CTET Exam Pattern 2021 -2022: Complete Information

CTET Exam Pattern 2021: It is very important to know the exam pattern before appearing in any entrance exam. All the aspirants who are pursuing their career in the teaching sector job and preparing for CTET 2021 entrance exam should know the exam pattern and syllabus of the exam. The Central Board of Secondary Education is the examination conducting authority, which has released the notification for CTET 2021 exam on its official website. The entrance test is scheduled to be held from 16th December 2021 to 13th January 2022. Interested candidates who have applied for the exam must prepare for the exam as per the prescribed syllabus and exam pattern. Candidates should check official notification also for detailed information.

The CTET exam is consists of two papers i.e. Paper-I and Paper-II. Where Paper-I is for those who want to become the teacher at Primary Stage (Class I to V) and Paper-II for becoming teaching at Elementary Stage (Class VI to VIII). The related and detailed information regarding CTET Exam Pattern 2021 is given below. Candidates are advised to check the details thoroughly.

UPDATE: The competent authority has released the official notification for CTET December 2021 exam. The exam will be conducted from 16th December 2021 to 13th January 2022. CTET 2021 application form is available online from 20th September 2021. Interested candidates can apply online till 19th October 2021. Check information regarding the CTET exam pattern below.

CTET Exam Pattern 2021 -22

Based on available facts, the following information regarding CTET 2021 Exam Pattern has been collected. The candidates are recommended to be well conversant with the exam pattern before appearing in the entrance exam. Check the information below:

Exam Pattern for Preliminary Stage (Paper-I Class I to V)

Paper-I of the CTET exam will be held for those candidates who want to become teachers at Primary Level i.e. Class I to Class V. All the questions will be objective type in nature. The content and structure of the Paper-I are as under:

S. No.	Subject Section	Number of questions	Max Marks
1.	Child Development and Pedagogy	30	30
2.	Language I (compulsory)	30	30
3.	Language II (compulsory)	30	30
4.	Mathematics	30	30
5.	Environmental Studies	30	30
Total		150	150

• The paper will be bilingual i.e English and Hindi.
• The Paper will contain 150 MCQ-type questions and each question will be of 1 mark.
• All questions are compulsory in the exam.
• The duration of the exam will be 2.30 hours.
• There will be no negative marking applicable in this exam.
• Questions will be based on the prescribed syllabus of NCERT.
• Candidates can choose any language as Language-I and others as Language-II from the options available in the language section which is required to clarify on the confirmation page.

Exam Pattern for Elementary Stage (Paper-II Class VI to VIII)

Paper-II of the CTET Exam is conducted for the candidates who are willing to join as a teacher in class VI to Class VIII. Paper-II is also an objective-type test. The content and structure of Paper-II are as under:

S.No.	Subject Section	Number of questions	Max Marks
1.	Child Development and Pedagogy (compulsory)	30	30
2.	Language I (compulsory)	30	30
3.	Language II (compulsory)	30	30
4.	Mathematics and Science (for Maths and Science Teacher) OR Social Studies/Social Science (for Social Studies/Social Science Teacher)	60	60
Total		150	150

• The questions paper will contain 150 objective-type questions and each question will carry one mark.
• All questions are compulsory in the paper.
• The paper will be bilingual i.e English and Hindi.
• The duration of Paper-II will be 2.30 hours.
• No negative marking is applicable in the exam.
• Questions will be based on the prescribed syllabus of NCERT for Class VI to Class VIII but the difficulty level will be as per the 12th standard.
• Candidates can choose any language as Language-I and others as Language-II from the options available in the language section which is required to clarify on the confirmation page.

Important Points

• The CTET shall apply to the Central Govt. schools such as NVS, KVS, Central Tibetan Schools, etc. and schools under the administrative control of Union Territory.
• State Government can also consider the CTET if they decide not to conduct the State TET.
• CTET qualifying certificate will be valid for several years from the date of issuance of the certificate.
• Candidates can attempt CTET any number of times for obtaining the CTET certificate.
• A CTET qualified person can appear again for improving his/her CTET score.
• The exam centre once allotted cannot be changed under any circumstances.

Official Website: https://ctet.nic.in/

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