CTET Certificate Name Correction for Uttarakhand Candidates

The Central Teacher Eligibility Test is held by the Central Board of Secondary Education. A pass is one of the conditions for appointment as a teacher of classes 1 to 8 in central schools, and it is accepted by many states and private schools.

• A candidate applies online for each test, on the test's own website.
• The board provides a mark sheet to every candidate, and an eligibility certificate to those who qualify.
• Both are given in digital form, in the candidate's digital locker account, and can be verified by scanning the code on them.
• The eligibility certificate is now valid for life, so it may be produced years later.

That last point is why the name matters. A certificate used once, the month after the test, causes little trouble. One produced ten years on, after a marriage or a correction to other papers, is compared with whatever your papers say then.

So the useful advice for most readers is in the next section, and the honest answer for the rest is in the one after.

• The bulletin deals with one case: a particular on the admit card that is different from the confirmation page. That is the board's own slip, and it tells the candidate to contact the test unit at once.
• Write by email with your application number, the confirmation page, the admit card and your class 10 certificate. Keep the reply.
• It does not cover a mistake that is on the confirmation page as well. That was your entry, and the window was the time to correct it.
• Carry the identity proof the admit card asks for. A small difference in spelling between the admit card and the identity proof can lead to questions at the centre, so carry your class 10 certificate as well.

Notice the fourth row. If the certificate matches your class 10 certificate, the certificate is right, and it is the other paper that should move.

Uttarakhand holds its own teacher eligibility test for posts in the state's schools, conducted through the state's school education board.

• It has its own application, its own bulletin and its own certificate.
• The same care applies: enter the name as on the class 10 certificate, and use any correction facility the bulletin gives.
• We could not confirm the state board's rule on correcting a certificate after the result. Ask the board's office, in writing.
• A candidate may hold both certificates. Each is corrected, or not, by the body that issued it.

For the state board's other certificates, see father's name correction in an Uttarakhand Board mark sheet.

Step 1: Ask the recruiting body what it will accept

A sworn statement or a marriage certificate may be enough.

Step 2: Choose the right kind of notice

A change of name notice stating both forms joined by alias, or a public notice that your name was wrongly written in your educational documents.

Step 3: Fix the name you will use, and list the other form exactly

Copy the other form letter by letter from the certificate.

Step 4: Make the affidavit or the undertaking

An affidavit before a notary for a change of name notice. An undertaking for a public notice.

Step 5: Publish the newspaper notice

In a daily local leading newspaper. Keep the original newspaper.

Step 6: Type the form and prepare the CD

Two typed copies of the specimen, signed with two witnesses, the same text on a CD in MS Word, photographs with identity proof, and a certificate that both copies match.

Step 7: Pay the charge on BharatKosh

Commonly Rs 1,100 for an adult's change of name, with Rs 250 more for each alias, and Rs 1,400 for a public notice. It is not refunded.

Step 8: Send the file yourself, then keep the Gazette with the certificate

Send it to the Controller of Publications, Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi 110054. Print the published Gazette and keep it in your recruitment folder.

A Gazette does not change the eligibility certificate. It explains it.

A typical case we handle: a teacher in Almora qualified some years ago, with a form filled at a cyber cafe that dropped the "h" from her surname. At a recruitment she was asked to explain why the eligibility certificate said "Bist" and her class 10 certificate and degrees said "Bisht". She asked us to have the certificate corrected. We told her that was not open to her. She gave a sworn statement at once, and published a Gazette notice stating both spellings, which she now keeps with the certificate. This is an illustrative example of the type of case we handle, not a named client review.

When you do not need us

In the correction window, you need only the test's website. For a married name, the marriage certificate. Where a recruiter accepts a sworn statement, a notary. We are useful where a recruiter asks for a Gazette notification to link the certificate to your other papers.

Can I correct my name in my CTET certificate?

Only at the application stage. The bulletin accepts no change after the correction window.

How do I correct my name in the CTET application form?

Online, once, in the correction window given in the bulletin.

Which name should I enter in the CTET form?

The name on your class 10 certificate, as the bulletin says.

My CTET certificate and marksheet names differ. What do I do?

Use a sworn statement, or a Gazette notice stating both forms, as the recruiter asks.

Is my CTET certificate valid after marriage?

Yes. The marriage certificate links the names.

Will a gazette change my CTET certificate?

No. It explains the certificate. It does not alter it.

When was the CTET February 2026 correction window?

As reported, CBSE kept the correction window for the February 2026 test open from 23 to 26 December 2025, on ctet.nic.in. Each session has its own short window.

What can be edited in the CTET correction window?

As reported for the February 2026 test, the candidate's name, the father's and mother's names and the name of the last school, college or university attended could be edited. Read the notice for your session.

Can I change my exam city in the CTET correction window?

No. As reported for the February 2026 test, exam city preferences could not be changed in the correction window.

Can I edit my CTET form after the correction window closes?

No. Reports of the February 2026 test say candidates were not allowed any further change once the window closed, in line with the bulletin.

Where is the CTET correction link?

On ctet.nic.in. For the February 2026 test, the homepage carried a link titled CTET Feb 2026: Online corrections, as reported.

How many candidates registered for CTET February 2026?

As reported, a record 25.3 lakh, up from 20.25 lakh in July 2024. With so many forms, a typing slip is common, so check the confirmation page the day you apply.