National Testing Agency (NTA)
National Common Entrance Test (NCET) 2025
NCET 2025: Admission to 4-Year Integrated Teacher Education Programme (ITEP)
Organization:
National Testing Agency (NTA) – conducting NCET 2025 for admission to 4-Year Integrated Teacher Education Programme (ITEP) in Central/State Universities, IITs, NITs, RIEs, and other Government Colleges for Academic Year 2025–26.
Number of Posts (Seats): Notified by participating institutions separately
Key Details:
Exam Name: National Common Entrance Test (NCET) 2025
Purpose: Admission to 4-Year Integrated Teacher Education Programme (ITEP)
Level: National Level Entrance Exam
Mode: Computer Based Test (CBT)
Medium: Available in 13 languages – English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu
Total Questions: 190
Total Marks: 380
Duration: 3 Hours (180 minutes)
Marking Scheme: +2 marks per correct answer, no negative marking
Exam Structure:
- Section 1: Language Proficiency – Two Languages (choose from 38), 20 questions per language
- Section 2: Domain-Specific Subjects – Choose 3 from 26 subjects, 25 questions per subject
- Section 3: General Test – Mandatory, 25 questions
- Section 4: Teaching Aptitude – Mandatory, 20 questions
Important Dates:
- Notification Release: 20 February 2025
- Application Start: 20 February 2025
- Last Date to Apply: 31 March 2025 (extended from 16 March)
- Last Date for Fee Payment: 31 March 2025
- Correction Window: 2–3 April 2025 (initially 18–19 March)
- City Intimation: First Week of April 2025
- Admit Card Release: 25 April 2025
- Exam Date: 29 April 2025 (Tuesday)
- Provisional Answer Key: 20 May 2025
- Objection Window Ends: 22 May 2025
- Final Answer Key: 14 June 2025
- Result Declaration: 16 June 2025
Eligibility Criteria:
- Age Limit: No upper age limit. However, university-specific criteria may apply
- Qualification:
- Passed Class 12th / Senior Secondary or equivalent
- Appearing candidates (2025) eligible
- Minimum Marks:
- As per institutions, typically:
- General/OBC/EWS: 50%
- SC/ST/PwBD: 45%
- As per institutions, typically:
- Nationality: Indian citizens, NRIs, OCIs, Foreign Nationals as per institutional norms
Application Fee:
- General (UR): ₹1200
- OBC (NCL) / EWS: ₹1000
- SC / ST / PwBD / Third Gender: ₹650
- Payment Mode: Online – Credit Card, Debit Card, Net Banking, UPI
Selection Process:
- Computer Based Test (CBT) – NCET 2025 Exam
- Merit List – Based on NCET performance, declared on official portal and participating institutions
- Counseling Process – Likely from July 2025
- Online registration
- Choice filling and locking
- Seat allotment as per merit and availability
- Fee payment
- Document verification
- Medical fitness check (as per institutional rules)
- Final admission after verification
How to Apply:
- Visit exams.nta.ac.in/NCET
- Click on “New Registration”
- Fill personal details to generate Application Number and Password
- Log in with credentials
- Complete application form (education, city choice, subjects)
- Upload photo (10Kb–200Kb) and signature (4Kb–30Kb)
- Pay fee online
- Review and submit application
- Download confirmation page
Official Website: exams.nta.ac.in/NCET