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CTET Syllabus 2026

CTET Syllabus 2026: The Central Teacher Eligibility Test syllabus has been released for applicants applying for the Central Teacher Eligibility Test. The Central Eligibility Test is conducted twice a year. The syllabus for this exam is divided into two papers: Paper 1 (Classes I–V) and Paper 2 (Classes VI–VIII). Paper 1 is for candidates who wish to teach classes 1 to 5, and Paper 2 is for classes 6 to 8. The Central Teacher Eligibility Test syllabus is provided in this article below, and a PDF link is provided.

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I. Child Development and Pedagogy 30 Questions

a) Child Development (Primary School Child) 15 Questions

• 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-centered 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.
• 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.

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

• Addressing learners from diverse back grounds including disadvantaged and deprived
• Addressing the needs of children with learning difficulties, “impairment” etc.
• Addressing the Talented, Creative, Specially baled Learners CTET Syllabus 2026

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 Mathematics

a) Content

• Geometry
• Shapes & Spatial Understanding
• Solids around Us
• Numbers
• Addition and Subtraction
• Multiplication
• Division
• Measurement
• Weight
• Time
• Volume
• Data Handling
• Patterns
• 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
• Place of Mathematics in Curriculum CTET Syllabus 2026
• 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

III. Environmental Studies 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

• Concept and scope of EVS
• Significance of EVS, integrated EVS CTET Syllabus 2026
• 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

IV. Language I 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

• Learning and acquisition
• Principles of language Teaching
• Role of listening and speaking; function of language and how children use it as a tool
• Critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas
  verbally and in written form CTET Syllabus 2026
• 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, multi lingual resource of the
  classroom
• Remedial Teaching

V. Language-II 30 Questions

a) Comprehension 15 Questions

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

b) Pedagogy of Language Development 15 Questions

• Learning and acquisition
• Principles of language Teaching
• Role of listening and speaking; function of language and how children use it as a tool
• 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 CTET Syllabus 2026
• Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: speaking, listening, reading and writing
• Teaching – learning materials: Textbook, multi-media materials, multilingual resource of the
  classroom
• Remedial Teaching

Paper II (for classes VI to VIII) Elementary Stage

I. Child Development and Pedagogy 30 Questions

a) Child Development(Elementary School Child) 15 Questions

• 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-centered 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.
• 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

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

• Addressing learners from diverse back grounds 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. CTET Syllabus 2026
• Child as a problem solve rand 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. Mathematics and Science 60 Questions

(i) 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-Dand3-D)
Symmetry: (reflection)
Construction (using Straight edge Scale, protractor, compasses)
Mensuration
Data handling

b) Pedagogical issues 10 Questions

• Nature of Mathematics/Logical thinking
• Place of Mathematics in Curriculum
• Language of Mathematics
• Community Mathematics
• Evaluation CTET Syllabus 2026
• Remedial Teaching
• Problem of Teaching

ii) Science 30 Questions (a) Content 20 Questions

Food

• Sources of food
• Components of food
• Cleaning food

Materials

Materials of daily use

b) Pedagogical issues 10 Questions

• 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/psycho-motor/affective
• Problems
• Remedial Teaching

III. Social Studies/Social Sciences 60 Questions

a Content History

• When, Where and How
• The Earliest Societies
• The First Farmers and Herders
• The First Cities
• Early States
• New Ideas CTET Syllabus 2026
• the first Empire
• Contacts with Distant lands
• Political Developments
• Culture and Science
• New Kings and Kingdoms
• Sultans of Delhi
• Architecture
• Creation of an Empire
• Social Change
• Regional Cultures
• The Establishment of Company Power
• Rural Life and Society
• Colonialism and Tribal Societies
• The Revolt of 1857-58
• Women and reform
• Challenging the Caste System
• The Nationalist Movement
• India After Independence

Geography

• Geography as a social study and as a science
• Planet: Earth in the solar system
• Globe
• Environment in its totality: natural and human environment
• Air
• Water
• Human Environment: settlement, transport and communication
• Resources: Types-Natural and Human CTET Syllabus 2026
• Agriculture

Social and Political Life

• Diversity
• Government
• Local Government
• Making a Living
• Democracy
• State Government
• Understanding Media
• Unpacking Gender

II. Pedagogical issues 20 Questions

• Concept & Nature of Social Science/Social Studies
• Class Room Processes, activities and discourse
• Developing Critical thinking
• Enquiry/Empirical Evidence CTET Syllabus 2026
• Problems of teaching Social Science/Social Studies
• Sources- Primary & Secondary
• Projects Work
• Evaluation

IV. Language I 30 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)

Pedagogy of Language Development 15 Questions

• Learning and acquisition
• Principles of language Teaching
• Role of listening and speaking; function of language and how children use
• IT as a tool
• Critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally and
  in written form; CTET Syllabus 2026
• 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, multi lingual resource of the classroom
• Remedial Teaching

V. Language-II 30 Questions

• Learning and acquisition CTET Syllabus 2026
• Principles of language Teaching
• Role of listening and speaking; function of language and how children use it as a tool
• 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, multi lingual resource of the classroom
• Remedial Teaching CTET Syllabus 2026