The NCET 2026 application process is currently underway for admission to the 4-Year Integrated Teacher Education Programme (ITEP), including courses such as BSc BEd, BA BEd, and BCom BEd. Interested applicants for these programmes must register online through the official website of National Testing Agency at exams.nta.nic.in/ncet.
Candidates who meet the NCET 2026 eligibility criteria can fill out the application form until March 10, 2026. To successfully submit the registration form, applicants must pay the NCET 2026 registration fee. NTA, the examination conducting body, has released the category-wise fee structure for the National Common Entrance Test (NCET) 2026. Candidates belonging to General, OBC, SC, ST, and PwD categories should carefully check the applicable fee before submitting the application form.
The last date to pay the NCET 2026 application fee is March 11, 2026. Read this SciAstra news article to get complete details about NCET 2026 application fees, how to pay the fee, and the available payment modes.
NCET 2026 Registration Dates
Since the exam official notification has been released, check out the complete NCET 2026 exam dates from here:
NCET 2026 Registration Dates | |
NCET 2026 Application Starts | February 12, 2026 |
NCET 2026 Application Ends | March 10, 2026 |
Last Date to Submit the NCET 2026 Application Fee | March 11, 2026 |
To be announced | |
NCET 2026 Application Correction Window | March 12, 2026, to March 14, 2026 |
NCET 2026 Exam Date | April 17, 2026 |
NCET 2026 Answer Key | To be announced |
NCET 2026 Registration Fee
Candidates can check out the NCET 2026 Application Fee from below:
Category | Registration Fees (₹) |
GEN | 1,200 |
OBC- (NCL) / EWS | 1,000 |
SC / ST / PwD / PwBD / Third gender | 650 |
How to Pay NCET 2026 Registration Fees?
After filling out the details asked by the exam officials and uploading the documents required in the NCET 2026 registration form, the next and final step is paying the NCET 2026 Registration Fees.
Applicants must note that without paying the application fee, the NCET form will be considered incomplete. Here is the step-by-step process to pay the NCET 2026 Registration Fees:
At first, visit the official website of the NCET 2026, or else go to the NCET portal of NTA.
Now log in to their registered account by using the login credentials, such as username and password.
Now you can see the tab- “Pay Application Fee” in the dashboard of the registered account.
Before making the online payments for the NCET 2026 registration form, one is required to choose the Payment Method like UPI/Credit Card/Debit Card.
Pay the NCET 2026 registration Fee amount displayed on the screen. The amount shown will be based on the category selected by the applicant during the application process.
After paying the application fees, download the confirmation page.
NCET 2026 Fee Payment Modes
You can pay the registration fee using the following modes:
Debit Card
Credit Card
Net Banking
UPI
Paytm
SciAstra NCET 2026 Mock Test Series Launched
SciAstra is providing the NCET 2026 mock test to help the candidates with their exam preparation to get admissions in the top-most participating institutes.
Candidates will be getting the NCET 2026 PCMB/PCB mock test to enhance their exam preparation:
NCET 2026 Test Series- PCB
NCET 2026 Test Series- PCB
To help candidates prepare effectively for the exam and cover every topic from the units mentioned in the syllabus, the newly launched SciAstra FOCUS NCET Test Series will provide the following coverage:
5 Part Tests
2 Half Tests
8 Full-length Tests