CTET Syllabus 2026
Complete subject-wise and topic-wise syllabus for CTET, taken from the official notification.
Child Development & Pedagogy · Paper I (Primary: Class I to V)
- •Concept of development and its relationship with learning
- •Principles of child development and influence of heredity and environment
- •Piaget, Kohlberg and Vygotsky: constructs and critical perspectives
- •Socialisation processes: society, parents, teachers and peers
- •Individual differences among learners and multi-dimensional intelligence
- •Concept of inclusive education and children with special needs
- •Addressing learners from disadvantaged and deprived groups
- •Learning difficulties, underachievers and children with learning disabilities
- •Learning as a process: factors contributing to learning in children
- •Motivation and emotions in learning
- •Assessment for learning, continuous evaluation and formulating questions
- •Cognition, emotions and the role of language in thinking
Language I · Paper I (Primary: Class I to V)
- •Unseen prose passage: comprehension and inference
- •Unseen poem: theme, tone and figures of speech
- •Vocabulary in context: synonyms, antonyms and word usage
- •Grammar in context: parts of speech, tense and voice
- •Principles of language teaching at the primary level
- •Role of listening and speaking and functions of language
- •Language acquisition versus language learning
- •Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom
- •Remedial teaching and handling language errors
- •Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency
- •Teaching learning materials: textbooks, multimedia and multilingual resources
Language II · Paper I (Primary: Class I to V)
- •Unseen prose or discursive passage: comprehension questions
- •Grammar and verbal ability based on the passage
- •Vocabulary: word formation, synonyms and antonyms
- •Learning and acquisition of a second language
- •Principles of second language teaching
- •Role of grammar in learning a second language
- •Listening, speaking, reading and writing skills
- •Difficulties in learning a second language and error analysis
- •Teaching aids and resources for the language classroom
- •Assessment and remedial teaching in a second language
Mathematics · Paper I (Primary: Class I to V)
- •Number system, place value and the four operations
- •Fractions, decimals and simple word problems
- •Measurement: length, weight, capacity, time and money
- •Geometry: solids around us, shapes and spatial understanding
- •Patterns, data handling and simple pictographs
- •Nature of mathematics and logical thinking in children
- •Place of mathematics in the primary curriculum
- •Language of mathematics and community mathematics
- •Evaluation through formal and informal methods
- •Problems of teaching mathematics, error analysis and remedial teaching
- •Diagnostic teaching and common misconceptions of learners
Environmental Studies · Paper I (Primary: Class I to V)
- •Family and friends: relationships, work and play, animals and plants
- •Food: sources, components and basic nutrition
- •Shelter: types of houses and building materials
- •Water: sources, uses, conservation and water borne concerns
- •Travel: modes of transport and means of communication
- •Things we make and do: tools, crafts and local occupations
- •Concept and scope of Environmental Studies at the primary level
- •Significance of EVS and integration with science and social science
- •Approaches to presenting concepts and activity based learning
- •Experimentation, practical work and discussion as teaching methods
- •Learning principles, CCE and teaching aids in EVS
- •Problems faced in teaching EVS
Child Development & Pedagogy · Paper II (Upper Primary: Class VI to VIII)
- •Concept of development and its relationship with learning in adolescents
- •Principles of development, heredity and environment
- •Constructs of Piaget, Kohlberg and Vygotsky and their classroom implications
- •Socialisation agencies and the influence of peers in upper primary years
- •Individual differences, intelligence and multiple intelligences
- •Inclusive education and children with special needs
- •Learners from disadvantaged and deprived backgrounds
- •Learning difficulties, gifted and creative learners
- •Learning as a social activity and the child as a problem solver
- •Motivation, emotions and classroom management
- •Assessment for learning, school based assessment and framing questions
- •Thinking, cognition and the role of language
Language I · Paper II (Upper Primary: Class VI to VIII)
- •Unseen prose passage: literary, narrative or scientific text
- •Unseen poem: comprehension, theme and poetic devices
- •Grammar: tense, voice, narration, clauses and sentence structure
- •Vocabulary and idiomatic usage in context
- •Learning and acquisition and principles of language teaching
- •Role of listening and speaking in the classroom
- •Critical perspective on the role of grammar in language learning
- •Challenges of teaching language in a multilingual classroom
- •Language skills and evaluating language comprehension
- •Teaching learning materials and multimedia resources
- •Remedial teaching and handling learner errors
Language II · Paper II (Upper Primary: Class VI to VIII)
- •Unseen prose or discursive passage with comprehension questions
- •Grammar and verbal ability based on the given passage
- •Vocabulary: synonyms, antonyms, word formation and usage
- •Principles of second language teaching
- •Language acquisition and learning in the upper primary stage
- •Listening, speaking, reading and writing skills
- •Role of grammar and error analysis in a second language
- •Teaching aids, textbooks and classroom resources
- •Evaluation of language proficiency
- •Remedial teaching strategies
Subject Specific (Maths/Science or Social) · Paper II (Upper Primary: Class VI to VIII)
- •Mathematics: number system, algebra, ratio and proportion, commercial mathematics
- •Mathematics: geometry, mensuration, symmetry, data handling and graphs
- •Mathematics pedagogy: nature of mathematics, curriculum, evaluation and remedial teaching
- •Science: food, materials, the world of the living, moving things and natural phenomena
- •Science: natural resources, electric current and circuits, magnets and light
- •Science pedagogy: nature of science, approaches, text material, experiments and evaluation
- •History: from early societies to the national movement and India after independence
- •Geography: planet Earth, air, water, resources, agriculture and human environment
- •Social and Political Life: diversity, government, local self government, livelihoods and the Constitution
- •Social Science pedagogy: concept and nature, classroom processes, sources and project work
- •Problems of teaching the subject and developing critical thinking