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International Chinese Teacher Certificate — CTCSOL

Purpose, levels, eligibility, written and interview examinations, and continuing education, with official references.

Independent summaries and editorial translations. The official session notice governs registration, fees, places and changes.

Checked through 14 October 2026. A dated collection; new source changes require verification before updating.

The current official guide uses “International Chinese Teacher Certificate (CTC)”. This site retains CTCSOL as a navigation and search term, distinguishing legacy material from current graded rules.

Purpose and organiser

Levels and competence

Initial eligibility

Intermediate eligibility/progression

  • Experienced teachers: bachelor’s+, local compliance, ethics, foreign-language skills; Chinese first-language Putonghua ≥2-A, otherwise HSK ≥7.

  • Teaching years after relevant degree: bachelor’s ≥5, master’s ≥3, doctorate ≥2.

  • Valid initial certificate, completed continuing education and intermediate eligibility allow written-test exemption for the intermediate interview.

Written structure/pass

  • Initial: 62 questions/100 minutes; 100 points/pass 60. Sixty MCQs 70, short answer 10, teaching design 20.

  • Intermediate: 62 questions/120 minutes; 100 points/pass 60. Sixty MCQs 60, essay 15, teaching design 25.

Interview structure/pass

Results and application

Continuing education/exchange

Transition/local scope

Coverage
  • Bounded latest lists/pages 1–4, selected bodies/current guidance; not exhaustive.
  • Statement listed 2026 has body 2021-09-28: republication. Undated pages published=null; checked is not publication.
  • Annual domestic in-person wording differs from July/October Chinese home interviews; use sitting/centre notices.
  • Auckland intermediate 12 December versus central 19; local September-level/TBC differences unresolved without centre contact.
  • French/UK 2026 sittings/deadlines unconfirmed; no commercial/HSK/foreign substitution. Other countries not individually verified.
  • Advanced conditions/dates/fees null; five-year education cycle does not establish individual expiry. No actual certificate inspected.
  • December 2026 annual-plan only, no specific notice confirmed; legacy 2025 historical transition, not current structures.
  • No full notices/questions reproduced or unofficial preparation methods created; official links control.