CTET Syllabus

CTET Eligibility:

          Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) conducts Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) for filtering the talented and efficient candidates for the post of “Teaching” in the Government and Private schools of India.

This exam is conducted as two papers such as

• Paper 1 (Primary Stage)
• Paper 2 (Elementary Stage)

 

Paper 1 is the exam conducted for the candidates who wish to be selected for the posting of Primary level Teacher postings. This covers from Class I to Class V.

Paper 2 is the exam conducted for the candidates who wish to be selected for the posting of Elementary level Teacher postings. This covers from Class VI to Class VIII.

Minimum qualification level for both the papers are as follows:

 

Paper 1:

• The initial qualification for a candidate to take part in this Paper 1 exam is, he/she must have secured a minimum of 50% of marks and must have obtained Senior Secondary or Higher Secondary education certificate.
• Along with this, he/she is also expected to have passed either two year diploma degree or he/she should be currently pursuing final year in B.Ed to take part in this exam.

Paper 2:

• Candidates must have completed any Graduation with at least 50% of marks in that qualifying exam.
• Along with this, candidates who are currently pursuing final year Diploma in Elementary education or first year in B.Ed (Bachelor of Elementary education) are also eligible for taking part in this exam.
• Candidates who have obtained Senior Secondary certificate successfully with at least 50% of marks and currently pursuing final year in B.Ed/B.A/B.Sc.Ed can also apply for this Paper 2.

 

General eligibilities:

• The diploma courses pursued by the candidates shall be considered only if they are recognized by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE).
• Similarly, Diploma in Special education and B.Ed in Special education can be considered only if they are recognized by the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI).
• Candidates belonging to the SC/ST/OBC and differently abled persons can enjoy a relaxation upto 5% in the minimum marks secured in their previous degree exams.
• Candidates who are currently pursuing final year in the Bachelor degree in education or diploma in Elementary education are provisionally admitted to take part in this exam and they are provided CTET certificates only if they pass the CTET national exam.
• The candidate must be personally responsible to satisfy the eligibility criteria mentioned above. The eligibility criteria will be verified by the respective recruitment authorities at the time of the selection of candidates.
• There is no upper age limit for taking part in this CTET

 

           Thus, students who wish to take part in this exam, please read all the eligibility criteria very carefully. Attend this exam only if you are satisfying the above said eligibility criteria. CTET will definitely serve you as a gateway to get into the “Teaching posts” of any of the best Government and private schools of India.

All the best to crack CTET examination!!

 

CTET Syllabus:

         CTET (Central Teacher Eligibility Test) is an important examination for those who wish to get into the teaching jobs in Governments schools of India. CTET examination is conducted in two papers such as Paper 1 and Paper 2. Paper 1 is for the Primary level teachers and Paper 2 is for elementary level teachers. Candidates must choose their preferred examination according to their educational qualification.

 

Paper 1 Pattern:

     This paper is for selecting the teachers for the Class I to Class V.

This has five parts in the examination.

Part 1: Child development and pedagogy

Part 2: Language I

Part 3: Language II

Part 4: Mathematics

Part 5: Environmental Studies.

 

Paper 2 Pattern:

       This paper is for selecting teachers for the Class Vi to Class VIII. This question paper contains five parts such as,

Part 1: Child development and pedagogy

Part 2: Language I

Part 3: Language II

Part 4: Mathematics and Science

Part 5: Social Studies or Social sciences

 

Paper 1 Syllabus:

Part 1: Child development and pedagogy covers topics such as

         Section a: (Contains 15 questions)

• Principles of child development
• Influence of Environment and child’s heredity
• Language and thought
• Multidimensional intelligence
• Enhancing learning and critical thinking in the classrooms, etc.,

Section b (Contains 5 questions)

• Concept of inclusive education
• Understanding children who requires special care and needs
• Addressing all types of children who are with learning difficulties as well as more capable learners.

      Section c (Contains 10 questions)

• Children’s ability in learning and how children fail to achieve their targets
• Children’s method of learning, strategy of learning, etc.,
• Cognition and emotions
• Learning and motivation
• Dealing with the factors that affect learning. Both personal and environmental problems.

Part 2: Language I

      Section a: (15 questions)

• Language comprehension

     Section b (15 questions)

• Pedagogy of Language development
• Language skills
• Testing reading, writing and listening ability of the candidate in the English language
• Grammar test

Part 3: Language II

   Section a: (15 questions)

• Language comprehension with two passages with question regarding the passage

       Section b (15 questions)

• Pedagogy of Language development
• Principles of language teaching
• Language skills
• Testing reading, writing and listening ability of the candidate in the English language
• Remedial teaching and grammar test

Part 4: Mathematics

Section a: (15 questions)

• Topics such as Geometry, Numbers, measurement, weight, multiplication, division, volume, data handling, patterns and money.

Section b: (15 questions)

• Pedagogical issues such as logical thinking in mathematics, language of mathematics, problems of teaching, community mathematics.
• Diagnostic and remedial teaching.

Part 5: Environmental Studies:

Section a: (15 Questions)

• Friends and family, water, travel, shelter, work and play, plants and animals.

Section b: (15 questions)

• Scope and concept of Environmental science
• Learning principles
• Activities in EVS
• Experimental and practical work

 

Paper 2 Syllabus:

     The pattern is similar to that of Paper 1

Part 1: Child development and pedagogy covers topics such as

         Section a: (Contains 15 questions)

• Principles of child development
• Influence of Environment and child’s heredity
• Language and thought
• Multidimensional intelligence
• Enhancing learning and critical thinking in the classrooms, etc.,

Section b (Contains 5 questions)

• Concept of inclusive education
• Understanding children who requires special care and needs
• Addressing all types of children who are with learning difficulties as well as more capable learners.

       Section c (Contains 10 questions)

• Children’s ability in learning and how children fail to achieve their targets
• Children’s method of learning, strategy of learning, etc.,
• Cognition and emotions
• Learning and motivation
• Dealing with the factors that affect learning. Both personal and environmental problems.

   Part 2: Pattern and syllabus for Language I is same as Paper 1.

   Part 3: Pattern and syllabus for Language II is same as Paper 2.

   Part 4: Mathematics and Science:

Mathematics:

      Section a: (20 questions)

• This covers Number system, Algebra, Geometry, mensuration.

       Section b: (10 questions)

• Logical thinking
• Nature of mathematics
• Evaluation and remedial teaching

Science:

          Section a: (20 questions)

• Food, Materials, world of living, Natural phenomena and natural resources.

Section b: (10 Questions)

• Nature and structure of sciences
• Text materials
• Innovation and experiments

Part 5: Social science:

     Section a: (40 questions)

• Complete history
• Social change
• Regional cultures
• Rural life and society
• Women and reform
• India after independence
• The nationalist movements
• Colonialism and tribal societies
• Sultans of Delhi
• Geography and its concepts
• Social and political life

      Section b: (20 questions)

• Nature of social science
• Projects work
• Evaluation
• Critical thinking development

 

 

CTET Exam Pattern:

                 As we all know, CTET (Central Teacher Eligibility Test) is a national level Teacher’s entrance examination conducted by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) which filters out the efficient teachers for the classes I to VIII.

Class I to Class V teachers are selected through the CTET paper 1 exam whereas Class VI to Class VIII teachers are selected through the CTET Paper 2.

 

Paper 1(Primary level CTET examination) Pattern:

• Most of the question pattern is based on Pedagogy which deals with the method of teaching the subjects.
• This exam tests the candidate’s knowledge in English through various sections such as comprehension, speaking, listening and reading skills.
• Along with the language skills it tests the student’s capability to solve mathematical questions.
• Also some questions from child’s development, critical thinking in the classroom, how to deal with child’s emotional problems, etc.,

 

Question pattern for Paper 1:

1. Development of children and pedagogy:

                     This contains three sections with a total of 30 marks each such as

• Section a:

                     It mainly concentrates on the development of primary staged children. Questions are mostly from Principles of development of child, social world and their relation with children, influence of surrounding environment and the children’s heredity, continuos and comprehensive evaluation of children, etc.

This section carries 15 questions.

• Section b:

                   This section carries 5 marks which contains questions from inclusive learning and understanding children with special needs. This deals with addressing the children who have learning difficulties as well as children who are more capable learners. Teachers must have the efficient capacity to deal with both types of children. Thus, this section tests the candidate’s efficiency to deal with such children.

• Section c:

                 This is a section named “Learning and pedagogy” which carries 10 marks. This tests the teacher’s ability to check children’s method of learning, their process and strategy of learning, how they rectify their errors, etc. Teachers must follow a perfect pedagogy to deal with the children’s strategy of learning. This way they can help the children to learn in more smart and efficient manner.

2. Language I:

           This part totally contains 30 marks in which section “a” contains 15 questions and section “b” contains 15 questions.

• Section a:

       Questions on comprehension, grammar and verbal ability cover this section. Two unseen passages are given to test the candidate’s ability in the English language.

• Section b:

This section is said to be “Pedagogy of Language Development”. This deals with the candidate’s ability of reading, writing, speaking the language. It tests the candidate’s ability in teaching in diverse classrooms, language difficulties, communication and other language skills.

3. Language II:

                 Similar questions like the Part 2 “Language I”. This part also carries 30 marks totally.

4. Mathematics:

                           This part totally contains 30 questions and covers syllabus from the topics such as Time, Volume, Data handling, patterns, money, numbers, solids around us, Geometry, etc.,

This section “a” contains 15 questions.

The section “b” consists of questions on logical thinking, reasoning patterns and strategies of learning mathematics, community mathematics, error analysis, diagnostic and remedial teaching, etc., This section separately contains 15 questions.

5. Environmental studies:

                 This totally contains 30 questions in which section “a” contains questions based on food, Shelter, Water, Travel, family and friends, etc., whereas section “b” contains questions based on Need for environmental education, learning principles, significance of EVS, etc.,

 

Paper II (Elementary level CTET examination) pattern:

                Most of the patterns are just similar to that of Paper 1 CTET examination. Question     parts like Child development and pedagogy, understanding children with special needs, Language I and Language II have similar types of questions as that of Paper 1.

The fourth part is Mathematics and Science whereas in Paper 1 it is just Mathematics.

1. Development of Child and pedagogy with 30 questions.
2. Language I:
3. Language II:

Part 4: Mathematics and Science:

                      This part totally consists of 60 questions in which mathematics contains 30 questions and Science section contains remaining 30 questions.

Mathematics:

        Section “a” of Mathematics covers the Syllabus from Number system, Algebra, Geometry,                     Mensuration, Data handling, etc., which contains 20 questions in this section.

Pedagogical issues which covers Nature of mathematics, logical thinking, community mathematics, etc., and covers 10 questions in this section.

Science:

Total number of questions in Science section is 30.

                 In this section “a” contains questions based on food, materials, electric currents and circuits,                 natural resources and phenomena, etc. In addition to this, it also covers questions from social science, Geography and social and political life. This contains 20 questions.

In this section “b” contains questions based on Natural sciences, understanding and       appreciating science, innovation and discovery of various science projects, etc., This contains total of 10 questions.

Part 5: Social science:

           Section “a” contains questions from Early states, India after independence, women and reform, etc., This contains 40 questions.

Section “b” contains questions from concepts of natural and social science. This contains 20 questions. Thus, this is the detailed pattern for CTET examination for both paper 1 and paper 2. Candidates who are going to take up Paper 1 or Paper 2 must prepare according to the pattern and syllabus of CTET.