Syllabus For CTET 2020

Syllabus for CTET 2020

The Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) is a national level exam conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to assess the eligibility of candidates for teaching in classes I to VIII. The CTET 2020 exam will be held on January 31, 2021, following the COVID-19 guidelines across 135 cities. The exam consists of two papers: Paper I (for classes I to V) and Paper II (for classes VI to VIII). Candidates who qualify Paper I will be eligible to teach classes I to V and candidates who qualify Paper II will be eligible to teach classes VI to VIII. Candidates can also appear for both papers if they wish to teach all classes from I to VIII.

The CTET 2020 exam will have 150 multiple choice questions in each paper, to be solved in two-and-a-half hours. Each question will carry one mark and there will be no negative marking. The questions will be based on the following subjects: Child Development and Pedagogy, Language I, Language II, Mathematics, Environmental Studies (for Paper I), and Mathematics and Science or Social Studies/Social Science (for Paper II). The syllabus for each subject is given below :

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Child Development and Pedagogy

This subject will have 30 questions in both papers. The syllabus covers the following topics:

Child Development (Primary School Child): Concept of development and its relationship with learning, principles of the development of children, influence of heredity and environment, socialization processes, Piaget, Kohlberg and Vygotsky's theories, concepts of child-centered and progressive education, critical perspective of the construct of intelligence, multi-dimensional intelligence, language and thought, gender as a social construct, individual differences among learners, assessment for learning and assessment of learning, formulating appropriate questions for assessing readiness levels of learners.

Concept of Inclusive Education and Understanding Children with Special Needs: Addressing learners from diverse backgrounds, addressing the needs of children with learning difficulties, impairment, etc., addressing the talented, creative, specially abled learners.

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.

Language I

This subject will have 30 questions in both papers. The syllabus covers the following topics:

Language Comprehension: Reading unseen passages, two passages one prose or drama and one poem with questions on comprehension, inference, grammar and verbal ability.

Pedagogy of 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; writing; teaching-learning materials; textbook; multi-media materials; multilingual resource of the classroom; remedial teaching.

Language II

This subject will have 30 questions in both papers. The syllabus covers the following topics:

Comprehension: Two unseen prose passages (discursive or literary or narrative or scientific) with question on comprehension, grammar and verbal ability.

Pedagogy of 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; writing; teaching-learning materials; textbook; multi-media materials; multilingual resource of the classroom; remedial teaching.

Mathematics

This subject will have 30 questions in Paper I and 60 questions in Paper II. The syllabus covers the following topics:

Content: Number system; algebra; geometry; mensuration; data handling.

Pedagogical Issues: Nature of mathematics/logical thinking; understanding children's thinking and reasoning patterns and strategies of making meaning and learning mathematics; place of mathematics in curriculum; language of mathematics; community mathematics; evaluation through formal and informal methods; problems of teaching mathematics; error analysis and related aspects of learning and teaching mathematics; diagnostic and remedial teaching.

Environmental Studies

This subject will have 30 questions in Paper I. The syllabus covers the following topics:

Content: Family and friends; food; shelter; water; travel; things we make and do.

Pedagogical Issues: Concept and scope of environmental studies; significance of environmental studies; integrated environmental studies; environmental studies and environmental education learning principles; scope and relation to science and social science; approaches of presenting concepts; activities; experimentation/hands-on activities; discussion; comprehensive and continuous evaluation; teaching-learning materials/problems.

Science

This subject will have 60 questions in Paper II. The syllabus covers the following topics:

Content: Food; materials; the world of the living; moving things, people and ideas; how things work; natural phenomena; natural resources.

Pedagogical Issues: Nature and structure of science; natural science/aims and objectives; understanding and appreciating science; approaches/integrated approach; observation/experiment/discovery (method of science); innovation; textbook/multi-media materials; science and technology/science as a dynamic body of knowledge, problems, remedial teaching.

Social Studies/Social Science

This subject will have 60 questions in Paper II. The syllabus covers the following topics:

Content: History, geography, social and political life.

Pedagogical Issues: Concept and nature of social science/social studies, class room processes, activities and discourse, developing critical thinking, enquiry/empathetic understanding, problems of teaching social science/social studies, sources-primary and secondary, projects work, evaluation.

I hope this article helps you to prepare for the CTET 2020 exam. All the best!

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