The Central Board of Secondary Education officially released the February 2026 Central Teacher Eligibility Test results on Monday. The announcement clears a massive regulatory bottleneck in India’s public education recruitment pipeline. It finalizes the eligibility status for over 2.53 million registered applicants competing for teaching positions in central government schools.
Candidates can download their digital scorecards directly through the official government portals at ctet.nic.in and cbseresults.nic.in. The 21st edition of the national exam took place entirely offline in a pen-and-paper format on February 7 and 8. Securing this certificate is a mandatory step in the education sector for anyone seeking to teach Classes 1 through 8 at central institutions like Kendriya Vidyalayas and Navodaya Vidyalayas.
The minimum qualifying threshold is firmly set. General category candidates must score 90 out of 150 marks. That is a strict 60% requirement. Candidates from reserved categories, including SC, ST, OBC, and PwD, need 82 marks to hit their 55% qualifying mark. Candidates can verify their exact scores according to the detailed release published today.
CBSE will issue the legally valid marksheets and qualifying certificates digitally. Successful candidates will receive their documents secured via the government’s DigiLocker and UMANG platforms. The physical answer-key challenge window closed on March 15 ahead of today’s final declaration.