CTET 2024: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) held the CTET 2024 exam on January 21. Of the total 26,93,526 candidates registering for the CTET January 2024 exam, 84 per cent applicants appeared for the exam, a CBSE statement said.
CTET was conducted for two question papers. While question paper-1 ensured the eligibility of teachers for Classes 1 to 5, while paper-2 ensured the eligibility of teachers for Classes 6 to 8. Candidates fulfilling the prescribed qualification can appear in one or both the papers and choose any two languages out of 20 prescribed languages.
As many as 9,58,193 candidates registered for paper 1 and 17,35,333 had registered for paper 2.
As per data shared by the CBSE, a total of 137 city coordinators (two city coordinators due to excess of examination centres in some cities, 3,418 centre superintendents, 4,021 observers and 662 CBSE officials and employees were deployed for the smooth and fair conduct of the CTET 2024 exam.
CBSE has also made arrangements to provide digital marksheets and eligibility certificates through DigiLocker. DigiLocker accounts of all the appeared candidates will be created and the account credentials will be communicated to the candidates on their mobile numbers registered with CBSE. Candidates will be able to download their digital mark sheet and eligibility certificate using the communicated credentials.
For security purposes, the marksheet and certificate have an encrypted QR code which can be scanned and verified using DigiLocker mobile app, CBSE added saying that the digitally signed mark sheet and eligibility certificate are legally valid as per the IT Act.