Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) will be conducted on July 7. The admit cards have already been released and those who still haven't downloaded their exam hall can visit the official website and download until it gets too late. Visit website ctet.nic.in to download your admit card.
CTET 2019 exam pattern
- CTET 2019 will have two papers. CTET Paper 1 and CTET Paper 2.
- Paper one is for primary teachers and Paper two is for upper primary teachers.
- Both exams will be of two-hour duration. It will objective OMR-based test.
According to reports, this year more than 8,17,892 candidates have applied for CTET exam paper 1. While paper 2 is expected to be attempted by 8,38,381 people. All the candidates should note that no entry will be allowed inside the examination hall without the admit card.
Key things to note:
CTET exam Paper 1 reporting deadline is 9:30 am and for Paper 2 is 2:00 pm. Candidates reporting after the mentioned time will not be allowed to sit for the exam.
CTET 2019 Syllabus: Paper 1
Child development and pedagogy (Marks: 30)
- Child development (primary school child)
- Concept of inclusive education and understanding children with special needs
- Learning and pedagogy
Language I (Marks: 30)
- Language comprehension
- Pedagogy of language development
Language II (Marks: 30)
- Comprehension
- Pedagogy of language development
Mathematics (Marks: 30)
- Geometry
- Shapes and spatial understanding
- Solids around us
- Numbers
- Addition and subtraction
- Multiplication
- Division
- Measurement
- Weight
- Time
- Volume
- Data handling
- Patterns
- Money
- Nature of mathematics/Logical thinking
- Place of mathematics in curriculum
- Language of mathematics
- Community mathematics
- Evaluation through formal and informal methods
- Problems of teaching
- Error analysis and related aspects of learning and teaching
- Diagnostic and remedial teaching
Environmental studies (Marks: 30)
- Family and friends
- Food
- Shelter
- Water
- Travel
- Things we make and do
- Concept and scope of EVS
- Significance of EVS
- Integrated EVS
- Environmental studies and environmental education
- Learning principles
- Scope and relation to science and social science
- Approaches of presenting concepts
CTET Syllabus 2019: Paper 2
Child development and pedagogy (Marks: 30)
- Units
- Child development (elementary school child)
- Concept of inclusive education and understanding children with special needs
- Learning and pedagogy
Language I (Marks: 30)
- Units
- Language comprehension
- Pedagogy of language development
Language II (Marks: 30)
- Units
- Comprehension
- Pedagogy of language development
Mathematics and science (Marks: 60)
- Units
- Number system
- Algebra
- Geometry
- Mensuration
- Data handling
- Nature of mathematics/logical thinking
- Place of mathematics in curriculum
- Language of mathematics
- Community mathematics
- Evaluation
- Remedial teaching
- Problem of teaching
- Food
- Materials
- The world of the living
- Moving things, people and ideas
- How things work
- Natural phenomena
- Natural resources
- Nature and structure of sciences
- Natural science/aims and objectives
- Understanding and appreciating science
- Approaches/Integrated approach
- Observation/Experiment/Discovery (method of science)
- Innovation
- Text material/aids
- Evaluation–cognitive/psychomotor/affective
- Problems
Social studies/Social science (Marks: 60)
- Units
- History
- Geography
- Social and political life
- Concept and 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 and secondary
- Projects work
- Evaluation
Steps to download CTET admit card 2019
Step 1: Visit the official website — ctet.nic.in
Step 2: Look for a flashing notification which says, download CTET admit card or download admit
Step 3: Click on the link and enter your personal details and all the required information.
Step 4: Click on submit, the admit card will get downloaded.
Step 5: Candidates can take a print, download or e-mail admit card for further reference.
Qualifying criteria in CTET
To qualify the exam, a candidate will have to score at least 60% marks. The validity of the result is seven years. If a candidate fails to qualify the exam, he/she can re-appear next year as there is no cap on the number of attempts.
If a candidate wants to improve his/her marks tally, they can also re-appear for the exam.
Note: Qualifying the CTET exam does not guarantee your recruitment as there are other things to be followed after clearing the exam.
