CBSE postpones Central Teacher Eligibility Test

Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Thursday announced that the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) examination has been postponed in the view of coronavirus crisis being faced nationwide.

New Delhi: The CBSE on Thursday postponed the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) scheduled on July 5, which will now be conducted when the situation is conducive, HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank' said.

"The 14th edition of CTET scheduled on July 5 has been postponed. A new date for examination will be intimated when the situation is more conducive for conduct of examinations," Nishank said.

An official notification released by the CBSE said, "The next date of examination will be intimated when the situation is more conducive for the conduct of examinations.

All the candidates registered for CTET July 2020 are hereby informed that for any update they may visit the CTET website www.ctet.nic.in regularly."

Earlier on Thursday, CBSE also announced the cancellation of class 10 and 12 board examinations, which were scheduled to be conducted from July 1 to July 15. (Inputs from PTI)