Teachers are the nation builders in terms of human capital that they guide, mentor and develop.
Teachers help in laying a strong foundation of knowledge and behavior of children by
understanding child development and pedagogy CDP. Besides regular education teachers also
help in overall development of a personality.
To ensure that only best enter this noble profession NCTE (National Council for teacher
Education) has made it mandatory for aspirants aiming for a teaching career in government as
well as some private schools to qualify the CTET (Central Teacher Eligibility Test) conducted by
CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education). Official website for CTET notification and eligibility
is ctet.nic.in
If numbers could be taken as indication, every year lakhs of students appear for CTET for few
thousand vacancies. For Hindi medium students aspiring to teach Hindi language some
important topics like CTET Hindi shikshan and Hindi vyakaran are important in Hindi Language.
The CTET exam pattern and syllabus is as follows:
Paper I (for classes I to V) Primary School Level or Primary Stage
Duration of examination: Two-and-a-half hours
Questions: 150 Marks: 150
Subject |
Questions |
Marks |
Child Development and Pedagogy CDP |
30 |
30 |
Language I |
30 |
30 |
Language II |
30 |
30 |
Mathematics |
30 |
30 |
Environmental Studies: |
30 |
30 |
Total |
150 |
150 |
Paper II (for classes VI to VIII) Secondary School Level or Elementary Stage
Duration of examination: Two-and-a-half hours
Questions: 150 Marks: 150
Subject |
Question |
Marks |
Child Development and Pedagogy CDP (compulsory) |
30 |
30 |
Language I ( compulsory) |
30 |
30 |
Language II ( compulsory) |
30 |
30 |
(a) For Mathematics and Science teacher |
60 |
60 |
Total |
150 |
150 |