KTET Category 2 case studies

KTET Category 2 · Put your knowledge to work in context.

The Kerala Teacher Eligibility Test (K-TET) is the state-level eligibility examination administered by Pareeksha Bhavan, Kerala. Its stated purpose is to assess the quality of teacher candidates for Lower Primary, Upper Primary and High School Classes in Kerala, and it exists because the RTE Act 2009 directs the State to ensure the quality requirement for recruitment of teachers, with recruits expected to possess the essential aptitude and ability to meet the challenges of teaching at all levels of schooling. The KTET Category 2 case studies are 5 cases and about 3,663 words.

Class 3 reading difficulty: disability, instruction gap, or both?

In a government lower primary school in Kottayam district, a Class 3 teacher has 38 children in a 40-minute Malayalam period and no special educator. Anu, aged 8, reads aloud at about 15 words per minute, substitutes similar-shaped letters, and stalls on two-syllable words.

785 words, about 4 min 2

Light and shadows: a misconception versus a syllabus deadline

A Class 6 science teacher has 34 students and six days before the term examination. A pre-test on light and shadows shows that 70 per cent of the class believe a shadow can form in a completely dark room, and 55 per cent say the shadow is 'on the object' rather than on a surface behind it.

766 words, about 4 min 3

A migrant student in Class 7: no detention, but no lowered standard

A Class 7 teacher has a new student, Ravi, aged 12, who moved from Bihar five months ago. His father works on a construction site; the family speaks Bhojpuri and Hindi at home.

710 words, about 4 min 4

Invigilation: a chit, a scholarship and a colleague's advice

You are invigilating a Class 9 mid-term examination in a hall with 40 students and one other exit. Twenty minutes before the end, you see a folded piece of paper partly under the answer sheet of a boy who is repeating Class 9; his family has told the school that his scholarship depends on his marks.

721 words, about 4 min 5

Class 6 Hindi with four language profiles and one textbook

A Category IV Hindi teacher in an upper primary school has Class 6 with 44 students in five 35-minute periods a week. Eighteen students are Malayalam-medium learners with weak spoken Hindi; ten speak Hindi at home; eight come from Tamil- or Urdu-speaking homes; six have identified learning needs, including two with low vision.

681 words, about 3 min