Paper 1

For Classes 1 to 5

Paper 2

For Classes 5 to 8

Exam Name

Central Teacher Eligibility Test- CTET

Conducting Body

Central Board of Secondary Education- CBSE

Frequency of Exam 

Twice a year

Exam Mode

Earlier Pen and Paper Mode now Online

Exam Duration

150 minutes

Language

Bilingual-English and Hindi

Exam Purpose

To set uniform eligibility criteria for teachers and ensure standards in the teaching profession

No. of Test Cities

135 cities across India

Official Website

CTET

CTET Events

Tentative Dates

Dates

Notification

August 2022

Release of notification and call for application

Application form

August-September 2022

The application window will be open for interested candidates. The process is completely online.

Last date to pay application fee

September 2022

Registered candidates can pay the CTET application fee through Debit Card/ Credit Card/ Internet Banking

Final verification of payment of fee by the candidates

September 2022

The window is available for verification for details and carry out necessary changes later if needed.

Application form correction window

October 2022

Candidates can make corrections in the already filled CTET application form by visiting the official website.

Admit card

November 2022

Amit cards are generally released in the online mode. They can be downloaded from the official website.

CTET exam

December 2022

CTET exam will be held in two shifts

1. 9.30 am- paper-I
2. 2.00-4:30- paper-II.

Official provisional answer key

January 2023

The provisional answer key is released to raise any issues and doubts related to correct answers as per the CBSE.

Final answer key

February 2023

The CTET final answer key 2022 will be released a few weeks after the release of the tentative answer key. 

Result

February 2023

CTET result 2022 will be released by CBSE within six weeks of the conduct of the test.

Primary Teacher

1. Should have passed 10+2 with a minimum of 45 percent aggregate marks
2. Should complete the prescribed teacher training programs/teacher education course

Upper Primary

1. Should have passed 10+2 with a minimum of 45 percent aggregate marks.
2. Should complete the prescribed teacher training programmes/teacher education course

Paper 1

For Classes 1 to 5

Paper 2

For Classes 5 to 8

Section

Topics

 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.
 
 Inclusive education and understanding children with special needs
 
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
 
 

                Language
 

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)
 
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
 
 

Maths

 
• Geometry
• Shapes & Spatial Understanding
• Solids around Us
• Numbers
• Addition and Subtraction
• Multiplication
• Division
• Measurement
• Weight
• Time
• Volume
• Data Handling
• Patterns
• Money
 
b) Pedagogical issues:
 
• 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
• valuation through formal and informal methods
• Problems of Teaching
• Error analysis and related aspects of learning and teaching
• Diagnostic and Remedial Teaching
 

Environment

• 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
 

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