How each paper is built
What each paper is made of: how many questions come from each subject, what they are worth, how long you get, and the mark that counts as a pass. These figures are read from the same records the syllabus pages use, so the two cannot drift apart.
West Bengal Board of Primary Education
Classes I–V
| Subject | Questions | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| Child Development and Pedagogy | 30 | 30 |
| Language I2 languages to choose from | 30 | 30 |
| Language II — English | 30 | 30 |
| Mathematics | 30 | 30 |
| Environmental Studies | 30 | 30 |
| Total | 150 | 150 |
Classes VI–VIII
| Subject | Questions | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| Child Development & Pedagogy | 30 | 30 |
| Language I3 languages to choose from | 30 | 30 |
| Language II3 languages to choose from | 30 | 30 |
| Mathematics & Science | 60 | 60 |
| Social Studies / Social Science | 60 | 60 |
| Total | 150 | 150 |
The parts above add up to more than 150 because this paper offers a choice: you sit one of the optional subjects, not all of them. Your own paper still comes to 150 questions.
This track follows an earlier West Bengal TET framework. It has not been confirmed against a current official notification, so treat its structure and syllabus as provisional.
60% of the full marks counts as a pass. 55% is the qualifying mark for SC, ST, OBC-A, OBC-B, PH/DA, EC, Ex-Servicemen and Death-in-harness candidates. Stated in WBBPE TET-2023 information booklet, page 1.
The qualifying certificate is valid for life, for every category.
There is no limit on how many times you may sit the TET, and someone who has already qualified may sit again to improve their score.
Central Board of Secondary Education
Classes I–V
| Subject | Questions | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| Child Development and Pedagogy | 30 | 30 |
| Mathematics | 30 | 30 |
| Environmental Studies | 30 | 30 |
| Language I27 languages to choose from | 30 | 30 |
| Language II27 languages to choose from | 30 | 30 |
| Total | 150 | 150 |
Classes VI–VIII
| Subject | Questions | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| Child Development and Pedagogy | 30 | 30 |
| Mathematics | 30 | 30 |
| Science | 30 | 30 |
| Social Studies / Social Science | 60 | 60 |
| Language I27 languages to choose from | 30 | 30 |
| Language II27 languages to choose from | 30 | 30 |
| Total | 150 | 150 |
The parts above add up to more than 150 because this paper offers a choice: you sit one of the optional subjects, not all of them. Your own paper still comes to 150 questions.
60% of the full marks counts as a pass. Stated in NCTE Notification No. 76-4/2010/NCTE/Acad, 11 February 2011.
School managements may apply their own reservation concessions to this mark, in line with their extant policy.
Qualifying a TET does not by itself entitle anyone to a post: it is one eligibility condition among the ones the recruiting body sets.
Practice on this site is marked the same way, so a percentage here means what a percentage means in the real paper. The cut-off that actually decides a recruitment is whatever the Board announces for that cycle, and it is not this number.
