Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi, is set to conduct Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) for the session February 2014 will be on 16 February.
Paper-II:
Duration of examination is one and a half hours.
Structure and Content:
1 | Child Development & Pedagogy(compulsory) | 30 MCQs |
30 Marks |
2 | Language I (compulsory) | 30 MCQs |
30 Marks |
3 | Language II (compulsory) | 30 MCQs |
30 Marks |
4 |
(a) For Mathematics and Science teacher: Mathematics and Science |
60 MCQs |
60 Marks |
(b)For Social Studies/Social Science teacher: Social Science |
60 MCQs |
60 Marks |
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(c) For any other teacher - either (a) or (b) | |||
Total |
150 MCQs |
150 Marks |
Nature and standard of questions:
- The test items on Child Development and Pedagogy will focus on educational psychology of teaching and learning, relevant to the age group of 11-14 years. They will focus on understanding the characteristics, needs and psychology of diverse learners, interaction with learners and the attributes and qualities of a good facilitator of learning.
- The Test items in Language I will focus on the proficiencies related to the medium of instruction. The Test items in language II will focus on the elements of language, communication and comprehension abilities. Language II will be a language other than Language I. A candidate may choose anyone language as Language I and other as Language II from the available language options and will be required to specify the same in the Confirmation Page.
- The Test items in Mathematics and Science, and Social Studies/Social Science will focus on the concepts,problem solving abilities and pedagogical understanding of the subjects. The test items of Mathematics and Science will of 30 marks each. The test items will be evenly distributed over different divisions of the syllabus of that subject as prescribed for classes VI -VIII by the NCERT/CBSE..
- The questions in the test for Paper II will be based on the topics prescribed in syllabus of the NCERT/CBSE for classes VI -VIII but their difficulty standard as well as linkages, could be up to the Secondary stage.
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