CTET Syllabus Paper 1 – Section-Wise Topics

CBSE had released the CTET 2020 notification. The Board conducts CTET exam twice in a year; July & December. The CTET 2020 July exam is scheduled to be held on 5th July 2020. The exam is conducted at two levels – Paper 1 (for a person who intends to be a teacher for classes I to V) and Paper 2 (for a person who intends to be a teacher for classes VI to VIII). To excel in any exam, it is crucial to know the syllabus first and strictly follow it throughout the prep journey. Once you are aware of the Syllabus, make sure no topic is left untouched! On that note, let’s check the detailed CTET  Syllabus Paper 1.

Also, Check:
CTET Mock Test Series
Check Paper 2 Syllabus Here

Get CTET Paper 1&2 Free Mock Test on Oliveboard

CTET Syllabus Paper 1

Before we move on to the Syllabus, let’s check the exam pattern first:

CTET Paper 1 Exam Pattern

(i) Child Development and Pedagogy (compulsory) 30 MCQs 30 Marks
(ii) Language I (compulsory) 30 MCQs 30 Marks
(iii) Language II (compulsory) 30 MCQs 30 Marks
(iv) Mathematics 30 MCQs 30 Marks
(v) Environmental Studies 30 MCQs 30 Marks
Total 150 MCQs 150 Marks

Note: No negative marking

Get CTET Paper 1&2 Free Mock Test on Oliveboard

CTET Syllabus Paper 1 (for classes 1 to V) Primary Stage

  1. 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
  • 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

Get CTET Paper 1&2 Free Mock Test on Oliveboard

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

  • Addressing learners from diverse backgrounds including disadvantaged and deprived
  • Addressing the needs of children with learning difficulties, ‘impairment’
  • 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
  • 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
  • Cognition & Emotions
  • Motivation and learning
  • Factors contributing to learning – personal & environmental

Get CTET Paper 1&2 Free Mock Test on Oliveboard

2. 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
  • 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, multilingual resource of the classroom
  • Remedial Teaching

Get CTET Paper 1&2 Free Mock Test on Oliveboard

3. 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
  • Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: speaking, listening, reading and writing
  • Teaching-learning materials: Textbook, multi-media     materials, multilingual resource of the classroom
  • Remedial Teaching

Get CTET Paper 1&2 Free Mock Test on Oliveboard

4. Mathematics – 30 Questions

a) Content – 15 Questions

  • 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
  • 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

Get CTET Paper 1&2 Free Mock Test on Oliveboard

5. Environmental Studies – 30 Questions

a) Content – 15 Questions

1. Family and Friends:

  • Relationships
  • Work and Play
  • Animals
  • Plants

2. Food

3. Shelter

4. Water

5. Travel

6. Things We Make and Do

Get CTET Paper 1&2 Free Mock Test on Oliveboard

b) Pedagogical Issues – 15 Questions

  • Concept and scope of EVS
  • Significance of EVS, integrated EVS
  • Environmental Studies & Environmental Education
  • Learning Principles
  • Scope & relation to Science & Social Science
  • Approaches to presenting concepts
  • Activities
  • Experimentation/Practical Work
  • Discussion
  • CCE
  • Teaching material/Aids
  • Problems

Get CTET Paper 1&2 Free Mock Test on Oliveboard

That’s all from us. Hope you have made note of the CTET Syllabus Paper 1 properly. Make sure you prepare and practice a good number of questions from each and every topic mentioned here. Test your preparation with a free mock test from Oliveboard. Also, CTET full exam preparation course:

  Oliveboard Live Courses & Mock Test Series


Leave a comment