CTET Syllabus 2025 for Paper 1 and Paper 2, Detailed Syllabus

CTET Syllabus 2025 Overview

Particulars

Details

Conducting Body

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)

Exam Name

CTET 2025

Post Category

CTET Syllabus 2025

CTET Notification

To be announced soon

CTET Exam Date

July (tentative)

Status

To be announced

Exam Mode

Offline

Type Of Questions

Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs

Maximum Marks

150 marks (for each paper)

Official Website

ctet.nic.in

CTET Syllabus for Paper 1

Sections

Syllabus

Number of Questions

Child Development and Pedagogy

(a) Child Development (Primary School Child)

• Concept of development and its relationship with learning

• Principles of the development of children

• Influence of Heredity & Environment

• Socialisation 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 and 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.

15

(b) Concept of Inclusive education and understanding children with special needs

• 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

5

(c) 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

10

Language I

(a) 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)

15

(b) 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

• 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 resources of the classroom

• Remedial Teaching

15

Language II

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

15

(b) 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

• 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 resources of the classroom

• Remedial Teaching

15

Mathematics

(a) Content

• Geometry

• Shapes & Spatial Understanding

• Solids around Us

• Numbers

• Addition and Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

• Measurement

• Weight

• Time

• Volume

• Data Handling

• Patterns

• Money

15

(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

15

Environmental Studies

(a) Content

• Family and Friends: Relationships, Work and Play, Animals and Plants

• Food

• Shelter

• Water

• Travel

• Things We Make and Do

15

(b) Pedagogical Issues

• 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

15

CTET Syllabus for Paper 2

Sections

Syllabus

Number of Questions

Child Development and Pedagogy

(a) Child Development (Elementary School Child)

• Concept of development and its relationship with learning

• Principles of the development of children

• Influence of Heredity & Environment

• Socialisation 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 and 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.

15

(b) Concept of Inclusive education and understanding children with special needs

• 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

5

(c)  Learning and Pedagogy

• How children think and learn; how and why children ‘fail’ to achieve success in school performance.

• Basic teaching and learning processes; children’s learning strategies; 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

10

Language I

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

15

(b)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

• 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 resources of the classroom

• Remedial Teaching

15

Language II

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

15

(b) 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

• 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 resources of the classroom

• Remedial Teaching

15

Mathematics

(a) Content

• 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

20

(b) Pedagogical issues

• Nature of Mathematics/Logical Thinking

• Place of Mathematics in Curriculum

• Language of Mathematics

• Community Mathematics

• Evaluation

• Remedial Teaching

• Problem of Teaching

10

Science

(a) Content

• Food

• Materials

• The World of the Living

• Moving Things People and Ideas

• How things work

• Natural Phenomena

• Natural Resources

20

(b) Pedagogical issues

• 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

10

Social Studies/Social Sciences

• History

• Geography

• Social and Political Life

• Pedagogical issues

60

CTET Syllabus Languages

English

Hindi

Sanskrit

Punjabi

Urdu

Bangla

Manipuri

Tamil

Marathi

Mizo

Nepali

Oriya

Khasi

Malayalam

Telugu

Tibetan

Garo

Assamese

Gujarati

Kannada

CTET Exam Pattern for Paper 1

CTET Subjects

Number of Questions

Total Marks

Child Development and Pedagogy

30

30

Language-I (compulsory)

30

30

Language-II (compulsory)

30

30

Mathematics

30

30

Environmental Studies

30

30

Total

150

150

CTET Exam Pattern for Paper 2

CTET Subjects

Number of Questions

Total Marks

Child Development & Pedagogy (compulsory)

30

30

Language-I (compulsory)

30

30

Language-II (compulsory)

30

30

Mathematics and Science (for Mathematics and Science teacher) OR Social Studies/Social Science (for Social Studies/Social Science teacher) OR Mathematics, Science and Social Studies/Social Science (for teacher of any other subject)

60

60

Total

150

150