Bihar STET 2026: Current Official Status, Exam Pattern & Complete Guide

Current status — October 1, 2026: The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) has completed the application stage for Secondary Teacher Eligibility Test (STET) 2026. The official advertisement was issued in August 2026 and the online application process started on August 17, 2026. The final examination date is not stated in the official advertisement, so this page does not publish an estimated date as an official BSEB date.

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1. Bihar STET 2026 Overview

Item	Verified Detail
Conducting Authority	Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB)
Examination	Secondary Teacher Eligibility Test (STET), 2026
Paper I	Secondary level — Classes 9–10
Paper II	Higher Secondary level — Classes 11–12
Mode	Computer Based Test (CBT)
Current Stage	Application stage closed; exam date awaited
Exam Date	Not announced in the official advertisement
Certificate Validity	Lifetime
Official Portal	stetregistration.cbrt.co.in

2. Official Notification & Application Status

The BSEB STET 2026 advertisement was issued pursuant to the Bihar Education Department's communication dated August 11, 2026.

Advertised Application Timeline

Event	Official Advertisement
Online application start	August 17, 2026 (afternoon)
Advertised application closing date	August 31, 2026
Current status on October 1	Application stage closed
Exam date	Not announced in the advertisement
Final admit card	Not announced in the advertisement
Result date	Not announced

The dedicated BSEB STET portal remains the source of truth for any later correction, admit-card, exam-date, answer-key or result notice.

3. Age Limit — Official STET 2026 Rules

The minimum age on August 1, 2026 is 21 years.

Category	Maximum Age
Unreserved Male	37 years
Unreserved Female	40 years
Backward Class / Extremely Backward Class	40 years
Scheduled Caste	42 years
Scheduled Tribe	42 years

Additional Relaxations

• PwD candidates receive 10 years relaxation in the maximum age under the rule cited in the advertisement.
• Ex-servicemen receive the relaxation prescribed under the applicable Bihar Government rule, subject to the maximum actual-age condition stated in the advertisement.
• Category/fee/qualifying concessions are tied to the Bihar domicile/reservation conditions stated by BSEB.

4. Educational Qualification

Bihar STET eligibility is subject-specific, so one generic “Graduation + B.Ed” line is not enough.

Paper I — Secondary Level

For many regular Paper-I subjects, the official advertisement provides routes such as:

• Graduation or Post-Graduation in the relevant subject/subject group with the prescribed marks plus B.Ed from an NCTE-recognized institution; or
• the permitted 45% route under the applicable NCTE regulations; or
• relevant four-year integrated B.A.Ed / B.Sc.Ed qualification.

The advertisement also contains separate qualification clauses for subjects such as Physical Education, Music and Fine Arts.

Paper II — Higher Secondary Level

Paper-II qualification is based on the concerned higher-secondary subject and normally requires the prescribed Post-Graduate / equivalent subject qualification plus professional teacher-education qualification, subject to the exact subject row in the advertisement.

Candidates should match their selected subject code against the official qualification table before relying on a summary.

5. Bihar STET 2026 Exam Pattern

The official notification clearly specifies:

• Mode: CBT
• Question type: Multiple Choice Questions
• Total questions: 150
• Total marks: 150
• Duration: 150 minutes (2 hours 30 minutes)
• Marks per question: 1
• Negative marking: No

Paper Structure

Component	Marks
Concerned Subject	100
Teaching Art / Other Skills	50
Total	150

The “other skills” component covers the areas prescribed by BSEB for the examination. Candidates should use the subject-specific syllabus for the selected Paper I or Paper II subject.

6. Minimum Qualifying Marks

BSEB prescribes category-wise minimum qualifying percentages:

Category	Minimum Qualifying Percentage	Equivalent out of 150
General	50%	75
Backward Class	45.5%	68.25
Extremely Backward Class	42.5%	63.75
SC	40%	60
ST	40%	60
PwD	40%	60
Women	40%	60

For Bihar-reservation benefits, the domicile conditions in the advertisement apply.

7. Normalisation

BSEB states that STET 2026 is a CBT and may be conducted in more than one shift/date when candidate volume requires it.

In that situation:

1. BSEB applies a normalisation method before publishing the final result.
2. The normalised score becomes the effective score for result determination.
3. Even though the raw examination has no negative marking, a candidate's relative normalised score can be affected by performance across the shift-normalisation process.

This is different from direct negative marking for a wrong answer.

8. Application Fee — Official 2026 Amounts

Category	Paper I OR Paper II	Both Paper I + Paper II
General / EWS / BC / EBC	₹960	₹1,440
SC / ST / PwD	₹760	₹1,140

The fee-concession rules apply according to the Bihar residency/category conditions in the advertisement.

9. Application Process — Closed Stage Reference

The application process used the official portal:

1. Open stetregistration.cbrt.co.in.
2. Complete registration using the candidate's own active mobile number and email.
3. Login with the generated User ID and password.
4. Fill personal, educational and subject details.
5. Upload the required photograph, signature and certificates.
6. Pay the applicable examination fee online.
7. Review the form carefully before final submission.
8. Download and keep a hard copy of the submitted form.

Photograph & Signature Specifications in the Advertisement

• Photograph: 80 KB to 200 KB, approximately 3.5 cm × 4.5 cm.
• Signature: 50 KB to 200 KB.
• Photograph should be recent, front-facing and on a white/light background.

10. Documents to Keep Ready

Depending on the candidate's selected subject/category, the advertisement requires/supports documents such as:

• Matric/10th certificate and marksheet for date-of-birth proof
• Intermediate/12th certificate and marksheet
• Graduation certificate/marksheets
• Post-Graduation certificate/marksheets, where applicable
• B.Ed / other professional teacher-education qualification
• Category certificate
• Non-Creamy Layer certificate where applicable
• PwD certificate where applicable
• Ex-servicemen proof where applicable
• Other qualification documents required by the selected subject code

11. Result & Certificate

Bihar STET is an eligibility examination, not a direct teacher-vacancy appointment process.

After the examination:

• BSEB will publish the relevant answer-key/result notices on the official portal.
• Where multiple shifts are used, the result can be prepared using normalised scores.
• Candidates meeting the applicable qualifying standard receive the STET certificate.
• The advertisement states that the qualifying certificate is valid for life.

Passing STET does not itself issue a teacher appointment order; a later recruitment process has its own vacancy and selection rules.

12. Preparation Strategy

Paper I Candidates

• Start with the exact selected subject syllabus.
• Build strong command over the graduation-level subject content prescribed by BSEB.
• Practice the teaching-art / pedagogy-related component separately.
• Use timed 150-question / 150-minute mock tests.

Paper II Candidates

• Revise the selected Post-Graduate-level subject systematically.
• Make concise notes for high-volume factual areas.
• Practice subject MCQs plus the teaching/other-skills component.
• Track accuracy rather than guessing because normalisation can still make weak raw performance costly.

Weekly Structure

• 5 days: subject-specific preparation
• 1 day: teaching/other-skills revision
• 1 day: full timed CBT mock + error analysis

13. Official Links

Resource	Official Link
BSEB STET 2026 Portal	stetregistration.cbrt.co.in
Official STET 2026 Advertisement	Download PDF
Candidate Login	Login
BSEB Secondary Portal	secondary.biharboardonline.com

14. Current Answer for Search Users

For users searching Bihar STET 2026 Sarkari Result / exam date / form date, the verified answer on October 1, 2026 is:

• Notification: issued
• Application: closed
• Exam date: not announced in the official advertisement
• Mode: CBT
• Questions/marks: 150 / 150
• Duration: 150 minutes
• Negative marking: none
• Minimum age: 21 years as on August 1, 2026
• Certificate: lifetime validity

Future exam-date, admit-card, answer-key or result updates should be added only after BSEB publishes them on the official STET portal.

Last Updated: October 1, 2026 | Source: Bihar School Examination Board STET 2026 official advertisement and registration portal.