CTET Syllabus

CTET Syllabus

STRUCTURE AND CONTENT OF SYLLABUS (Paper I and Paper II)

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

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 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 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
III. Language- II 30 Questions (CTET Syllabus)

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 15Questions
• 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
• 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

IV. Mathematics
a) Content

• Evaluation through formal and informal methods
• Problems of Teaching
• Error analysis and related aspects of learning and teaching
• Diagnostic and Remedial Teaching
V.Environmental Studies
a) Content
1. Family and Friends:
1.1 Relationships;
1.2 Work and Play;
1.3 Animals;
1.4 Plants
2. Food
3. Shelter
4. Water
5. Travel
6. Things We Make and Do
b) 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
30 Questions
15 Questions
15 Questions

Paper II (for classes VI to VIII) Elementary Stage

I. Child Development and Pedagogy 30 Questions (CTET Syllabus)

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 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. 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

III. Language- II 30 Questions (CTET Syllabus)

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 15Questions
• 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

IV. (A) Mathematics and Science: 60 Questions (CTET Syllabus)

(i) Mathematics 30 Questions
a) Content 20 Questions
• 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-D and 3-D)
■ Symmetry: (reflection)
■ Constructions (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
• Remedial Teaching
• Problems of Teaching
(ii) Science 30 Questions
a) Content 20 Questions
I Food
• Sources of food

• Components of food
• Cleaning food
II. Materials
• Materials of daily use
III. The World of the Living
IV. Moving Things People and Ideas
V. How things work
• Electric current and circuits
• Magnets
VI. Natural Phenomena
VII. Natural Resources
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/psychomotor/affective
• Problems
• Remedial Teaching

V. Social Studies/ Social Sciences 60 Questions (CTET Syllabus)
a) Content 40 Questions
(i) 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
(ii) 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
(iii) 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 Marginalised

c) Pedagogical issues 20 Questions
• 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

Note: For Detailed syllabus of classes I-VIII, please refer to NCERT syllabus and textbooks

CTET 2011 Admit Card

CTET Admit Card

The Admit Card will be sent by post to the candidate by 17.06.2011, however, the Board will not be responsible for any
consequences that may arise due to loss of admit card in transit. It will be the responsibility of the candidate to contact the Board in case he/ she is not in receipt of the Admit Cards by20.06.2011.

In case the Admit Card is not received by 20.06.2011, the candidates should contact the Assistant Secretary (CTET), Central Board of Secondary Education, Shiksha Sadan, 17, Institutional Area, Rouse Avenue, Delhi – 110002 between 10.00 AM to 5.00 PM giving details of the Post Office, date of dispatch, original receipt of postal dispatch, Photostat copy of the Application Form/ Confirmation Page, one photograph (as pasted on the Application Form). Request for issue ofadmit card after the examination will not be entertained. In no case the duplicate Admit Card would be issued at the Examination Centres.

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CTET 2011

Central Teacher Eligibility Test

1. Candidates can apply for CTET 2011 either on the prescribed Application Form or submit application ‘ON-LINE’ through CBSE website.

2. (a) For submission of application on prescribed Application Form :

  • Information Bulletin containing Application Form can be had personally from the Designated Branches of Syndicate Bank, Institutions specified in Appendix-IV against cash payment (Not by post).
  • Information Bulletin containing Application Form can also be had by post by sending Demand Draft of required fee from the Central Board of Secondary Education, Shiksha Sadan, 17 Rouse Avenue, New Delhi-110002.
  • Candidates must follow instructions strictly as given in the Information Bulletin. Candidates not complying with the instructions, their candidature shall be summarily disqualified.

(b) For ON-LINE submission of application at Board’s website www.cbse.nic.in
Application can also be made ‘ON-LINE’ by accessing the Board’s website www.cbse.nic.in. The candidate should supply all details while filling up the Online Form. Candidates are required to take a print out of the computer generated Confirmation page after successful submission of data. Candidates should pay the following fee:

  • General/ OBC Category Rs 500/- (Five hundred)
  • SC/ST/ Differently Abled Category Rs 250/- (Two hundred fifty)

The fee can be remitted in the following ways:

  • By Debit/Credit Card.
  • By Demand Draft in favour of the Secretary, Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi drawn in any Nationalized Bank payable at Delhi. Write your name, address and registration number on the back of the Demand Draft.

3. Please ensure before mailing the Application Form/ Confirmation Page that:-

  • the candidate has signed the Form at specified place;
  • the candidate has put left hand thumb impression at the specified place;
  • the candidate has pasted the recent passport size photograph in the space earmarked for it;
  • the candidate has written name and complete mailing address in CAPITAL letters including PIN CODE
  • the candidate has attached Demand Draft of required fee those who have submitted the application ‘ON-LINE’;
  • the candidate has kept a photocopy of the Application Form/ Confirmation Page for use as reference for future correspondence.

4. The Application Form/ Confirmation Page complete in all respect should be sent by Registered/Speed Post so as to reach positively by 15.05.2011 in the CBSE office.

The Application Form is to be dispatched in the enclosed CBSE envelope only. Those applying -On-line’, Confirmation Page must be dispatched in an envelope of size 12″x10″ only and superscribing “APPLICATION FOR CTET-2011″.
The Application Form sent by courier shall not be accepted and rather rejected. The Application Form will not be
received personally in any case.

5. Information regarding receipt of applications in the CTET Unit of the CBSE will be put on the Board’s website www.cbse.nic.in. The candidates can check the receipt of their Application on the website after 10.06.2011 Candidates whose particulars do not appear on the website may write to the Assistant Secretary, CTET Unit, and forward a photocopy of the Application Form/ Confirmation Page, mode of payment of fee those have submitted application ‘ON-LINE’ and one passport size photograph (as pasted on the Application Form).

Note : 7 days grace time i.e. up to 22.05.2011 for receipt of Application Form will be allowed to the candidates belonging to remote areas viz. Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Lahaul and Spiti District and Pangi sub division of Chamba District of Himachal Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Island and Lakshadweep.

6. In case the Admit Card is not received by 20.06.2011, the candidates should contact the CBSE between 10.00 AM to 5.00 PM giving details of the Post Office, date of dispatch, original receipt of postal dispatch, Photostat copy of the Application Form/ Confirmation Page, one photograph (as pasted on the Application Form)

7. Request for issue of duplicate Admit Card will not be entertained after the examination in any case.

8. Address for obtaining/sending complete Application Form/ Confirmation Page and clarification, if any:-

THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY (CTET),
CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION,
“SHIKSHA SADAN’, 17, ROUSE AVENUE,
NEW DELHI-110002
CONTACT NO. 011-23238361 (TELEFAX), 23220153, 23217128 (FAX)

Online Application Form

job in ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES

looking for job in ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES



ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES (AIIMS)
Applications are invited from
Applications are invited in prescribed form from Indian nationals for filling up the following positions at ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES (AIIMS)


Name Of Post:

Administrative Officer : 06 posts
Pay Scale : Rs.15600-39100 grade pay Rs.5400/- on deputation basis


Accounts Officer : 02 posts
Pay Scale : Rs.15600-39100 grade pay Rs.5400/- on deputation basis


Medical Social Service Officer Gr.II : 09 posts
Pay Scale : Rs.9300-34800 grade pay Rs.4200/-

Technician (Radiology) Gr.II : 37 posts
Pay Scale : Rs.9300-34800 grade pay Rs.4200/-


Application Fee : for posts no 3 & 4 only The application fee for Gen. and OBC Candidate will be Rs.500/- and that for SC/ST category will be Rs.100/- by demand draft only, in favour of Director, AIIMS payable at New Delhi/ Delhi.

How To Apply :

Application in the prescribed format may be sent to the Director, All India Institute of Medical Sciences,Ansari Nagar, New Delhi-110608 on or before 05/05/2011.

Further Details:

Please see document http://www.aiims.edu/aiims/ for details.

Last Date
:05 May 2011

Goverment job bsf in Medical Officer Selection Board


Border Security Force (BSF)
Applications are invited from
Applications are invited in prescribed form from Indian nationals for filling up the following positions at Border Security Force (BSF):


Name Of Post:

Specialist Medical Officer (Deputy Commandant) : 240 posts in various CPOs (CRPF-135, BSF-63, ITBP-16, Assam Rifles - 6, SSB-20)
Pay Scale : Rs.15600 – 39100/- Grade pay Rs.6600/
Age : 35 years

Assistant Medical Officer (Deputy Commandant) : 335 posts in various CPOs (CRPF-95, BSF-62, ITBP-111, Assam Rifles - 24, SSB-43)
Pay Scale : Rs.15600 – 39100/- Grade pay Rs.5400/
Age : 30 years


How To Apply :
Applications in the prescribed format should reach at the following address within 30 days (40 days for the candidates from far-flung areas)

Further Details:

Please see document http://www.bsf.nic.in/recruitment/ for details.

Recruitment of Constable (Tradesman) job in BSF



Directorate General Border Security Force (BSF)
Applications are invited from
Applications are invited in prescribed form from Indian nationals for filling up the following positions at Directorate General Border Security Force (BSF):


Name Of Post:

Constable (Tradesman) : 2922 posts in various states and UTs
Pay Scale : PB-1 Rs.5200-20200 + Grade pay Rs.2000
Age : 18-23 years as on 01/08/2011(Relaxation as per GoI rules)

Application Fee : Rs.50/- (no fee from SC/ST/Ex-Serviceman candidates) in the form of Bank DD in favour concerned IG/DIG/Commandant payable at bank of concerned headquarter as per details given in the detailed advertisement.

How To Apply :

Application in the prescribed format should be send along with relevant documents and application fee in an envelope superscribed as "Application for the post of Constable (Tradesman) in BSF" to the designated addresses as mentioned in the detailed advertisement within 30 days.

Further Details:

Please see document http://www.bsf.nic.in for details.

Research Officer vacancy

Research Officer vacancy in CCRAS April-2011


Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and Siddha (CCRAS)
Jawahar Lal Nehru Bhritya Chikitsa Evam Homeopathy Anusandhan Bhawan,
No. 61-65, Institutional Area, Opp. D Block, Janakpuri, New Delhi-110058

Central Council for Research in Ayurveda & Siddha (CCRAS), an autonomous organization, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India invites applications for Administrative posts mentioned below:
  1. Assistant Director (Pharmacy) : 01 post, Pay Scale : Rs.15600-39100 grade pay Rs.6600/-
  2. Research Officer (Botany) : 03 posts, Pay Scale : Rs.15600-39100+ Grade Pay Rs.5400/-
  3. Research Officer (Bio-Chemistry) : 03 posts, Pay Scale : Rs.15600-39100+ Grade Pay Rs.5400/-

How to Apply : The application along with the copies of testimonials and certificates should be sent to Dy. Director (Admn.), CCRAS at the above address within 30 days (published on 16/04/2011)

Please view http://ccras.nic.in/Notice_And_Forms/ad164110001.pdf for details and application form is available at http://ccras.nic.in/Notice_And_Forms/Application_From.pdf

DFCCIL Assistant Manager vacancy April-2011


Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd. (DFCCIL)
5th Floor, Pragati Maidan, Metro Station Building Complex, New Delhi - 110001

DFCCIL is a Public Sector Undertaking under Ministry of Railways, Government of India. DFCCIL invites applications for the post of Assistant Managers in different categories :
  1. Assistant Manager (Civil) : 15 posts (UR-8,SC-2,ST-1,OBC-4)
  2. Assistant Manager (Signal & Telecommunication) : 15 posts (UR-8,SC-2,ST-1,OBC-4)

Pay Scale : E3 Rs.24900-50500

Age : Not born before 01/04/1981

Application Fee : Rs.500/- (No fee for SC/ST/PH candidates) in the paid by Bank DD in favour of DFCCIL payable at New Delhi.

How to Apply : Application in the prescribed format should be send by ordinary post within 30 days (published on 16/04/2011) to Post Box no. 23, Lajpat Nagar Post Office, New Delhi - 110024.

Please visit http://www.dfccil.org/ for details and application format.

Punjab NRHM Jobs for District and State April-2011


Punjab National Rural Health Mission (NRHM)
Health & Family Welfare Department, Punjab

Punjab NRHM invites Online applications for the following posts on contract basis at State and District level :
  1. Law Officers for Districts : 20 posts, Pay : Rs.20000/- per month consolidated
  2. Computer Assistants : 21 post, Pay : Rs.8500/- per month consolidated
How to Apply : Eligible applicants may personally submit online application upto 05/05/2011.

Please view http://www.pbnrhm.org/docs/recruitment_16_04.pdf for detailed information.

Visiting Faculty Posts in IICA April-2011



Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA)
2nd floor, Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003


The Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) has been established by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs to function as a think tank, action research, policy advisory and capacity building Institute for the Ministry, Corporate Sector and their stakeholders.

IICA invites expert and academicians dealing with various subjects of corporate law and regulation including competition law to be on the panel of visiting faculty members of the Institute.

The applications for this may be submitted to Shri B.S. Chopra, Administrative Officer, IICA at chopra.iica@gmail.com

Jobs in a Department under Cabinet Secretariat April-2011


Government of India
Cabinet Secretariat


Applications are invited for the following posts on direct recruitment basis :
  • Assistant : 26 posts (UR-15, OBC-7, SC-3, ST-1), Pay Scale : Rs.9300-34800 grade pay Rs.4200, Age : 20-28 years, Qualification : Graduate of a recognised university
  • Dy. Field Officer (General) : 23 posts (UR-13, OBC-5, SC-4, ST-1), Pay Scale : Rs.9300-34800 grade pay Rs.4200, Age : 20-27 years, Qualification : Graduate of a recognised university.
How to Apply : Apply in the prescribed format and fille in English Capital letters only addressed to "AD (Pers-A), Post Bag No. 3003, Lodhi Raod Post Office, New Delhi - 110003" within 30 days (published on 16/04/2011 in Employment News dated 16-22 April 2011 at page number 38) and within 45 for the candidates from NE States, Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep islands.

 
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