CTET study guide
CTET · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
CTET is the Central Teacher Eligibility Test, conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Delhi, on behalf of the Ministry of Education, Government of India. It exists because Section 23(1) of the RTE Act, read with NCTE notifications dated 23 August 2010 and 29 July 2011, made passing a Teacher Eligibility Test one of the essential qualifications for appointment as a teacher in schools covered by Clause (n) of Section 2 of that Act. The CTET study guide has 5 sections and about 1,681 words.
01Child Development and Pedagogy: Development, Learning and the Child in Context
Child Development and Pedagogy (CDP) carries 30 marks in both CTET Paper I and Paper II. It rarely asks you to recite a theorist's dates; it asks you to use developmental and learning theory to explain what a child in a classroom is doing and what the teacher should do next.
358 words, about 2 min02Language I: Acquisition, LSRW Pedagogy and Grammar in Use
Language I (30 marks) assesses how children acquire language, how listening, speaking, reading and writing are taught, and how grammar and comprehension are handled in the primary classroom. It is normally attempted in the medium of instruction.
341 words, about 2 min03Language II (English): Second-Language Pedagogy and Structures in Context
Language II (30 marks) concerns English as a second language: comprehension, grammar in use, and the pedagogy of teaching English to learners whose first language is different. Approaches: grammar-translation (rules and translation, weak on fluency), audio-lingual (drills and habit formation), communicative language teaching (meaning and function first), task-based learning, and Total Physical Response for beginners.
329 words, about 2 min04Mathematics: Content, Van Hiele Levels and Diagnostic Teaching
Mathematics carries 30 marks in Paper I (60 with Science in Paper II). Half is content - number, geometry, measurement, patterns, data handling - and half is pedagogy: how children build mathematical ideas and why they fail.
325 words, about 2 min05Environmental Studies: Integrated Themes, Process Skills and Local Context
EVS is a 30-mark Paper I subject for Classes III–V. It is an integrated area combining science, social studies and environmental education around the child's immediate world, and it is examined through pedagogy and content together.
328 words, about 2 min