Central Teacher Eligibility Test commonly known as CTET conducts by the central board of secondary education (CBSE) is a national level entrance exam. CBSE conducts this exam for the candidates who want to enroll in government teaching departments.
Every year, a huge number of candidates appear in this entrance test in order to take a government job in teaching departments. The exam organizes for filling up various vacant seats of government and private school teachers for class 1st to 8th. Applicants, who are going to apply for CTET should need to get all the preparation material such as CTET Syllabus, exam pattern etc.
The very first thing that you should need for preparing any entrance exam is its syllabus. It gives complete information about the subjects and exam contents. With having the right information of CTET syllabus, candidates can prepare well for the exam.
How to Download CTET Syllabus 2023?
Candidate can download the CTET syllabus through the official website. In order to download, you can follow the below-given steps
- First visit on the official website link i.e. ctet.nic.in.
- On page candidate may click the Syllabus section.
- Now download the syllabus for future use.
CTET 2023 will be conducted for 2 parts like as first part will be organized for 1 to V class teacher and second will be organized for VI to VIII class. From below in this article, you may also check PDF of CTET Syllabus 2023 of Paper 1 and 2 in brief.
CTET Syllabus 2023
Paper 1 (for classes I to V) Primary Stage
- Child Development and Pedagogy – Total 30 Questions
a) Child Development (Primary School Child)- 15 Questions
- 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.
b) Concept of Inclusive education and understanding children with special needs- 5 Questions
- 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
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
- Language I- 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
- 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
III. Language – II- 30Questions
- a) Comprehension- 15 Questions
Two unseen prose passages (discursive or literary or narrative or scientific) with 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
- 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
- Mathematics- 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
- Evaluation through formal and informal methods
- Problems of Teaching
- Error analysis and related aspects of learning and teaching
- Diagnostic and Remedial Teaching
- Environmental Studies- 30 Questions
- a) Content- 15 Questions
- Family and Friends:
1.1 Relationships
1.2 Work and Play
1.3 Animals
1.4Plants
- Food
III. 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 of presenting concepts
- Activities
- Experimentation/Practical Work
- Discussion
- CCE
- Teaching material/Aids Problems
Paper II (for classes VI to VIII) Elementary Stage
- Child Development and Pedagogy- 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 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.
- b) Concept of Inclusive education and understanding children with special needs- 5 Questions
- 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
- 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
- Language I- 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
- 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
III. Language – II- 30 Questions
- a) Comprehension- 15 Questions
Two unseen prose passages (discursive or literary or narrative or scientific) with 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
- 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
- (A) Mathematics and Science: 60 Questions
(i) 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
(ii) Science- 30 Questions
- a) Content 20 Questions
- Food
- Sources of food
- Components of food
- Cleaning food
- Materials
- Materials of daily use
III. The World of the Living
- Moving Things People and Ideas
- How things work
- Electric current and circuits
- Magnets
- Natural Phenomena
VII. 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
- Problems
- Remedial Teaching
- Social Studies/Social Sciences- 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
III. 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
- b) Pedagogical issues 20 Questions
- 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
- Evaluation
I have done B.com nd B.ed in commerce..am I eligible for CTET and can get government job?
Hi I am jyothi when will conduct ctet exam
Comment:Hellow sir
when will be start next CTET apply
Hai, I am nisha. I have done BA and B.Ed . I am eligible for which paper in ctet
Paper 2
Please to send me the new date of ctet paper 1.
A long time has spend.please to clear about paper new date.9568633103.is my mobile number.
Please to send me the new date of ctet paper 1.
A long time has spend.please to clear about paper new date.8802174965.is my mobile number.
sir bed 1st year atkt wale paper 2nd ka form bhar sakte hai kya ….pls tell mi
Sir mujhe ctet 2017 ki last date Kya he btane ki kirpya kare
Sir
2017-19 d.led se appear de sakti he kiya… me BA or PGDCA kiya hei….
Kamrup(r) 9577128022
Sir ctet 2017 ka form kb tk aayega????
I have completed my pg in sociology. Am I eligible for ctet
you have to complete either D.T.Ed or B.Ed.
C.tet ka Notification kab aayaiga sir
Sir.
HTET and CTET ka paper Kb hona h or book Kon se ache h teyari Ke liye please help me
I have completed my graduation in computer science i.e,BSC in CS. and now i am currently pursuing my mastering degree in computer science..Can i am eligible for CTET exam..I am not done any B.Ed exam..Please reply me as soon as possible..
Yes..
I am graduate with 48% marks, sc candidate.I have B.ed training. Am i eligible for this post.plz somebody tell me…..
I m graduate without b. E. D.
Am I eligible for papers
No.. You’re not eligible
When will be the notification
Ded people can’t attempt this c-tet exam?
Hi. Sir ctet ka examination. Form kab aayega please bta Dena
Sir our qualification is PET we have ctet entrance or not
Comment:plg reply sir dono paper bhar sakte hai n (b.a,b.ed)
ctet form 2 jun se start he
Sir or mam Ntt ki h 2year ctet ka form bhar sakti hu kya
sir Ctet 2017 kab hoga
When dates will be announced for Registration
Sir B.Ed.ka 1 year h kya ctet form bhara sakta hu kya?
Ctet ka paper kab hoga sir
Sir….2017 ctet ka exact date bathau sir plezz…….
Thanks for the Syllabus
sir ctet. Ka last date kab tab h plz reply
Hnji sir plz ans me ki ctet ka paper kb h plz tell me
Sir Ctet ka application form kab tab ayega ? Please sir tell me
Ctet 2017 form kb niklenge sir plz tell me
Bhai mhare bhiwani m b bnva do ek center to thara bhala kre ram
Feb 2017 ka CTET application kab open karenge sir
Sir mera nam MEER SAJID ALI hy my Telangana se hu. sir hamare state me Nizambad , Aur warangal me ctet exam center rakneke krupa kijeye. kyu ki in do city’s Hyderabad se bahut dor hy Aur address confusion bahut rahata hy Hyderabad me . Aur time per NY pahunch pate hy .is problem ka sujav nikalneke koshish kijeye. ham aap k abhar Honge, danyavad.
What is the last date for ctet form filling
I have done bcom and mba. Pls revert if i am eligible for paper 1
ha ji, aap paper 1 ke liye puri tarah se eligible hai
You r not eligibile for this exam
No u r not elligible
Hello sir ctet 2017 ki last date kya h
Ctet ka exam kb hona ……..please confirm kare
sir ctet2017feb . wale form online reg. kb say hoga ya phir ctet close ho gaya clear tell me..
may i know how i fill application form and also want last date for submission
plz inform the date of publishing form of ctet 2017…and oviesly last date of submitting this form.Thank you..
Dear Sir/Mam
When will the application form of Feb CTET 2017 publish.
Sir ctet ka form kb tk bharavjay ga sir pls koi to bato pls 9213164812
how many vacancies for ctet 2017. please tell me.
Ctet ka center Faizabad Uttar Pradesh m bhi kiya jaye
Ropar distic me v ctet ka center pls bna do sir ji
CTET KA EXAM PALAMAU JHARKHAND ME CENTER BANANE KI KRIPA KARE BECAUSE YAHAN JPSC AUR JTET KA CENTER BANAYA JA CHUKA HAI
Sir ctet 2017 ka application from kab se chalu hogo
Mam/sir feb 2017 exam kb hoga