At a glance
The facts most likely to change your decision.
- Vacancies
- Not announced Vacancies will be added only after an official notice publishes them.
- Education
- 12th · Graduate · Professional degree Under the NCTE notification of 23 August 2010 issued for section 23(1) of the RTE Act 2009, Paper I requires senior secondary with the prescribed marks plus an elementary teacher-education qualification such as D.El.Ed, and Paper II requires graduation plus B.Ed or the equivalent; the Board's bulletin restates Punjab's conditions.
- Age
- The NCTE Teacher Eligibility Test guidelines prescribe no age limit; any age condition is stated in the Board's PSTET information bulletin for the cycle. Relaxations and cut-off dates are category-specific.
- Application fee
- See the official notification Use the official payment instructions only.
- Pay
- PSTET is an eligibility test and carries no pay; pay applies only on later appointment to a teaching post. Gross and in-hand pay vary by posting and allowance.
- Recruitment cycle
- Next cycle State · Punjab
Vacancies & reservation
What is known, what overlaps and what remains unreported.
Category table not available here
Check the latest official notice for the post- and category-wise distribution.
How to read reservation: UR, EWS, OBC, SC and ST are vertical categories. PwBD, women, ex-servicemen and similar horizontal reservations can overlap them and must not be added again to the total.
Complete timeline
One record from notification to final outcome.
No current-cycle dates announced
This timeline will be dated only after the recruiting body publishes a schedule.
Who can apply?
A readable first check—not a legal eligibility decision.
Basic eligibility paths
- Under section 23(1) of the RTE Act 2009 a teacher eligibility test pass is a minimum qualification for appointment as a teacher for classes I to VIII.
- Paper I is for candidates who want to teach classes I to V and Paper II for classes VI to VIII; a candidate may sit both.
- Confirm qualifying marks, relaxations, fee and the Punjabi-language condition in the Board's current bulletin.
Relaxations & certificates
- SC/ST, OBC-NCL, PwBD and ex-servicemen relaxations follow the applicable notification.
- Always check the certificate format and cut-off date in the official notice.
Selection process & syllabus
Stage by stage, without mixing recruitment years.
Selection stages
- 1Paper I for classes I-V and/or Paper II for classes VI-VIII
- 2Qualifying standard fixed under the NCTE TET guidelines at 60 per cent, with the state free to relax it for reserved categories
- 3The PSTET certificate establishes eligibility only; appointment is a separate recruitment
Syllabus snapshot
- Under the NCTE guidelines for conducting the Teacher Eligibility Test dated 11 February 2011, each paper carries 150 one-mark multiple-choice questions in 150 minutes with no negative marking.
- Paper I covers Child Development and Pedagogy, Language I, Language II, Mathematics and Environmental Studies at 30 marks each; Paper II covers Child Development and Pedagogy, Language I and Language II at 30 marks each plus Mathematics and Science or Social Studies at 60 marks.
- Use the Board's own current-cycle PSTET syllabus when it is published.
Application document checklist
Prepare before the portal gets busy.
Recent passport-size photograph and scanned signature
Government photo ID with the same name used in the application
Education certificates and marksheets
Category, EWS, PwBD or ex-serviceman certificate, if claimed
Domicile or language proof where the notification requires it
Official links & source record
Go straight to the recruiting body.
- Primary source
- Punjab School Education Board PSTET portal
- Published / changed
- Official PSTET portal referenced 4 Aug 2026; no current-cycle notification is asserted
- Last checked
- 4 Aug 2026, 20:05 IST
Official notices, corrigenda and recruiting-body pages have final authority. This page is a reading aid.