CTET 2021 Paper 2 : Exam Date, Notification, Applicability, Exam Pattern, Minimum Qualifying Marks, Syllabus, Eligibility Criteria, Preparation
Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) is a national-level exam conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) twice a year to determine the eligibility of candidates for appointment as teachers in Classes 1-8. There are two CTET papers in the exam which are Paper-I and Paper-II. Aspirants who plan to teach Classes 1-5 need to give Paper-I and candidates who plan to teach Classes 6-8 need to take Paper-II. Aspirants who plan to teach Classes 1-8 need to take both the papers.
CTET 2020 Paper 2 Important Information
CBSE has released the exam date of CTET which was earlier scheduled to be conducted on 5th July. But due to the Pandemic, the exam was postponed and now Cbse has come up with new dates for the examination. Now the CTET exam which was scheduled for July will be conducted on 31st January 2021. CTET is an opportunity for the aspirants of the teaching sector to become a teacher in various Central Government Schools such as NVS, KVS, Tibetan Schools, etc.
CTET 2020 Paper 2 Applicability
The CTET is needed to apply in the Central Government (Kendriya Vidyalaya, Navodya Vidyalaya, Central Tibetan Schools, etc.) and schools under the administrative control of UT's of Chandigarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu and Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep and NCT of Delhi. There are also unaided private schools who consider the CTET certificates for recruitment of teachers.
Schools which are owned and managed by the State Government/local bodies and aided schools shall consider the TET conducted by the State Government. But there are times when the State Government also considers the CTET if it decides not to conduct the State TET.
According to CBSE Affiliation By-Law 53, prescribing the minimum qualifications for teachers to teach various subjects in Classes I to VIII in the schools affiliated to CBSE stands amended to that extend and it shall be mandatory that the teachers appointed hereinafter i.e. 6th March 2012 to teach classes I to VIII in the Schools affiliated to the CBSE shall qualify/pass the Central Teacher Eligibility Test conducted by CBSE on behalf of Central Government or Teacher Eligibility Test (TET), conducted by the appropriate State Government in accordance with the Guidelines framed by the NCTE for this purpose.
CBSE has released the new CTET 2020 exam date. CBSE is planning to conduct the exam on 31 January in two shifts for paper-I and -II. The CTET exam will be conducted at the CTET exam centre with all the precautions needed for Covid.
CTET will be held in two shifts. The timings of Paper 2 is given below.
Paper |
Timing |
Duration |
Paper-II |
2:00 P.M to 04:00 P.M |
2.30 Hours |
CTET 2020 Paper 2 Notification
Exam Name |
CTET (Central Teacher Eligibility Test) |
Conducting Body |
Central Board of Secondary Education(CBSE) |
Type of Job |
Teaching Jobs |
Session of the Year |
CTET July 2020 |
Official Website |
ctet.nic.in |
Mode of exam |
Pen and Paper |
Mode of Application |
Online Form |
Language Medium |
20 languages |
Average No of Applicants |
25-30 lakhs |
Exam Duration |
Two and a half hour(per paper) |
Negative Marking |
NA |
CTET 2020 Paper-2 Exam Pattern
CBSE conducts two papers for CTET in two different sessions. CTET Paper 1 is for the aspirants who wish to become teachers of Class 1 to V while Paper 2 is for the aspirants who wish to become teachers of Class VI to VIII. A candidate may apply for both the papers too depending on the eligibility.
The questions are Multiple Choice questions which will be in bilingual medium, i.e both in English and Hindi.
There is no negative marking for the CTET Exam.
CTET Paper 2 (Class 6 to 8) (Mathematics and Science Teachers)-
Subject |
No. of Question |
Max. Marks |
Duration |
Child Development & Pedagogy |
30 |
30 |
2 hrs. 30 mins. (150 mins.) |
Language (I)* - Hindi |
30 |
30 |
|
Language (II)* - English |
30 |
30 |
|
Maths & Science |
60 |
60 |
|
Total |
150 |
150 |
|
CTET 2020 Paper-2 Minimum Qualifying Marks
The aspirants who appear in CTET will be issued a Marks Statement. Those who secure 60% and above marks will be issued an Eligibility Certificate.
The School Authorities (Government, Local bodies, Government aided and unaided) might consider giving concessions to aspirants who belong to SC/ST, OBC, differently-abled persons, etc., in accordance with their extant reservation policy and on providing original certificate by the candidates.
Qualifying the CTET doesn't mean that would confer a right on any person for recruitment/employment as it is only one of the eligibility criteria for appointment.
CTET Syllabus Paper 2 covers a higher level of topics, where candidates will be tested on the basis of their learning ability, their evaluation ability and the specialised subject. Given are the topics for the second paper of CTET.
I. 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-centred 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.
The 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
II. 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
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, multimedia 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 a 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 too
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, multimedia materials, multilingual resource of the classroom
Remedial Teaching
IV. 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
The World of the Living
Moving Things People and Ideas
How things work
Electric current and circuits
Magnets
Natural Phenomena
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
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
Classroom Processes, activities and discourse
Developing Critical thinking
Enquiry/Empirical Evidence
Problems of teaching Social Science/Social Studies
Sources – Primary & Secondary
Projects Work
Evaluation
CTET 2020 Paper 2 Eligibility criteria
Eligibility criteria include the qualification of the candidate in terms of the education degrees/ achievements. The criteria for Class I to V is different from that of Classes VI to VIII (Elementary Stage). Applicants are requested to read about the eligibility criteria and then submit the application.
Eligibility criteria for Classes VI to VIII (Elementary Stage)
Graduation and passed or appearing in the final year of 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education; OR
Graduation with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in 1-year Bachelor in Education (B.Ed); OR
Graduation with at least 45% marks and passed or appearing in 1-year Bachelor in Education (B.Ed); OR
Senior Secondary (or it's equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in the final year of 4-year Bachelor in Elementary Education (B.El.Ed); OR
Senior Secondary (or it's equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passing or appearing in the final year of 4-year B.A./B.Sc. Ed or B.A.-Ed/B.Sc.Ed; or Graduation with at least 50% marks and passing or appearing in 1-year B.Ed (Special Education).
Candidates who are appearing in the final year of bachelor degree in education or Diploma in Elementary Education etc are provisionally admitted and their CTET Certificate shall be valid only on passing the aforesaid examinations.
The candidate not having any of the above qualifications shall not be eligible for appearing in the Central Teacher Eligibility Test.
The candidate should satisfy his/her eligibility before applying and shall be personally responsible in case he/she is not eligible to apply as per the given eligibility criteria
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