Central Teacher Eligibility Test To Be Held On Jan 31, 2021
By FnF Correspondent | PUBLISHED: 04, Nov 2020, 20:18 pm IST | UPDATED: 04, Nov 2020, 20:18 pm IST
Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) announced on Wednesday that the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) will be conducted on January 31, 2021. The CTET was earlier scheduled to be held in the month of July this year.
Candidates will be able to change their preference for exam city that is the city in which they wish to appear for the assessment. The option to change the same will be made available from November 7 till November 16.
"Every effort will be made to accommodate candidates in the cities opted by them but if the situation arises, they can be allotted any city other than the four cities opted by them," CBSE wrote in its statement.
To maintain social distance and other safety measures, the CTET will be held across 135 cities. The new exam cities are Lakhimpur, Nagaon, Begusarai, Gopalganj, Purnia, Rohtas, Saharsa, Saran, Bhilai/ Durg, Bilaspur, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ludhiana, Ambedkar Nagar, Bijnor, Bulandshahr, Deoria, Gonda, Mainpuri, Pratapgarh, Shahjahanpur, Sitapur and Udham Singh Nagar.
CTET is held twice a year - in July and in December. However, the exams were significantly delayed this year because of the Coronavirus pandemic. Candidates can check the latest updates about the test on its official website: ctet.nic.in.