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CTET Syllabus 2024 for Paper 1 & 2
The Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) syllabus is designed to assess the eligibility of candidates for teaching positions in schools across India. The CTET exam consists of two papers, Paper 1 and Paper 2. Candidates who want to become teachers for classes 1 to 5 have to appear for Paper 1 while those who wish to be teachers for classes 6 to 8 have to appear for Paper 2.
CTET Syllabus 2024 Overview
| Organization |
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) |
| Name of Examination |
CTET 2024 Exam |
| No. of papers in CTET |
Two papers, Paper 1 and Paper 2 |
| CTET Exam Duration |
2.5 hours (for each paper) |
| Total languages in which the exam is held |
20 languages |
| Maximum Marks |
150 marks (for each paper) |
| Type of questions asked |
Multiple Choice Questions |
| Mode of Exam |
Offline (OMR Based) |
| Marking Scheme |
1 mark for each correct answer |
| Negative Marking |
No negative marking for wrong answers |
CTET Exam Pattern 2024 for Paper 1
| CTET Subjects |
Number of Questions in CTET Paper 1 |
Marks |
| Child Development and Pedagogy |
30 |
30 |
| Language – I |
30 |
30 |
| Language – II |
30 |
30 |
| Mathematics |
30 |
30 |
| Environmental Studies |
30 |
30 |
| Total |
150 |
150 |
CTET Exam Pattern 2024 for Paper 2
| CTET Subjects |
Number of Question |
Marks |
| Child Development & Pedagogy (compulsory) |
30 |
30 |
| Language-I (compulsory) |
30 |
30 |
| Language II (compulsory) |
30 |
30 |
Mathematics and Science (for Mathematics and Science teachers)
OR
Social Studies/Social Science (for Social Studies/Social Science teacher)
OR
Mathematics, Science and Social Studies/Social Science (for teacher of any other subject) |
60 |
60 |
| Total |
150 |
150 |
Child Development and Pedagogy Syllabus for CTET
| Topics |
Detailed Syllabus |
Number of Questions |
| Child Development (Primary School Child) |
- Concept of development and its relationship with learning
- Principles of the development of children
- Influence of Heredity & Environment
- Socialization processes: Social world & children (Teacher, Parents, Peers)
- Piaget, Kohlberg and Vygotsky: constructs and critical perspectives
- Concepts of child-centred 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 & Comprehensive Evaluation: perspective and practice
- Formulating appropriate questions for assessing readiness levels of learners; for enhancing learning and critical thinking in the classroom and for assessing learner achievement.
|
15 |
| Concept of Inclusive education and understanding children with special needs |
- Addressing learners from diverse backgrounds including disadvantaged and deprived
- Addressing the needs of children with learning difficulties, ‘impairment’ etc.
- Addressing the Talented, Creative, Specially abled Learners
|
5 |
| Learning and Pedagogy |
- 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
- Addressing learners from diverse backgrounds including disadvantaged and deprived
- Addressing the needs of children with learning difficulties, ‘impairment’
- Addressing the Talented, Creative, Specially abled Learners
|
10 |
CTET Language 1 Syllabus
| Topics |
Detailed Syllabus |
Number of Questions |
| Language Comprehension |
- 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)
|
15 |
| Pedagogy of Language Development |
- Learning and acquisition
- Principles of language Teaching
- Role of listening and speaking; function of language and how children use it as a tool
- 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 resource of the classroom
- Remedial Teaching
|
15 |
CTET Language 2 English Syllabus
| Topics |
Detailed Syllabus |
Number of Questions |
| Comprehension |
- Two unseen prose passages (discursive or literary or narrative or scientific) with questions on comprehension, grammar, and verbal ability
|
15 |
| Pedagogy of Language Development |
- Learning and acquisition
- Principles of language Teaching
- Role of listening and speaking; function of language and how children use it as a tool
- 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, multimedia materials, multilingual resource of the classroom
- Remedial Teaching
|
15 |
CTET Maths Syllabus 2024
| Topics |
Detailed Syllabus |
Number of Questions |
| ontent |
- Number System
- Integers
- Fractions
- Decimals
- Algebra
- Simple and Compound Interest
- Time and Distance
- 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
|
20 |
| Pedagogical issues |
- Nature of Mathematics/Logical thinking
- Place of Mathematics in Curriculum
- Language of Mathematics
- Community Mathematics
- Evaluation
- Remedial Teaching
- Problem of Teaching
|
10 |
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