CTET Exam Date 2025: July Paper 1, 2 Schedule, Shift Timing

CTET Exam Dates 2025: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will release the CTET-July 2025 exam dates on its official website. As per the previous official notice, CTET 2025 will be conducted in July 2025. The CBSE CTET will be held offline, i.e., it will be a pen-paper (OMR) based exam. The eligibility test will be conducted in various cities across the country. The exam date will be mentioned in the official notification added below. Furthermore, the CTET admit card also comprises the exam schedule.

*Steps to practice unlimited questions are given in this article below.

The CBSE released the official notification for the CTET exam. The notification has all the important dates related to the exam. Also, candidates can find the dates related to the CTET Paper 1 and 2 dates in this article. To know more, continue to read this article.

Latest Updates:
— The CTET Answer Key 2024 for the December session will be released soon on the official CBSE website.
— Candidates who appeared for the CTET December 2024 exam, which was successfully conducted on December 14, 2024, will be able to download the CTET 2024 Answer key PDF to verify their responses.

CTET Exam Dates 2025

The CBSE administers the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) to determine candidates’ eligibility as primary (Class 1 to 5) and upper primary (Class 6 to 8) teachers. The Paper 1 and Paper 2 exam date will be released soon. Check the important dates from the table below:

CTET Exam Schedule 2025: CTET July 2025 Exam Timings

As per the previous year’s exam schedule, the first shift, i.e., Paper 2 is from 9:30 am to 12:00 pm, while the second shift or Paper 1 is from 2:30 pm to 5:00 pm. Candidates can check the complete schedule of CTET 2025 from the table below:

How To Practice Questions on CTET-July Exam 2025?

Know the steps to practice questions on CTET Paper 1 or 2 exams below:

• 1st Step: Visit Embibe’s official website, i.e., embibe.com.
• 2nd Step: Use the mobile number/email to log in.
• 3rd Step: Click on the “Getting a Government Job” menu bar. 
• 4th Step: Select the Goal “Teaching” from the Dropdown and click “Next”.
• 5th Step: Search and Select “CTET Paper 1 or 2” on the search bar and click “Next”.
• 6th Step: Select the preferred language and click “Done”.
• 7th Step: Click “Practice” from the Header Section.
• 8th Step: Scroll down to the “Subjects” section.
• 9th Step: Click on any CTET subjects.
• 10th Step: Scroll down to click on the chapters from the selected subject to begin the practice.

CTET Application Date 2025

The CTET application form will be available soon on the official CBSE website. Candidates must pay an application fee of Rs 1000/- for the General and OBC candidates and INR 500/- for SC/ ST/ PWD candidates if they appear for Paper 1 or Paper 2. If any applicant appears for CTET Paper 1 and CTET Paper 2, the application fee for General/ OBC category candidates was INR 1200/-, and INR 600 for SC/ ST/ PWD candidates.

CTET Admit Card Date 2025

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is expected to release the CTET Admit Card 2025 in the first week of July 2025. Candidates who will complete the application process successfully, they can only download the Paper 1 or 2 admit card till the exam day. Moreover, CBSE released the admit card online on the official website, viz. ctet.nic.in only, and no communication will be sent to the candidate’s residential address.

CTET Answer Key Date 2025

After completing the exam, CBSE will release the CTET Answer Key 2025. Candidates who will appear for the exam can download the key and check the CTET OMR sheet on the official website. CBSE provides an option to challenge the answer key. Applicants must pay a nominal fee and challenge the answer key with supporting documents on the official website. 

If required, the officials will scrutinize the challenge; the changes will be made in the final answer key. CBSE will release the final answer key along with the result.

CTET Result Date 2025

The CTET result date says that the CTET-July result will be announced by the end of August 2025 by the conducting body. As per the result status, the candidates will receive an eligibility certificate. Earlier, the CTET certificate for teachers was valid for seven years, but now, it is valid for a lifetime.

The candidates who will receive the CTET Certificate will be eligible for a teaching job in any government-authorised school throughout the country.

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FAQs on CTET Exam Dates 2025

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