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The UPTET certificate is now valid forever. Ramesh Pokhariyal, Indian Education Minister has announced that the validity of the TET certificate is extended for a lifetime. Earlier the validity of the certificates was 5 years. Candidates qualifying for the UPTET 2025 exam will be the first batch of candidates with a lifetime UPTET certificate. They can apply for teacher recruitment in Uttar Pradesh schools at any point in time till they fulfil the eligibility criteria fixed by the respective recruiting agency.

JEE Advanced Registration 2026 will start on April 23 for Indian candidates. Candidates must check the eligibility criteria before filling out the JEE Advanced 2026 application form. 

There are no provisions for correction in details filled in the online JEE Advanced 2026 form. Once the application form is submitted and the application fee is paid, the forms cannot be accessed for editing or any sort of correction. Therefore candidates must carefully read, fill and submit the JEE Advanced application form 2026. The details in the application form will be used in admit card, the result and also in the final admission/counselling. Hence the candidates must be very cautious while submitting the JEE Advanced form. Check all details twice before the final submission of the form.

Although earlier NTA was mulling the idea of conducting NEET twice a year, now it has been confirmed that the exam will be held only once a year in a paper-pencil based mode. NTA communicated this information through an RTI response where it was stated that NEET will be conducted once a year. This has quashed the possibility of conducting NEET twice a year. However, the NTA expert committee headed by ISRO Chief K. Radhakrishnan has recommended conducting NEET twice a year, but there has not been any official confirmation on it yet. 

UPTET Notification 2024 is yet to be released. The notification is awaited. Students are waiting for the official release of the notification. After release the candidate must fill out an online application, provide supporting documentation, and pay a fee in order to apply for the UPTET. The application window will likely be open for four weeks. 

The NEET 2025 result is expected to be released in the first week of June 2025, within a month of conducting the exam. NTA does not announce the NEET result date in advance. Although last year the result date was stated to be declared on June 14, NTA released it 10 days in advance. Hence, there is no fixed date or schedule for NTA to declare the NEET result. Prior to the declaration of the result, NTA releases the final NEET answer key. Last year, NEET was conducted on May 5 and the result was declared June 4.

The latest UPTET update is here. It is given that the Uttar Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test 2023 results have been released. Candidates you appeared for the exam can check their results on the official UPTET website.