CTET Syllabus 2024: Papers 1 & 2 Syllabus Pdf Download

Rajalakshmi BK

Updated on - Dec 4, 2023

CTET syllabus 2024 is declared by the CBSE board on their official website. This exam is conducted two times a year, in July and December. CTET 2024 EXAM syllabus for both Paper I and Paper II of CTET 2024 is given below. Candidates can study the following topics from popular reference books while keeping the exam pattern. Keep reading to learn more about CTET 2024 syllabus and important topics in the article below.

CTET 2024 Syllabus

CTET 2024 syllabus is decided by CBSE, which conducts CTET exam to recruit candidates for the teacher’s post. As per the CBSE, the question appearing in Paper 1 will be from the syllabus of NCERT for Class 1 to 5. For Paper 2, the questions will be based again on the NCERT syllabus but for Classes 6 to 8. CTET 2024 syllabus is divided into two papers, Paper 1 and Paper 2.

Paper 1: The syllabus for CTET 2024 Paper 1 will have questions based on Child Development and Pedagogy, Language I and Language II, Environmental Studies, and Mathematics.
Paper 2: CTET 2024 Paper 2 will have questions based on Child Development and Pedagogy, Language I and Language II, Maths and Science. The exam will carry a total of 150 marks.

CTET 2024 Syllabus - Paper I (Primary Class I to V)

Child Development and Pedagogy

Child Development (Primary School Child)

The 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.

A 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.

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 for 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'serrors’ as significant steps in the learning process.
Cognition & Emotions.
Motivation and learning.
Factors contributing to learning – personal & environmental.

Language I

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).

Pedagogy of Language Development

Learning and acquisition.
Principles of Language Teaching.
Role of listening and speaking; the 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, multi-media materials, a multilingual resource for the classroom.
Remedial Teaching.

Language II

Comprehension

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

Pedagogy of Language Development

Learning and acquisition.
Principles of Language Teaching.
Role of listening and speaking; the 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, multi-media materials, a multilingual resource for the classroom.
Remedial Teaching.

Mathematics

Content

Geometry
Shapes & Spatial Understanding
Solids around Us
Numbers
Addition and Subtraction
Multiplication
Division
Measurement
Weight
Time
Volume
Data Handling
Patterns
Money

Pedagogical issues

Nature of Mathematics/Logical thinking; understanding children’s thinking and reasoning patterns and strategies for making meaning and learning.
Place of Mathematics in Curriculum.
The 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.

CTET 2024 Syllabus - Paper II (Upper Primary Class VI to VIII)

Child Development and Pedagogy

Child Development (Elementary School Child)

The concept of development and its relationship with learning.
Principles of the development of children.
Influence of Heredity and Environment.
Socialization processes: Social world and 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 and 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.

Concept of Inclusive education and understanding children with special needs

Addressing learners from diverse backgrounds including the disadvantaged and deprived.
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 for 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'serrors’ as significant steps in the learning process.
Cognition & Emotions.
Motivation and learning.
Factors contributing to learning – personal & environmental.

Language I

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).

Pedagogy of Language Development

Learning and acquisition.
Principles of Language Teaching.
Role of listening and speaking; the 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, multi-media materials, a multilingual resource for the classroom.
Remedial Teaching.

Language II

Comprehension

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

Pedagogy of Language Development

Learning and acquisition.
Principles of Language Teaching.
Role of listening and speaking; the 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, multi-media materials, a multilingual resource for the classroom.
Remedial Teaching.

Mathematics and Science

Mathematics

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