National Common Entrance Test (NCET) 2025 Notification
The National Testing Agency has been entrusted by the NCTE (National Council for Teacher Education) with the responsibility of conducting the National Common Entrance Test (NCET)
for admission to 4-Year Integrated Teacher Education Programme (ITEP) in selected Central/State Universities/Institutions including IITs, NITs, RIEs, and Government Colleges etc. for the Academic Session 2025-26. (National Common Entrance Test (NCET) 2025 Notification)
The ITEP is a Dual Major Programme -the first major is in Education with School Specific Stage specialization and the second major is in an opted discipline.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct the National Common Entrance Test [NCET] 2025 in 178 Cities (Annexure 1) and 13 mediums across India in Computer Based Test (CBT) mode for the Academic Session 2025-26 as per the schedule given below:
National Common Entrance Test (NCET) 2025 Schedule
| Online Submission of Application Form | 20 February to 16 March 2025 (up to 11:30 P.M.) |
| Last date of successful transaction of fee through Credit/Debit Card/Net-Banking/UPI | 16 March 2025 (up to 11:50 P.M.) |
| Correction in Particulars | 18 March to 19 March 2025 |
| Announcement of the City of Examination | The First Week of April 2025 |
| Downloading Admit Cards from the NTA website | 03/04 days before the actual date of the Examination |
| Date of Examination | 29 April 2025 (Tuesday) |
| Display of Recorded Responses and Answer Keys | To be announced later on the website |
| Website(s) | www.nta.ac.in or https://exams.nta.ac.in/NCET/ |
| Declaration of Result on the NTA website | To be announced later on the website |
Medium of Examination:
Medium of the Question Papers: Drawing from the National Education Policy (NEP), the NCET 2025 will be conducted in English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu
Subject combinations for each paper, type of questions in each paper, and mode of examination are given in the table below:
| Section | Subjects/ Tests | Questions to be Attempted |
| Section 1 | There are 38 different languages. Any two languages need to be chosen. Language 1 and Language 2. | ➢ 02 different Language papers are to be chosen. ➢ Each language paper will have 23 questions out of which 20 questions need to be attempted. |
| Section 2 – Domain Specific Subjects | 26 Domain-specific subjects are being offered under this section. A candidate may choose any three subjects as desired by the applicable University/ Universities/ Institution. | ➢ 03 Domain Specific subjects are to be chosen. ➢ Each domain-specific subject will have 28 questions out of which 25 questions need to be attempted. |
| Section 3 – General Test | This is a mandatory section. The General Test will have 28 questions out of which 25 questions need to be attempted | |
| Section 4 – Teaching Aptitude | This is a mandatory section. Teaching Aptitude will have 23 questions out of which 20 questions need to be attempted. | |
Note:
1. In total, there will be 160 questions to be attempted out of 181 questions. There will be a choice of 03 questions in each subject (language/Domain-specific subject/Teaching Aptitude/General Test).
2. The examination may be conducted on multiple days in two shifts, depending on the number of Candidates and Subject choices.
Broad features of NCET 2025 are as follows:
| Mode of the Test | Computer Based Test (CBT) |
| Test Pattern | Objective type with Multiple Choice Questions |
| Medium | 13 languages (Assamese, Bengali, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Odia, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu ) |
| Syllabus | Language: Language to be tested through Reading Comprehension, Literary Aptitude, and Vocabulary |
| Domain Subject: As per Class 12 syllabus only | |
| General Test: General Knowledge, Current Affairs, General Mental Ability, Numerical Ability, Quantitative Reasoning, Logical and Analytical Reasoning, Environmental Literacy, etc | |
| Teaching Aptitude: Topics related to the teaching of Science, Arts, Mathematics, Performing Arts, Languages, etc. | |
| Registration | Registration will be online at https://exams.nta.ac.in/NCET/ |
The pattern of Question Paper:
All questions will be Objective type Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
| S. No. | Test paper | Total Questions | Total questions to be attempted | To be chosen from |
| 1. | Language 1 | 23 | 20 | To be chosen from Section 1 (38 languages) |
| 2. | Language 2 | 23 | 20 | Other than Language 1 in Section 1 |
| 3. | Teaching Aptitude | 23 | 20 | Compulsory |
| 4. | General Test | 28 | 25 | Compulsory |
| 5. | Domain Specific Subject 1 | 28 | 25 | To be chosen from Section 2 (26 Domain-Specific Subjects) |
| 6. | Domain Specific Subject 2 | 28 | 25 | Other than Domain-Specific Subjects 1 from Section 2 |
| 7. | Domain Specific Subject 3 | 28 | 25 | Other than Domain-Specific Subjects 1 and 2 from Section 2 |
| Total Questions | 181 | 160 | ||
- The Candidates are advised to visit the official websites of NTA (www.nta.ac.in) and (https://exams.nta.ac.in/NCET/) for the latest updates.
- The list of Languages, Domain-Specific Subjects and General Test covered in NCET 2025 is given in below Notification.
- A List of Central/State Universities/Institutions including IITs, NITs, RIEs, and Government Colleges etc for the Academic Session 2025-26 is given in below Notification.
Application Fee:
- Rs.1200 for General Candidates
- Rs.1000 for OBC, EWS Candidates
- Rs.650 for SC, ST, Divyang, Third Gender Candidates
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