CTET 2021 notification for July session is expected to be released soon. Candidates can check the latest CTET 2021 exam pattern and syllabus here.
Know all about the analysis and preparation tips to crack the CTET exam without any difficulty.
Check Nowvikrant.shukla | June 30, 2021 | 01:03 PM IST
NEW DELHI: The Central Board of School Education (CBSE) is expected to release the Central Teachers Eligibility Test (CTET) July session dates soon. Aspirants who wish to become teachers in CBSE affiliated schools can apply for the CTET 2021 exam. Those candidates who qualify the CTET exam will be given the eligibility certificate through which they will be able to apply for teacher posts in primary and elementary schools like Navodaya, Kendriya Vidyalaya, DAV schools, CBSE affiliated private schools etc.
Candidates who are planning to appear for the CTET exam can check the exam pattern, marking scheme and syllabus here.
CTET exam particulars
Duration of CTET Exam | 2 hours 30 minutes (Offline mode) |
Type of Questions asked in the CTET exam | Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) |
Medium | English and Hindi |
CTET Marking Scheme | 1 mark given for each correct question. No negative marking. |
CTET 2021 Papers
The CTET exam is conducted for two papers. From the following table, CTET aspirants can check both the papers of the CTET exam.
CTET 2021 Syllabus for Paper I (For Classes I to V) Primary Stage:
Child Development and Pedagogy | Mathematics |
Language – I | Environmental Studies |
Language – II | - |
CTET 2021 Syllabus for Paper-II (For Classes VI to VIII) Elementary Stage:
Child Development and Pedagogy | Mathematics and Science |
Language – I | Social Studies/Social Sciences |
Language – II | - |
CTET Paper 1 & 2 syllabus and exam pattern
The CTET paper 1 exam pattern is tabulated below -
S. No. | Sections | Total Number of Questions | Marks |
1 | Language I (Compulsory) | 30 | 30 |
2 | Language II (Compulsory) | 30 | 30 |
3 | Child Development and Pedagogy | 30 | 30 |
4 | Mathematics | 30 | 30 |
5 | Environmental Studies | 30 | 30 |
Total | 150 | 150 |
CTET Paper II exam pattern is tabulated below -
S. No. | Sections | Total Number of Questions | Marks |
1 | Language I (compulsory) | 30 | 30 |
2 | Language II (compulsory) | 30 | 30 |
3 | Child Development & Pedagogy (compulsory) | 30 | 30 |
4 | Mathematics and Science (for Mathematics and Science teachers) | 60 | 60 |
5 | Social Studies/Social Science (for Social Studies/Social Science teachers) *For any other teacher – Section 4 or 5 (either of the two) will be relevant | 60 | 60 |
Total | 150 | 150 |
Recently, the Education Minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank', converted the validity period of Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) qualifying certificate to a lifetime from 7 years. Pokhriyal tweeted this information and further said that the validity will be active with effect from 2011.
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