CTET Jan 2024: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has released the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) 2023 answer key. The CTET January 2024 answer keys can be checked at the official CTET website — ctet.nic.in.

Candidates can raise objection on the CTET 2024 answer key by February 10. A fee of Rs 1000 per question is required to be submitted through credit/debit card. The fee once paid is non-refundable.

Step 1: Visit the official website — ctet.nic.in

Step 2: Click on the CTET 2024 answer key link given on the home page

Step 3: Enter your credentials such roll number and date of birth

Step 4: Provisional answer key will be displayed on the screen in the pdf format

Step 5: Download the answer key and raise challenges if required

Step 6: Pay the fees

Step 7: Download the payment receipt for future reference

If the challenge is accepted by the Board i.e. if any mistake is noticed by the subject experts in the answer key, a policy decision will be notified and the fee shall be refunded. The refund (if any) will be transferred online to the concerned credit/debit card account, so the candidates are advised to pay from their own credit/debit card. The decision of Board on the challenges shall be final and no further communication will be entertained.

This year, the CTET exam was conducted 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.

As many as 9,58,193 candidates registered for paper 1 and 17,35,333 had registered for paper 2. 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.

Additionally, CBSE has also made arrangements to provide digital marksheets and eligibility certificates through DigiLocker. 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.