KTET 2026 - Dates, Eligibility, Application Form, Syllabus, Pattern

Kerala Teachers Eligibility Test (KTET 2026) is a Test led by the State Government to test the capacity of competitors who need to make their profession in the instructing field. This examination surveys the qualification of the possibility for educating in Lower Primary, Upper Primary and High School classes in the territory of Kerala. KTET is led each year through the workplace of Commissioner of Government Examinations. The exam is composed of Pariksha Bhawan, Kerala and is led by the rules set somewhere near the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT).

Key Highlights for KTET 2026

Important Dates for KTET 2026

Eligibility for KTET 2026

Minimum Qualification Category I (For Classes I to V)

• Higher Secondary/Senior Secondary within any event 45% marks and two year Trained Teachers' Certificate TTC/DEd [by whatever name known] led by Board of Examination, Govt. of Kerala or its identical. 
• OR Higher Secondary/Senior Secondary with at any rate 45% marks and 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever name known), as per NCTE (Recognition Norms and Procedure), Regulations 2002. 
• OR Higher Secondary/Senior Secondary with at any rate half stamps and 4 years Bachelor of Elementary Education (B.El.Ed.) 
• OR Higher Secondary/Senior Secondary within any event 50% and 2-year Diploma in Education (Special Education). 
• OR Other Equivalent capabilities. 

Minimum Qualification Category II (For classes VI to VIII)

• B.A/B.Sc./B.Com. furthermore, a 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education/Trained Teachers' Certificate TTC/DEd [by whatever name known] directed by Board of Examination, Govt. of Kerala or its proportional. 
• OR B.A/B.Sc/B.Com with at any rate 45% marks and 1 year Bachelor in Education (B.Ed.), as per NCTE (Recognition, Norms, and Procedure) guidelines gave now and again in such manner. 
• OR Higher Secondary/Senior Secondary within any event 50% and 4 years  Bachelor in Elementary Education (B.El.Ed.) 
• OR Higher Secondary/Senior Secondary with at any rate of 50% and 4-year B.A/B.Sc.Ed or B.A. Ed or B.Sc.Ed. 
• OR Other Equivalent capabilities. 

Minimum Qualification Category III (For classes VIII to X)

• BA/BSc/B.Com within any event 45% marks and a B.Ed. Degree in the subject worried (from any of the Universities in Kerala or have procured these capabilities from some other Universities perceived as comparable thereto). 
• OR For Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Botany, and Zoology, the individuals who have MSc.Ed. Degree in the subject worried about at least 50% from one of the Regional Institutes of Education supported by NCERT will be qualified to apply. For Botany and Zoology subjects, those with MSc.Ed. Degree in Life Science with at the very least 50% from any of the Regional Institutes of Education are qualified to apply. 
• OR BA or equal with at any rate 45% marks and who went in LTTC are qualified to apply. 
• OR Other Equivalent capabilities. 

Minimum Qualification Category IV

[For Language Teachers in Arabic, Urdu, Sanskrit, Hindi (Up to Upper Primary Level), Specialist Teachers & Physical Education Teachers]

• The individuals who have procured capabilities for the posts of Language Teachers of Arabic, Hindi, Sanskrit and Urdu (up to Upper Primary level), Specialist instructors and Physical Education educators as referenced in Chapter XXXI of KERALA EDUCATION ACT AND RULES are qualified to apply for K-TET-IV 
• OR Other Equivalent capabilities. 

Note-Candidates, who have obtained Certificate/Diploma/Degree in educating in any subject, and are endorsed by Universities/NCTE/Board of Examinations/Government of Kerala, are qualified to apply for K-TET-IV.

KTET 2026  Exam Pattern and Syllabus 

KTET 2026 exam pattern for all category is listed below:

Exam mode: Offline

Duration: 2.5 hours

KTET Exam pattern for Category I (For Classes I to V)

Child Development and Pedagogy (30 Questions)

• Child Development and Learning (15 Questions)
• Concepts of inclusive education and understanding children with special needs (5 Questions)
• Learning and pedagogy (10 Questions)

Language I - Malayalam/Kannada/Tamil (30 Questions)

• Reading Comprehension - Prose (5 Questions)
• Reading Comprehension - Poem. (5 Questions)
• Pedagogical aspects of Mothertongue Education - Class - I - V (10 Questions)
• Language, Literature, and culture. (10 Questions)

Language II - English/Arabic (30 Questions)

• Language Comprehension (15 Questions)
• Pedagogy of language development (15 Questions)

Environmental Science (30 Questions)

• Content ( 20 questions)
• Pedagogy (10 questions)

Mathematics (30 Questions)

• Content(Numbers, Geometry, Measurements) (20 questions)
• Pedagogy(Nature of Mathematics, Place of Mathematics in Curriculum, Teaching of Mathematics - Strategies and Methods, Learning Materials in Mathematics) (20 questions)

KTET Exam pattern for Category II (For classes VI to VIII)

Child Development and Pedagogy (30 Questions)

• Child Development and Learning (15 Questions)
• Inclusive Education (5 Questions)
• Learning and pedagogy (10 Questions)

Language I - Malayalam/English/Tamil/Kannada (30 Questions)

• Reading Comprehension - Prose (5 Questions)
• Reading Comprehension - Poem. (5 Questions)
• Pedagogical aspects of Mothertongue education - Class - VI-VIII (10 Questions)
• History of Language, Literature, and Culture (10 Questions)

Language II - Malayalam/English/Hindi/ Arabic/Urdu/Sanskrit (30 Questions)

• Pedagogy of language development. (15 Questions)
• Questions for Language comprehension - (15 Questions)

Mathematics/Science/Social Science (60 Questions)

KTET Exam pattern for Category III (For classes VIII to X)

Adolescent Psychology, Theories of Learning & Teaching Aptitude (40 Questions)

• Adolescent Psychology (10 marks)
• Theories of Learning (15 marks)
• Teaching Aptitude (15 marks)

Language I - Malayalam/English/Tamil/Kannada (30 Questions)

• Comprehension 10 Marks
• Elements of Language 10 Marks
• Communication 10 Marks

Subject Specific Areas (80 Questions)

• Pedagogical understanding (30 marks)
• Content, Concepts, and Ideas (50 marks)

KTET Exam pattern for Category IV

[For Language Teachers in Arabic, Urdu, Sanskrit, Hindi (Up to Upper Primary Level), Specialist Teachers & Physical Education Teachers]

KTET 2026 Cut Off 

The Pareeksha Bhawan will discharge the KTET 2026 cut-off imprints soon in its official site. The cut-off imprints are discharged after the outcomes. The classification insightful imprints can be checked by the up-and-comers by entering their enrollment number and secret word. We can furnish you with some normal cut-off rundown. The official cut-off rundown will be transferred later.

KTET 2026 Application Form 

The notification and office for the online KTET application will be accessible on the site of Pareeksha Bhawan. The application structure is submitted in two stages. 

Firstly, the candidates need to present the charge by filling the necessary subtleties and afterward tapping on the submit button. Competitors can pick the method of Payment independent from anyone else. 

• Application Fee – Rs500/ - for each Level 
• Charge is Rs250/ - for SC/ST and other diversely capable classifications 

Payment Mode: Fee can be paid either online – by utilizing Visa/platinum card/net banking or disconnected – by producing challan and submitting it to the closest SBI branch. The reference no. printed in challan can be utilized as a reference in the following stage of recording the structure. 

At that point, the applicants who have paid the charges can additionally continue to the following procedure and enter their own subtleties like name, father name, date of birth, and so on. The board may likewise request to transfer filtered records.

KTET 2026 Result 

The applicants who are announced qualified are granted a testament by the State Government. A different declaration is given by the board to those competitors who showed up and qualified more than one level. The announcement of the imprints is accessible by the board in the official site and candidates can check the KTET 2026 outcome thereby entering their enlistment number. Negligible qualifying in KTET doesn't give any privilege of arrangement to the competitor. The arrangement relies on selecting specialists and individual meetings. 

KTET 2026 Admit Card 

• The competitors get the admit card as indicated by the class applied for. The candidates are encouraged to save the admit card till the entire procedure closes. 
• Applicants should download the KTET 2026 admit card from the official site. A competitor can't get the admit card by post at any condition. 
• Competitors should download application ID and application number which was given while documenting the application structure. 
• Competitors should likewise check the admit card appropriately and if there should be an occurrence of any inconsistency, must contact the assessment directing body at the earliest opportunity. 

KTET 2026 Preparation Tips 

• Experience the underneath given arrangement tips to improve groundwork for the tests: 
• Set up an examination plan 
• Experience Previous year papers 
• Take little breaks while reading for more clarity of mind 
• Modify consistently whatever you considered in the earlier days 
• Lean toward schedule and test design before making an investigation arrangement 
• Make your ideas understood in every point 
• Make shrewd methodologies and attempt to the inquiries in the most ideal manner conceivable

Contact Details

Address: Office of the Commissioner of Government

Examinations, Pareeksha Bhavan, Poojapura,

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695012

Phone- IT Cell: 0471 254 6832     

Email: [email protected]