CBSE CTET 2024 Exam Download Paper 1 & Paper 2 Syllabus PDF

Central Board of Secondary Education [ in short CBSE] has recently invited online application for the exam of the Central Teacher Eligibility Test [ in short CTET]

CBSE CTET 2024 exam date is also released and as per the official notice, the CBSE CTET 2024 exam is scheduled to be held on 07-July-2024. Stay tuned to get all the latest updates regarding CBSE CTET 2024 exam.

Guy’s you know that the competitive exams get tougher nowadays., and clearing the exam like CBSE CTET is not a simple task. But you can clear this exam if you work hard in the correct direction.

Dear aspirants for perfect preparation you must well know that “What to prepare” and “How to prepare” to perform best in this exam.

Thus, the first step to start preparation for any exam is to go through the syllabus and understand it’s exam pattern and then following it with an organized study plan.

All the candidates who are going to appear for the CBSE CTET 2024 Examination can check the study material provided on this page of Pravesh Result.

Here we have shared the CBSE CTET exam syllabus as well as exam pattern on this page for the candidate’s easy reference.

You can also download CBSE CTET (Paper 1 & Paper 2) exam syllabus PDF from here and can boost your preparation strategy to perform well in the CBSE CTET 2024 written examination.

Candidates this post is going to be a little longer as we are providing you the detailed syllabus of all the sections of the CBSE CTET 2024 exam, but you can jump to the section of your interest.

Table Of Contents Overview of exam Exam Highlights Selection Procedure CTET Paper 1 Exam Pattern Paper 1 Detailed Syllabus Paper 1 CTET Paper 2 Exam Pattern Paper 2 Detailed Syllabus Paper 2

CBSE CTET 2024 | Overview of Exam

In accordance with the provisions of sub-section (1) of Section 23 of the RTE Act, the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) vide Notification dated 23 August 2010 and 29 DECEMBER, 2011 laid down the minimum qualifications for a person to be eligible for appointment as a teacher for class I to VIII.

It had been inter alia provided that one of the essential qualifications for a person to be eligible for appointment as a teacher in any of the schools referred to in Clause (n) of section 2 of the RTE Act is that he/she should pass the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) which will be conducted by the appropriate Government in accordance with the Guidelines framed by the NCTE.

The rationale for including the TET as a minimum qualification for a person to be eligible for appointment as a teacher is as under:

1. It would bring national standards and benchmark of teacher quality in the recruitment process;
2. It would induce teacher education institutions and students from these institutions to further improve their performance standards;
3. It would send a positive signal to all stakeholders that the Government lays special emphasis on teacher quality.

CBSE CTET 2024 | Exam Highlights

Conducting Organization	Central Board Of Secondary Education
Post Name	Central Teacher Eligibility Test
Application Mode	Online
Apply Online CTET	Click Here
Exam Date	07-July-2024
Start Date of Application	07-March-2024
Last Date of Application	02-April-2024
Download Admit Card	Available Soon
Official Website CTET	Click Here
Download Notification (CTET) 2024	Click Here

CBSE CTET 2024 | Selection Procedure

Central Board of Secondary Education conducts CTET exam in order to shortlist eligible candidates to become teachers in various government schools in the country at the Primary level (Class I to Class V) and Upper Primary level (Class VI to Class VIII).

Candidates applying for the CTET 2024 will be selected based on the following criteria:

CTET written exam consist two papers, CTET Paper I need to be given by candidates who want to teach Class I to Class V, that is at the primary level whereas CTET Paper-II needs to be given by the candidates who want to become teachers for Class VI to Class VIII, that is at upper primary level.  

General category candidates who secure 60% marks in CTET would be considered to have qualified CTET exam whereas reserved category students who secure 55%  marks would qualify the CTET  teacher eligibility test.

Candidates who qualify the exam would be given the eligibility certificate which would be tenable up to 7 years.

CBSE CTET 2024 Syllabus & Exam Pattern

Dear candidates you can check here the CBSE CTET Syllabus & Exam Pattern to make a perfect strategy for your exam preparation.

CBSE CTET syllabus & exam pattern provide you the idea of the difficulty level of exam and the type of question asked in the exam.

CBSE will choose only deserving and talented candidates for the teaching posts in various states through this written exam.

So you have to improve your subject knowledge and skills to solve as many correct questions as you can in the CBSE CTET 2024 written exam.

Now a day’s as competition increases every year so to clear this national level exam students must start the preparation with the solid study plan.

The important step to create a good study plan is to go thoroughly with the latest exam pattern and syllabus of the respective exam.

So in this article, we have provided the detailed syllabus & latest exam pattern for CBSE CTET which will help you to boost your preparation strategy

CBSE CTET 2024 | Exam Pattern

Check out the CBSE CTET Teacher Eligibility Test exam pattern to make a perfect strategy for your exam preparation. CTET syllabus and exam pattern help to get an idea about the difficulty level of exam and type of questions asked in the exam. CBSE will select only deserving and talented candidates in the CTET Written Exam. So you have to improve your subject knowledge and skills to solve as many questions as you can in the CBSE CTET Teacher Eligibility Test Exam.

The pattern for both the papers in Central Teacher Eligibility Test 2024 is more or less similar. However, the sections and their difficulty level vary as per the paper chosen.

CBSE CTET 2024 | Exam Pattern Paper 1

CBSE CTET Section Division of Paper I is as follows:

• Objective Type Paper
• Maximum Marks:150
• Number of Question: 150
• Duration of Paper: 2 Hours and 30 Minutes
• All Questions carry equal marks
• There will be no Negative Marking

Section	Number of Question	Total Marks
Child Development, Learning & Pedagogy	30 Question	30 Marks
1st Language (Hindi)	30 Question	30 Marks
2nd Language (Anyone from English, Urdu & Sanskrit)	30 Question	30 Marks
Mathematics	30 Question	30 Marks
Environmental Studies	30 Question	30 Marks

CBSE CTET Nature of Paper 1 is as follows:

1. The test items on Child Development and Pedagogy will focus on educational psychology of teaching and learning relevant to the age group of 6-11 years. They will focus on understanding the characteristics and needs of diverse learners, interaction with learners and the attributes and qualities of a good facilitator of learning.
2. The Test items in Language I will focus on the proficiencies related to the medium of instruction.
3. The Test items in Language II will focus on the elements of language, communication and comprehension abilities.
4. The Test items in Mathematics and Environmental Studies will focus on the concepts, problem solving abilities and pedagogical understanding and applications of the subjects
5. The questions in the test for Paper I will be based on the topics prescribed in the syllabus of the NCERT for classes I – V but their difficulty standard, as well as linkages, could be up to the Secondary stage.

CBSE CTET Paper 1 Detailed Exam Syllabus

In CTET Paper 1, there are mainly five sections Child Development, Learning & Pedagogy, 1st Language (Hindi), 2nd Language (Anyone from English, Urdu & Sanskrit), Mathematics, Environmental Studies. We suggest the candidates focus on only these five subjects and practice as much as you can. Here we are providing you the detailed CBSE CTET Paper 1 syllabus.

Paper 1- Child Development, Learning & Pedagogy

1. Child Development: Concept of growth and development, Principles and dimensions of development. Factors affection development (especially in the context of family and school) and its relationship with learning. Role of Heredity and environment.
2. Meaning and Concept of learning and its processes. Factors of Affection learning. Theories of learning and its implication. How Children learn and think. Motivation and Implications for Learning.
3. Individual Differences: Meaning, types and factors Affection Individual differences Understanding individual differences on the basis of language, gender, community, caste & religion. Personality: Concept and types of personality, Factors responsible for shaping it. Its measurement. Intelligence: Concept, Theories, and its measurement, Multidimensional Intelligence
4. Understanding diverse learners: Backward, Mentally retarded, gifted, creative, disadvantaged and deprived, specially-abled. Learning Difficulties. Adjustment: Concept and ways of adjustment. Role of teacher in the adjustment.
5. Teaching-learning process, Teaching learning strategies and methods in the context of National Curriculum Framework 2005. Meaning and purposes of Assessment, Measurement and Evaluation. Comprehensive and Continuous Evaluation. Constriction of Achievement Test. Action Research. Right to Education Act 2009 (Role and Responsibilities of Teachers)

Paper 1- Language 1(Hindi)

   1.Language Comprehension

• Reading unseen passages – two passages one prose or drama and one poem (Prose passage may be literary, scientific, narrative or discursive) with questions on comprehension, inference, grammar and verbal ability like Identification of Alliteration, Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Assonance, Rhyme. Modal Auxiliaries, Phrasal Verbs, and Idioms.

   2.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
• 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 resource of the classroom Remedial Teaching.

Paper 1- Language 2(English/ Urdu/ Sanskrit)

   1.Language Comprehension

• Reading unseen passages – two passages one prose or drama and one poem (Prose passage may be literary, scientific, narrative or discursive) with questions on comprehension, inference, grammar and verbal ability like Identification of Alliteration, Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Assonance, Rhyme. Modal Auxiliaries, Phrasal Verbs, and Idioms.

   2.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
• 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 resource of the classroom Remedial Teaching.

Paper 1-Mathematics

    1:Math Content

• The whole number up to one crore, Place Value, Comparison,

• Fundamental mathematical operations: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division;
• Indian Currency.
• Concept of fraction, proper fractions, comparison of paper fraction of same denominator, mixed fraction, comparison of proper fractions of unequal denominators, Addition, and Substation of fractions.
• Prime and composite number, Prime factors, Lowest Common Multiple (LCM) and Highest Common Factor (HCF).
• Average, Profit-Loss, Simple interest.
• Place and curved surfaces, plane and solid geometrical figures, prosperities of plane geometrical figures; pint, line, ray, line segment; Angle and their types.
• Length, Weight, Capacity, Time, measurement and their standard units and relation between them;
• Area and perimeter of plane surfaces of square and rectangular objects.

    2.Pedagogical Issues

• Nature of Mathematics/Logical thinking.
• Place of Mathematics in Curriculum.
• Language of Mathematics.
• Community Mathematics.
• Evaluation through formal and informal methods.
• Problems of Teaching.
• Error analysis and related aspects of learning and teaching.
• Diagnostic and Remedial Teaching.

Paper 1-Environmental Studies.

1. Family Personal relationships Nuclear and joint families, social abuses (child marriage, dowry system, child labor, theft); addiction (intoxication, smoking) and its personal, social and economic bad effects.
2. Clothes and Habitats  Clothes for different seasons; maintenance of clothes at home; handloom and power loom; habitats of living beings, various types of houses; cleanliness of houses and neighboring areas; Different types of materials for building houses.
3. Profession – Profession of your surroundings (stitching clothes, gardening, farming, animal rearing, vegetable vendor, etc.), small and cottage industries; major industries, Need for consumer protection, co-operative societies.
4. Public places and Institutions – Public places like school, hospital, post office, bus stand, railway station; Public property (street light, road, bus, train, public buildings etc.); wastage of electricity and water; employment policies; general information about Panchayat, legislative assembly and parliament.
5. Transport and Communication – Means of transport and communication; Rules for pedestrians and transport; Effects of means of communication on the lifestyle.
6. Personal Hygiene – External parts of our body and their cleanliness; general information about the internal parts of the body; Balance diet and its importance; Common diseases (gastroenteritis, amoebiosis, methemoglobin, anemia, fluorosis, malaria, dengue.) their causes and methods of prevention; Pulse Polio campaign.
7. Living Beings: Levels of organization of plants and animals, diversity of living organisms, state flower, state tree, state bird, state animal; knowledge of reserve forest and wildlife (national parks, sanctuaries, tiger reserve, world heritage), conservation of species of plants and animals, knowledge of Kharif and Rabi crops.
8. Matter and Energy – Common properties of substances (color, state, ductility, solubility) various types of fuels; types of energy and transformation of one form into another; Applications of energy in daily life, sources of light, common properties of light. > Basic knowledge of air, water, forest, wetlands and deserts; different kinds of pollution, renewable and non-renewable resources of energy and concept of their conservation; weather and climate; water cycle.
9. Concept and scope of Environment Studies. Significance of Environment Studies, Integrated Environment Studies. Environmental Studies & Environmental Education learning Principles. Scope & relation to Science & Social Science. Approaches of presenting concepts Activities
10. Experimentation/Practical Work Discussion. Comprehensive and Continuous Evaluation. Teaching material/Aids. Problems of Teaching.

 

CBSE CTET 2024 | Exam Pattern Paper 2

CBSE CTET Section Divison of Paper 2 is as follows:

• Objective Type Paper
• Maximum Marks:150
• Number of Question: 150
• Duration of Paper: 2 Hours and 30 Minutes
• All Questions carry equal marks
• There will be no Negative Marking

Section	Number of Question	Total Marks
Child Development, Learning & Pedagogy	30 Question	30 Marks
1st Language (Hindi)	30 Question	30 Marks
2nd Language (Anyone from English, Urdu & Sanskrit)	30 Question	30 Marks
A. Mathematics/ Science B. Social Studies/ Social Science	60 Question	60 Marks

CBSE CTET Nature of Paper 2 is as follows:

1. The test items on Child Development and Pedagogy will focus on educational psychology of teaching and learning relevant to the age group of 11-14 years. They will focus on understanding the characteristics and needs of diverse learners, interaction with learners and the attributes and qualities of a good facilitator of learning.
2. The Test items in Language I will focus on the proficiencies related to the medium of instruction.
3. The Test items in Language II will focus on the elements of language, communication and comprehension abilities.
4. The Test items in Mathematics and Environmental Studies will focus on the concepts, problem solving abilities and pedagogical understanding and applications of the subjects
5. The questions in the test for Paper I will be based on the topics prescribed in the syllabus of the NCERT for classes VI-VIII but their difficulty standard, as well as linkages, could be up to the Senior Secondary stage.

CBSE CTET Paper 2 Detailed Exam Syllabus

In CTET Paper 2, there are mainly four sections Child Development, Learning & Pedagogy, 1st Language (Hindi), 2nd Language (Anyone from English, Urdu & Sanskrit), Mathematics & Science or Social Studies. We suggest the candidates focus on only these four subjects and practice as much as you can. Here we are providing you the detailed CBSE CTET Paper 2 syllabus.

Paper 2- Child Development, Learning & Pedagogy

    1.Child Development

• 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-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.
• 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.

    2.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

    3.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 & environment

Paper 2 – Language 1(Hindi)

    1.Language Comprehension

• Reading unseen passages – two passages one prose or drama and one poem (Prose passage may be literary, scientific, narrative or discursive) with questions on comprehension, inference, grammar and verbal ability like Identification of Alliteration, Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Assonance, Rhyme. Modal Auxiliaries, Phrasal Verbs, and Idioms.

   2.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
• 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 resource of the classroom Remedial Teaching.

Paper 2 – Language 2 (English/ Urdu/ Sanskrit)

    1.Language Comprehension

• Reading unseen passages – two passages one prose or drama and one poem (Prose passage may be literary, scientific, narrative or discursive) with questions on comprehension, inference, grammar and verbal ability like Identification of Alliteration, Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Assonance, Rhyme. Modal Auxiliaries, Phrasal Verbs, and Idioms.

   2.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
• 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 resource of the classroom Remedial Teaching.

Paper 2 -Mathematics & Science

Mathematics

   1:Math Content

• The whole number up to one crore, Place Value, Comparison,
• Fundamental mathematical operations: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division;
• Indian Currency.
• Concept of fraction, proper fractions, comparison of paper fraction of same denominator, mixed fraction, comparison of proper fractions of unequal denominators, Addition, and Substation of fractions.
• Prime and composite number, Prime factors, Lowest Common Multiple (LCM) and Highest Common Factor (HCF).
• Average, Profit-Loss, Simple interest.
• Place and curved surfaces, plane and solid geometrical figures, prosperities of plane geometrical figures; pint, line, ray, line segment; Angle and their types.
• Length, Weight, Capacity, Time, measurement and their standard units and relation between them;
• Area and perimeter of plane surfaces of square and rectangular objects.

    2.Pedagogical Issues

• Nature of Mathematics/Logical thinking.
• Place of Mathematics in Curriculum.
• Language of Mathematics.
• Community Mathematics.
• Evaluation through formal and informal methods.
• Problems of Teaching.
• Error analysis and related aspects of learning and teaching.
• Diagnostic and Remedial Teaching.

Science

    1.Science Content

• 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

    2.Pedagogical issues

• 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 
• Problems
• Remedial Teaching

Paper 2 -Social Studies

    1.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 o f 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.

   2.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

    3.Social & Political Science

• Diversity, Government, Local Government, Making a Living, Democracy, State Government, Understanding Media, Unpacking Gender, The Constitution, Parliamentary Government, Social Justice and the Marginalized

    4.Pedagogical Issues

• Concept & Nature of Social Science/Social Studies, Class Room Processes, activities and discourse, Developing Critical thinking, Enquiry/Empirical Evidence, Problems of teaching Social Science/Social Studies, Sources – Primary & secondary, Projects Work.

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