CTET Level 1 Syllabus Pdf 2024 Paper-I & Exam Pattern

CTET Level 1 Syllabus Pdf 2024: CTET exam is conducted twice every year by CBSE. Exams are conducted every year in December-January and July-August. The Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) exam is conducted for the eligibility of Level-I and Level-II teachers.

Candidates who clear Level-I are eligible to become teachers for Classes- I to V and those who clear Level-II are eligible to become teachers for Classes-VI to VIII. There has been no change in the CTET 2024 exam pattern and syllabus in the past few years. According to the notification 2024 issued by CBSE, this time’s exam pattern and syllabus are explained in detail below in this post.

CTET Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2024

CTET 2024 January section exam will be held on 21 January. The Central Eligibility Test is conducted twice every year for lakhs of candidates who want to make a career in the teaching field. To score well in the CTET exam, it is essential to prepare with a daily routine and proper strategy. Knowledge of the latest syllabus is the first step to start the preparation. This article explains the complete exam pattern and syllabus of the CTET 2023 exam.

According to the CTET syllabus 2023-24 has been divided into two papers: Paper 1 for classes 1st to 5th and Paper 2 for classes 6th to 8th. The syllabus is based on the prescribed syllabus of NCERT, but the difficulty level and standard of the questions could be up to the secondary or senior secondary stage, respectively.

The CTET syllabus 2024 for Paper 1 includes Child Development & Pedagogy, Language I, Language II, Mathematics, and Environmental Studies. CTET syllabus 2024 for Paper 2 includes Child Development & Pedagogy, Language I, Language II, Mathematics and Science or Social Studies.

The CTET exam 2024 will be conducted offline and will consist of 150 objective-type questions with a total of 150 marks for each paper. The duration of the exam is 150 minutes.

You can download the CTET syllabus 2024 in PDF format from the official website of CTET or the links provided by us. You can also take mock tests and practice the previous year’s papers to prepare for the CTET exam 2024.

CTET Exam Overview

Organisation	Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)
Exam Date	21st January 2024 (Sunday)
Total MCQ	150
Mode of Exam	Offline (OMR Based)
Negative Marking	No negative marking for wrong answers

CTET Exam Pattern for Paper 1

Subjects/ Topics	Questions	Marks
I. Child Development and Pedagogy	30	30
II. Language – I	30	30
III. Language – II	30	30
IV. Mathematics	30	30
V. Environmental Studies	30	30

CTET Level 2 Syllabus

CTET Syllabus 2024 for the Primary Stage (Classes I-V )

I. Child Development and Pedagogy Syllabus- 30 Questions

a) Child Development (Primary School Child): 15 Questions

1. Concept of development and its relationship with learning
2. Principles of the development of children
3. Influence of Heredity & Environment
4. Socialization processes: Social world & children (Teacher, Parents, Peers)
5. Piaget, Kohlberg and Vygotsky: constructs and critical perspectives
6. Concepts of child-centred and progressive education
7. Critical perspective of the construct of Intelligence
8. Multi-Dimensional Intelligence
9. Language & Thought
10. Gender as a social construct; gender roles, gender-bias and educational practice
11. Individual differences among learners, understanding differences based on diversity of language, caste, gender, community, religion etc.
12. The distinction between Assessment for learning and assessment of learning; School-Based Assessment, Continuous & Comprehensive Evaluation: perspective and practice
13. Formulating appropriate questions for assessing readiness levels of learners; for enhancing learning and critical thinking in the classroom and for assessing learner achievement.

b) Concept of Inclusive education and understanding children with support needs: 5 Questions

• 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

c) Learning and Pedagogy: 10 Questions

• 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

II. Language I Syllabus- 30 Questions

a) Language Comprehension: 15 Questions

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)

b) Pedagogy of Language Development: 15 Questions

1. Learning and acquisition
2. Principles of language Teaching
3. Role of listening and speaking; function of language and how children use it as a tool
4. A critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally and in written form
5. Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors and disorders
6. Language Skills
7. Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: speaking, listening, reading and writing
8. Teaching-learning materials: Textbook, multi-media materials, multilingual resource of the classroom
9. Remedial Teaching

III. Language II Syllabus- 30 Questions

a) Comprehension: 15 Questions

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

b) Pedagogy of Language Development: 15 Questions

1. Learning and acquisition
2. Principles of language Teaching
3. Role of listening and speaking; function of language and how children use it as a tool
4. A critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally and in written form;
5. Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors and disorders
6. Language Skills
7. Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: speaking, listening, reading and writing
8. Teaching-learning materials: Textbook, multi-media materials, multilingual resource of the classroom
9. Remedial Teaching

IV. Mathematics Syllabus- 30 Questions

a) Content: 15 Questions

1. Geometry
2. Shapes & Spatial Understanding
3. Solids around Us
4. Numbers
5. Addition and Subtraction
6. Multiplication
7. Division
8. Measurement
9. Weight
10. Time
11. Volume
12. Data Handling
13. Patterns
14. Money

b) Pedagogical issues: 15 Questions

Nature of Mathematics/Logical thinking; understanding children’s thinking and reasoning patterns and strategies of making meaning and learning

1. Place of Mathematics in Curriculum
2. Language of Mathematics
3. Community Mathematics
4. Valuation through formal and informal methods
5. Problems of Teaching
6. Error analysis and related aspects of learning and teaching
7. Diagnostic and Remedial Teaching

V. Environmental Studies Syllabus- 30 Questions

a) Content: 15 Questions

I. Family and Friends:

• Relationships
• Work and Play
• Animals
• Plants

II. Food

III. Shelter

IV. Water

V. Travel

VI. Things We Make and Do

b) Pedagogical Issues: 15 Questions

1. Concept and scope of EVS
2. Significance of EVS, integrated EVS
3. Environmental Studies & Environmental Education
4. Learning Principles
5. Scope & relation to Science & Social Science
6. Approaches of presenting concepts
7. Activities
8. Experimentation/Practical Work
9. Discussion
10. CCE
11. Teaching material/Aids
12. Problems

Also Check

CTET Previous Years Questions Paper	Click here
CTET Syallabus Level-I	Click here
CTET Syllabus Level -II	Click here

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