MAH-B.Ed CET
Maharashtra B.Ed. (General & Special) CET and B.Ed. English Language Content Test (MAH-B.Ed CET & ELCT)
Collected from the official website on 14/11/2026. Our team has not verified these details yet.
MAH-B.Ed CET is the State CET Cell's online test for admission to two-year B.Ed. courses in Maharashtra. Candidates who want English-medium colleges must also opt for and take the English Language Content Test (ELCT) in the same session.
Dates
Dates of the 2026 exam — the next dates are not announced yet. Always check the official website.
- Application opens
- 08/01/2026
- Last date to apply
- 27/02/2026 (after extensions; brochure date was 23/01/2026)
- Exam
- 27/03/2026 to 29/03/2026 (B.Ed CET and ELCT)
- Result
- 13/06/2026
- Conducted by
- State Common Entrance Test Cell, Maharashtra
- For
- Two-year B.Ed. (General & Special) in Maharashtra; ELCT additionally for English-medium B.Ed. colleges
- Mode
- Computer-based test (online)
- Duration
- B.Ed CET 90 minutes; ELCT 60 minutes
- Languages
- B.Ed CET: English and Marathi; ELCT: English
- Attempts per year
- Once a year
- Application fee
- Open (Maharashtra), OMS / All India and J&K migrant: ₹1,300; Maharashtra backward class and EWS, and orphan, transgender and PwD candidates of Maharashtra: ₹1,000 (CET 2026)
Eligibility
An Indian national with a three-year bachelor's and/or master's degree in sciences & mathematics, social sciences, humanities/languages or commerce with at least 50% marks (45% for Maharashtra reserved categories); engineering/technology graduates with science and mathematics need 55% (50% reserved). Full subject-wise rules are in the brochure.
Exam pattern
B.Ed CET: 100 multiple-choice questions (4 options), 100 marks: Mental Ability 40, General Knowledge 30, Teacher Aptitude 30; no negative marking. ELCT (optional, for English-medium colleges): 50 marks covering reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, sentence formation, phonetics, idioms and figures of speech; no negative marking
Score used for
Maharashtra CAP for B.Ed. (General & Special) admissions; ELCT score needed for English-medium B.Ed. colleges
For Maharashtra students
Needed by a graduate who wants a CAP seat in a B.Ed. college in Maharashtra; take ELCT too if you want an English-medium college.
Where this comes from
- dates: cetcell.mahacet.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/3rd-Extension-Reg-Notice_-M.Ed-M.P.Ed-BEd-CET-2026.pdf
- result: cetcell.mahacet.org/cms-home/page/2/
- pattern: cetcell.mahacet.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Final_CET-IB-BEd-ELCT_2026.pdf
- exam dates: cetcell.mahacet.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Public-Notice_CET-final-dates_2026.pdf
- eligibility: cetcell.mahacet.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Final_CET-IB-BEd-ELCT_2026.pdf
- application fee: cetcell.mahacet.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Final_CET-IB-BEd-ELCT_2026.pdf
- registration start: cetcell.mahacet.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Final_CET-IB-BEd-ELCT_2026.pdf
- b ed m ed integrated: cetcell.mahacet.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Final_CET-IB-BEd-MEd_2026-1.pdf