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Countdown to CTET or a state TET with a paper-wise prep tracker, section readiness score and the 60%/55% qualifying mark check.
This countdown tracks the days to CTET or a state TET and turns a paper-wise prep tracker into an expected score: each section's readiness is weighted by its share of the paper's 150 questions, then compared against the NCTE qualifying line of 60% (90 marks) for general candidates or 55% with relaxation. It follows the CTET structure — Paper I for classes 1–5, Paper II for classes 6–8, each 150 questions, 150 marks, 150 minutes, no negative marking.
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Readiness is weighted by question share, so a weak 60-question section hurts the score twice as much as a weak 30-question one.
Shows the distance from 90 marks (60%) — or the 55% relaxed line — rather than a vague percentage.
Paper I, Paper II Maths & Science and Paper II Social Studies each carry their real section structure.
60% — 90 marks out of 150 — qualifies a general-category candidate in CTET. Under the NCTE guidelines, school managements and governments may allow up to 5% relaxation for reserved categories, which works out to 55%, or 82.5 of 150; the conducting body's bulletin states the exact rounded figure it applies.
No. CTET and state TETs modelled on the NCTE guidelines have no negative marking — each of the 150 questions carries one mark and wrong answers cost nothing. The rational strategy is therefore to attempt every single question, using the exam's exact one-minute-per-question budget.
Paper I is for teaching classes 1–5 and Paper II for classes 6–8; both have 150 questions in 150 minutes. Paper I splits evenly into five 30-question sections (Child Development & Pedagogy, Language I, Language II, Mathematics, Environmental Studies), while Paper II keeps CDP and the two languages at 30 each and gives 60 questions to the chosen specialisation — Mathematics & Science or Social Studies. Candidates who want eligibility for both levels write both papers.
For life. CBSE, following the NCTE decision of 2021, made CTET qualifying certificates valid for a lifetime, applied retrospectively to earlier certificates as well — they were previously valid for seven years. Most state TETs have adopted the same lifetime validity, but a state's own notification is the authority for its certificate.