagogy, two answers were changed (B to C and D to B) and two questions were cancelled as wrong. The notification says the result comes only two months after the exam is completed. There is no revaluation, rechecking or recounting. Because candidates already get a carbon copy of the OMR sheet at the exam, Pareeksha Bhavan does not give out photocopies of the original OMR after the result.

KTET answer key in past cycles

The website does not date the key files, so the table shows only which documents were posted.