CTET (Central Teacher Eligibility Test) is an exam that is conducted twice a year by the CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) board in order to hire eligible teachers for primary and upper primary levels in schools. It is necessary for all the candidates to clear the exam with at least 60% to pass. It is conducted in two phases – Paper I and Paper II. The CTET syllabus has been given below.
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CTET Syllabus
If you aspire to be a teacher for classes I to V, you will have to attempt Paper I. Paper II is conducted for candidates aspiring to be a teacher for classes VI to VIII. Both papers have objective multiple-choice questions. CTET syllabus is vast. It revolves around Child Development & Pedagogy and the concept of education in schools. The most important section that you need to master to clear this exam is Language. Other major subjects are Mathematics, Science, and Environmental science.
The detailed CTET syllabus in Hindi is given below. Check the details for both Papers I and Paper II. The download link for the CTET syllabus in Hindi has been provided below. Make use of the same.
CTET Paper I Syllabus
This paper is an offline exam where the candidates will be tested on the basis of their Language I & II, Child Development and Pedagogy, Mathematics, and Environmental Studies. If you aspire to teach students of classes I to V, you will have to attempt this paper. The detailed syllabus for the same has been given below.
1. Child Development and Pedagogy Syllabus – 30 questions
a. Child Development – 15 questions
- Concept of development and its relationship with learning
- Principles of the development of children
- Influence on Heredity & Environment
- Socialization processes: Social world & children (Teacher, Parents, Peers)
- Piaget, Kohlberg, and Vygotsky: constructs and critical perspectives
- Concepts of child-centered and progressive education
- Critical perspective of the construct of Intelligence
- Multi-Dimensional Intelligence
- Language & Thought
- Gender as a social construct; gender roles, gender bias and educational practice
- Individual differences among learners, understanding differences based on diversity of language, caste, gender, community, religion, etc.
- The distinction between Assessment for learning and assessment of learning; School-Based Assessment, Continuous and comprehensive Evaluation: perspective and practice
- Formulating appropriate questions for assessing the readiness levels of learners; enhancing learning and critical thinking in the classroom and assessing learner achievement.
b. Concept of Inclusive education and understanding children with special needs – 5 Questions
- Addressing learners from diverse backgrounds including disadvantaged and deprived
- Discussing the needs of children with learning difficulties, ‘impairment’ etc.
- Addressing the Talented, Creative, Specially abled Learners
c. Learning and Pedagogy – 10 questions
- How children think and learn; how and why children ‘fail’ to achieve success in school performance.
- Basic processes of teaching and learning; children’s strategies of learning; learning as a social activity; social context of learning.
- Child as a problem solver and a ‘scientific investigator’
- Alternative conceptions of learning in children, understanding children’s ‘errors’ as significant steps in the learning process.
- Cognition & Emotions
- Motivation and learning
- Factors contributing to learning – personal & environmental
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2. Language I Syllabus – 30 Questions
a. Language Comprehension – 15 questions
- Reading unseen passages – two passages one prose or drama and one poem with questions on comprehension, inference, grammar, and verbal ability (Prose passage may be literary, scientific, narrative, or discursive)
b. Pedagogy of Language Development – 15 questions
- Learning and acquisition
- Principles of Language Teaching
- Role of listening and speaking; function of language and how children use it as a tool
- A critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally and in written form
- Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors, and disorders Language Skills
- Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: speaking, listening, reading, and writing
- Teaching-learning materials: Textbook, multi-media materials, multilingual resources of the classroom Remedial Teaching
3. Language II Syllabus – 30 Questions
a. Comprehension – 15 questions
- Two unseen prose passages (discursive or literary or narrative or scientific) with a question on comprehension, grammar, and verbal ability
b. Pedagogy of Language Development – 15 questions
- Learning and acquisition
- Principles of Language Teaching
- Role of listening and speaking; function of language and how children use it as a tool
- A critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally and in written form; Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors, and disorders
- Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: speaking, listening, reading, and writing
- Teaching-learning materials: Textbook, multi-media materials, multilingual resources of the classroom Remedial Teaching
4. Mathematics Syllabus – 30 questions
a. Content – 15 questions
- Geometry
- Shapes & Spatial Understanding
- Solids around Us
- Numbers
- Addition and Subtraction
- Multiplication
- Division
- Measurement
- Weight
- Time
- Volume
- Data Handling
- Patterns
- Money
b. Pedagogical issues – 15 questions
- Nature of Mathematics/Logical thinking; understanding children’s thinking and reasoning patterns and strategies of making meaning and learning
- Place of Mathematics in Curriculum
- Language of Mathematics
- Community Mathematics
- Valuation through formal and informal methods
- Problems of Teaching
- Error analysis and related aspects of learning and teaching
- Diagnostic and Remedial Teaching
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5. Environmental Studies Syllabus – 30 questions
a. Content – 15 questions
- Family and Friends
- Relationships
- Work and Play
- Animals
- Plants
- Food
- Shelter
- Water
- Travel
- Things We Make and Do
b. Pedagogical issues – 15 questions
- Concept and scope of EVS
- Significance of EVS integrated EVS
- Environmental Studies & Environmental Education
- Learning Principles
- Scope & relation to Science & Social Science
- Approaches to presenting concepts
- Activities
- Experimentation/Practical Work
- Discussion
- CCE
- Teaching material/Aids
- Problems
CTET Paper II Syllabus
This paper is an offline exam where the candidates will be tested on the basis of their Language I & II, Child Development and Pedagogy, Mathematics & Science/ Social Studies & Social Science. If you aspire to teach students in classes V to VII, you will have to attempt this paper. The detailed syllabus for the same has been given below.
1. Child Development and Pedagogy Syllabus – 30 questions
a. Child Development (Elementary school child) – 15 questions
- Concept of development and its relationship with learning
- Principles of the development of children
- Influence on Heredity & Environment
- Socialization processes: Social world & children (Teacher, Parents, Peers)
- Piaget, Kohlberg, and Vygotsky: constructs and critical perspectives
- Concepts of child-centered and progressive education
- Critical perspective of the construct of Intelligence
- Multi-Dimensional Intelligence
- Language & Thought
- Gender as a social construct; gender roles, gender bias and educational practice
- Individual differences among learners, understanding differences based on diversity of language, caste, gender, community, religion, etc.
- The distinction between Assessment for learning and assessment of learning; School-Based Assessment, Continuous and comprehensive Evaluation: perspective and practice
- Formulating appropriate questions for assessing the readiness levels of learners; enhancing learning and critical thinking in the classroom and assessing learner achievement.
b. Concept of inclusive education and understanding children with special needs – 5 questions
- Addressing learners from diverse backgrounds including disadvantaged and deprived
- Discussing the needs of children with learning difficulties, ‘impairment’ etc.
- Addressing the Talented, Creative, Specially abled Learners
c. Learning and Pedagogy – 10 questions
- How children think and learn; how and why children ‘fail’ to achieve success in school performance.
- Basic processes of teaching and learning; children’s strategies of learning; learning as a social activity; social context of learning.
- Child as a problem solver and a ‘scientific investigator’
- Alternative conceptions of learning in children, understanding children’s ‘errors’ as significant steps in the learning process.
- Cognition & Emotions
- Motivation and learning
- Factors contributing to learning – personal & environmental
Also Read: RBI Grade B Officer Syllabus
2. Language I Syllabus – 30 questions
a. Language Comprehension – 15 questions
- Reading unseen passages – two passages one prose or drama and one poem with questions on comprehension, inference, grammar, and verbal ability
b. Pedagogy of Language Development – 15 questions
- Learning and acquisition
- Principles of Language Teaching
- Role of listening and speaking; function of language and how children use it as a tool
- A critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally and in written form
- Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors, and disorders Language Skills
- Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: speaking, listening, reading, and writing
- Teaching-learning materials: Textbook, multi-media materials, multilingual resources of the classroom Remedial Teaching
- Remedial teaching
3. Language II Syllabus – 30 questions
a. Comprehension – 15 questions
- Two unseen prose passages (discursive or literary or narrative or scientific) with a question on comprehension, grammar, and verbal ability
b. Pedagogy of Language development – 15 questions
- Learning and acquisition
- Principles of Language Teaching
- Role of listening and speaking; function of language and how children use it as a tool
- A critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally and in written form; Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors, and disorders
- Language Skills
- Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: speaking, listening, reading, and writing
- Teaching-learning materials: Textbook, multi-media materials, multilingual resources of the classroom
- Remedial Teaching
4. Mathematics and Science syllabus – 60 questions
A. Mathematics – 30 questions
a. Content – 20 questions
- Number System
- Knowing our Numbers
- Playing with Numbers
- Whole Numbers
- Negative Numbers and Integers
- Fractions
- Algebra
- Introduction to Algebra
- Ratio and Proportion
- Geometry
- Basic geometrical ideas (2-D)
- Understanding Elementary Shapes (2-D and 3-D)
- Symmetry: (reflection)
- Construction (using Straight edge Scale, protractor, compasses)
- Mensuration
- Data handling
b. Pedagogical issues – 10 questions
- Nature of Mathematics/Logical Thinking
- Place of Mathematics in Curriculum
- Language of Mathematics
- Community Mathematics
- Evaluation
- Remedial Teaching
- Problem of Teaching
Also Read: IELTS Syllabus
B. Science – 30 questions
a. Content – 20 questions
- Food
- Sources of food
- Components of food
- Cleaning food
- Materials
- Materials of daily use
- The World of the Living
- Moving Things People and Ideas
- How things work
- Electric current and circuits
- Magnets
- Natural Phenomena
- Natural Resources
b. Pedagogical issues – 10 questions
- Nature & Structure of Sciences
- Natural Science/Aims & objectives
- Understanding & Appreciating Science
- Approaches/Integrated Approach
- Observation/Experiment/Discovery (Method of Science)
- Innovation
- Text Material/Aids
- Evaluation – cognitive/psychomotor/affective
- Remedial Teaching
5. Social studies/ Social sciences syllabus – 60 questions
a. Content – 40 questions
- History
- When, Where, and How
- The Earliest Societies
- The First Farmers and Herders
- The First Cities
- Early States
- New Ideas
- The First Empire
- Contacts with Distant lands
- Political Developments
- Culture and Science
- New Kings and Kingdoms
- Sultans of Delhi
- Architecture
- Creation of an Empire
- Social Change
- Regional Cultures
- The Establishment of Company Power
- Rural Life and Society
- Colonialism and Tribal Societies
- The Revolt of 1857-58
- Women and reform
- Challenging the Caste System
- The Nationalist Movement
- India After Independence
- Geography
- Geography as a social study and as a science
- Planet: Earth in the solar system
- Globe
- Environment in its totality: natural and human environment
- Air
- Water
- Human Environment: settlement, transport, and communication
- Resources: Types-Natural and Human
- Agriculture
- Social and Political Life
- Diversity
- Government
- Local Government
- Making a Living
- Democracy
- State Government
- Understanding Media
- Unpacking Gender
- The Constitution
- Parliamentary Government
- The Judiciary
- Social Justice and the Marginalised
Also Read: TANCET Syllabus
b. Pedagogical issues – 20 questions
- Concept & Nature of Social Science/Social Studies
- Class Room Processes, activities, and discourse
- Developing Critical thinking
- Inquiry/Empirical Evidence
- Problems of Teaching Social Science/Social Studies
- Sources – Primary & Secondary
- Projects Work
- Evaluation
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