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CTET score calculator

This CTET score calculator takes the marks obtained out of 150 on either Paper I or Paper II, works out the percentage, and checks it against the qualifying percentage NCTE has published: 60% for General category candidates, 55% for OBC (non-creamy layer), SC, ST and PwD candidates.

Where the marks fall short, the calculator also states exactly how many more marks would have cleared the threshold for the category selected. Source for the thresholds: ctet.nic.in.

Enter your CTET marks

Out of 150, for either Paper I or Paper II - the calculation is identical for both.

Marks obtained (out of 150)

Two real scorecards, checked against the threshold

General category

95 out of 150

Percentage: 95 ÷ 150 × 100 = 63.33%
Needed: 60% (90 marks)
Result: Pass

OBC (non-creamy layer)

80 out of 150

Percentage: 80 ÷ 150 × 100 = 53.33%
Needed: 55% (83 marks)
Result: Not yet - 3 more marks needed.

Reading the result

What a CTET score actually decides

CTET, the Central Teacher Eligibility Test, is conducted by CBSE on behalf of NCTE and the Ministry of Education to decide who is eligible to be considered for a teaching post that requires it. It is not itself a recruitment exam, and it carries no ranking or merit list of its own - it is a straightforward qualify-or-not test against a published percentage.

Why the threshold differs by category

NCTE has published a lower qualifying percentage for OBC (non-creamy layer), SC, ST and PwD candidates than for General category candidates - 55% against 60%. That difference is applied the same way to both Paper I (for those teaching Classes 1 to 5) and Paper II (for those teaching Classes 6 to 8), so a candidate who has taken both papers checks each score against the same category threshold separately.

Where the exact marks figure comes from

With 150 as the total, 60% works out to exactly 90 marks. 55% works out to 82.5, and since a scorecard cannot show half a mark, this calculator rounds that up to 83 - a candidate needs to reach 83, not 82, to have genuinely cleared 55% of 150. Getting that rounding direction right matters at the margin, which is exactly where a percentage figure quoted casually tends to go wrong.

Lifetime validity, and why we still point you to the source

CBSE has stated that a CTET qualifying certificate is valid for a candidate’s lifetime, replacing the earlier seven-year validity period. That is a genuine and significant change for anyone who qualified some years ago and assumed their certificate had lapsed. Because a validity rule like this is exactly the kind of thing that can be clarified or amended in a future notification, this page links directly to ctet.nic.in rather than asking you to take our word for the current wording.

Privacy, stated plainly

There is no server call anywhere in this calculator. The percentage and the comparison against the threshold run as plain arithmetic inside your own browser, nothing is stored between visits, and no analytics event fires as you type, matching what our privacy policy promises across the site.

Before you rely on the result

The threshold depends on the category on your own application and admit card, not on a guess.
55% of 150 rounds up to 83 marks needed, not 82 - the boundary matters.
Clearing CTET makes you eligible to apply; it is not a job offer or a ranking.
Always confirm the current notification on ctet.nic.in before an application deadline.

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About the CTET score calculator

What are the CTET qualifying marks?

NCTE has published a qualifying percentage of 60% for General category candidates and 55% for OBC (non-creamy layer), SC, ST and PwD candidates, applied the same way to both Paper I and Paper II. Out of 150 marks, that works out to 90 marks for General and 83 marks (55% rounded up) for the reserved categories. See the official notification on ctet.nic.in.

Is the qualifying mark the same for Paper I and Paper II?

Yes. Both papers are marked out of 150 and the same qualifying percentage applies to each - there is no separate, harder or easier threshold for one paper over the other.

Is there negative marking in CTET?

No. CTET does not deduct marks for a wrong answer, so the score is simply the count of correct answers, each worth one mark, out of 150.

How long is a CTET qualifying certificate valid?

CBSE has stated that a CTET qualifying certificate is valid for the candidate's lifetime. That is a change from the earlier rule, under which a certificate ran for seven years from the date of the result. Check ctet.nic.in for the current, exact wording of the notification before relying on this for a specific application.

Does clearing CTET guarantee a teaching job?

No. CTET is an eligibility test - clearing it makes a candidate eligible to apply for teaching posts that require it, in schools that ask for a CTET pass. It is not itself a recruitment exam and carries no job offer or merit ranking of its own.

Which category should I select if I'm unsure?

Select the category stated on your own CTET application and admit card, since that is the category the qualifying percentage is actually applied against. If in doubt, the safest comparison is against the General threshold of 60%, since that is the higher of the two figures.

Is anything I type here sent anywhere?

No. The percentage and the pass/fail comparison run as plain arithmetic inside your own browser. Nothing is sent to us or to anyone else, nothing is stored between visits, and no analytics event fires as you type - exactly what our privacy policy promises across the site.

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