CTET Syllabus 2025: Paper 1 & 2 Syllabus PDF Download with Important Topics

CTET Syllabus 2025 - Highlights

Organisation

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)

Name of Examination

CTET 2025 Exam

CTET Exam Date

21st January 2025 (Sunday)

No. of papers in CTET

Two papers, Paper 1 and Paper 2

CTET Exam Duration

2.5 hours (for each paper)

Total languages in which the exam is held

20 languages

Maximum Marks

150 marks (for each paper)

Type of questions asked

Multiple Choice Questions

Mode of Exam

Offline (OMR Based)

Marking Scheme

1 mark for each correct answer

Negative Marking

No negative marking for wrong answers

CTET Exam Pattern for Paper 1 

CTET Subjects

Number of Questions in CTET Paper 1

Marks

Child Development and Pedagogy

30

30

Language – I

30

30

Language – II

30

30

Mathematics

30

30

Environmental Studies

30

30

Total

150

150

CTET Paper 2 Exam Pattern

CTET Subjects

Number of Questions in CTET Paper 2

Marks

Child Development & Pedagogy (compulsory)

30

30

Language-I (compulsory)

30

30

Language-II (compulsory)

30

30

Mathematics and Science (for Mathematics and Science teacher)

OR

Social Studies/Social Science (for Social Studies/Social Science teacher)

OR

Mathematics, Science and Social Studies/Social Science (for teacher of any other subject)

60

60

Total

150

150

CTET Syllabus for Child Development and Pedagogy 

Topics

Detailed Syllabus

Number of Questions

Child Development (Primary School Child)

• 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.

15

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

5

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 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
• 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

10

CTET Language 1 Syllabus

Topics

Detailed Syllabus

Number of Questions

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)

15

Pedagogy of Language Development

• 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

15

CTET Language 2 Syllabus

Topics

Detailed Syllabus

Number of Questions

Comprehension

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

15

Pedagogy of Language Development

• 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, multimedia materials, multilingual resource of the classroom
• Remedial Teaching

15

Topics

Detailed Syllabus

Number of Questions

Content

• Number System
• Integers
• Fractions
• Decimals
• Algebra
• Simple and Compound Interest
• Time and Distance
• 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

20

Pedagogical issues

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

10

Topics

Detailed Syllabus

Number of Questions

Content

• Family and Friends:
• Food
• Shelter
• Water
• Travel
• Things We Make and Do

15

Pedagogical Issues

• Concept and scope of EVS
• Significance of EVS, integrated EVS
• 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

15

CTET Syllabus for Science

Topics

Detailed Syllabus

Number of Questions

Content

• Food
• Sources of food
• Components of food
• Cleaning food
• Materials
• Materials of daily use
• The World of the Living
• Moving Things People and Ideas
• How things work
• Electric current and circuits
• Magnets
• Natural Phenomena
• Natural Resources

20

Pedagogical issues

• 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/psychomotor/affective
• Problems
• Remedial Teaching

10

CTET Syllabus for Social Science

Topics

Detailed Syllabus

Number of Questions

Content

History

• When, Where and How
• The Earliest Societies
• The First Farmers and Herders
• The First Cities
• Early States
• New Ideas
• 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
• Agriculture

Social and Political Life

• Diversity
• Government
• Local Government
• Making a Living
• Democracy
• State Government
• Understanding Media
• Unpacking Gender
• The Constitution
• Parliamentary Government
• The Judiciary
• Social Justice and the Marginalized

40

Pedagogical issues

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

20

Subject

Paper 1 (Class 1-5)

Paper 2 (Class 6-8)

Child Development & Pedagogy

Focus on Primary Child Development (ages 6-11), learning psychology, inclusive education, and teaching methodologies.

Focus on Upper Primary Child Development (ages 11-14), cognitive development, teaching-learning processes, and inclusive education.

Language 1

Proficiency in chosen language, pedagogy, and communication skills.

Similar to Paper 1 but at a slightly advanced level.

Language 2

Same as Language 1 but should be a different language.

Same as Paper 1 but slightly advanced.

Mathematics

Basic arithmetic, number system, geometry, and teaching methods for primary students.

Advanced topics like algebra, geometry, data handling, and pedagogy for middle school students.

Environmental Studies (EVS)

Topics like plants, animals, food, travel, and the environment.

Not included in Paper 2.

Science

Not included in Paper 1.

Topics from Physics, Chemistry, and Biology, focusing on application-based learning and pedagogy.

Social Studies/Social Science

Not included in Paper 1.

History, Geography, Political Science, and Pedagogical aspects of Social Science.