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KTET Syllabus 2021 - Kerala Pariksha Bhavan will release the KTET 2021 syllabus for all aspiring candidates on its official website. The syllabus of KTET will be released in the form of PDF for category I, II, III, and IV. The KTET syllabus 2021 will contain all the topics and chapters from where the questions will be asked in the exam. It is important for the candidates to go through the syllabus while preparing for the KTET exam. By going through the KTET 2021 syllabus, candidates will be able to know the difficulty of the chapters. KSET syllabus 2021 will provide all the topics at one place and applicants need not look here and there for what to study. Know more about the KTET syllabus, in the article below.
The KTET 2021 exam is expected to be conducted in January in offline mode. The test is conducted for four categories or papers - Category/Paper I II, III, and IV for classes 1 to 5, 6 to 8, 8 to 10 and for Language papers respectively. The test will be held to determine the eligibility of the candidates to be recruited as Teachers in classes 1 to 10 and Language Teachers in the schools of Kerala.
The authorities conduct the KTET exam for the following four categories or papers:
Category I or Paper I - For classes 1 to 5
Category II or Paper II - For classes 6 to 8
Category III or Paper III - For classes 8 to 10
Category IV or Paper IV - For Language Teachers ( in Arabic, Urdu, Sanskrit, Hindi), Specialist Teacher and Physical Education Teacher
The test for category I is conducted for those who wish to become teachers in classes 1 to 5. The KTET paper I or category I test consists of questions from the following sections:
Child Development And Pedagogy
Language I - Malayalam/Kannada/Tamil
Language II- English/arabic
Environmental Science
Mathematics
The authorities conduct category II tests for those willing to become teachers in classes 6 to 8. KTET paper II contains questions from the following sections:
Child Development And Pedagogy
Language I - Malayalam/English/Tamil/Kannada
Language II - Malayalam/English/Hindi/ Arabic/Urdu/Sanskrit
A) Science & Mathematics, B) Social Science
For those willing to teach classes 8 to 10, must go through the syllabus of KTET 2020 for category III. The sections from where the questions will be asked in the KTET paper III have been mentioned below:
Adolescent Psychology, Theories of Learning & Teaching Aptitude
Language I - Malayalam/English/Tamil/Kannada
Subject Specific Areas (Malayalam, English, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi, Arabuc, Urdu, Sanskrit, Physical Science, Natural Science, Mathematics, Social Science
Economics
Political Science
Pedagogy
For determining the eligibility of the candidates as a Language Teacher, the authorities conduct a paper IV of KTET. The test for paper IV of JTET is conducted for the following languages:
Urdu
Hindi
Sanskrit
Arabic
Physical Education
Drawing
Sewing
Music
To get the detailed syllabus of KTET, candidates must go through the table below containing the direct link to download the required KTET syllabus PDF:
KTET Syllabus PDFs
KTET Categories/Papers | Download Link |
KTET category/paper I | |
KTET category/paper II | |
KTET category/paper III | |
KTET category/paper IV (Language Teachers) |
Along with the syllabus of KTET, candidates must also go through the exam pattern before starting off their exam preparation. The KTET exam pattern contains the sections from where the questions will be asked in the exam, total questions, marking schemes, duration etc. The tables below contain the exam pattern of KET for all the four categories/papers for which the test is held.
KTET Paper I Exam Pattern - Category I
Subject | Questions | Marks |
Child Development & Pedagogy | 30 | 30 |
Mathematics | 30 | 30 |
Environmental Studies | 30 | 30 |
Language I (Malayalam/Tamil/Kannada) | 30 | 30 |
Language II (English/Arabic) | 30 | 30 |
Total | 150 | 150 |
KTET Paper II Exam Pattern - Category II
Subject | Questions | Marks |
Child Development and Pedagogy | 30 | 30 |
(For Maths/Science teachers) Or
(For Social Science teacher) | 60 | 60 |
Language I (Malayalam/Tamil/ Kannada/English) | 30 | 30 |
Language II (Malayalam/English/Hindi/ Arabic/Urdu/Sanskrit) | 30 | 30 |
Total | 150 | 150 |
KTET Paper III Exam Pattern - Category III
Subject | Questions | Marks |
Adolescent Psychology, Teaching Aptitude, Theories of learning | 40 | 40 |
Language (English/Kannada/ Malayalam/Tamil) | 30 | 30 |
Subject-specific areas (Content and Pedagogy) | 80 | 80 |
Total | 150 | 150 |
KTET Paper IV Exam Pattern - Category IV
Subject | Questions | Marks |
Child Development, Pedagogy and Teacher Aptitude | 30 | 40 |
Language (English/Kannada/ Malayalam/Tamil) | 40 | 30 |
Subject-specific paper (Content and Pedagogy) | 80 | 80 |
Total | 150 | 150 |
The most important thing one needs is some good books with the help of which the exam preparation can be done. By going through the best books for KTET, candidates will be able to prepare for their exam really well and crack the exam easily. Here is the list of some of the good books which can help the candidates to prepare well for the exam.
KTET Books
Name of the KTET Books | Author | Publisher |
Sura’s K-TET Kerala Teacher Eligibility Test Recruitment of Teachers category 1- Lower Primary Classes | M.Ravindhiran and V.V.K. Subburaj | Sura College of Competition |
K-TET C-TET For all categories | Dr.V.Balakrishnan MA. PhD | Manorama Books (2019) |
K-TET Kerala Teacher Eligibility Test Success Master Category-II (Upper Primary Classes) Paper-II Mathematics & Science Teacher Selection for Class VI-VIII | Experts Compilation | Arihant Publications |
K-TET Educational Psychology | Dr.V.Balakrishnan MA | Manorama Books |
Here are some tips and tricks through which you can strategize your preparation and crack the KTET exam.
Go through the KTET syllabus and exam pattern
Figure out the easy and tough subjects
Give sufficient time to studies
Start off with the easy topics
Do not waste time in preparing only one subject or topic.
Solve previous year examination papers to get the first hand experience of the type of questions asked in the exam.
Take mock tests
Check and download the syllabus of other TET exams
Yes, you can appear for both category I and II exams in case you wish to teach in classes 1 to 8.
Paper II or category II of KTET 2021 will be held for a total of 150 marks.
Yes, you can choose Malayalam, English, Hindi, Arabic, Urdu, or Sanskrit for Language II section for Category II of KTET.
You will be given 2 hours and 30 minutes to complete the test.
Application Date:18 October,2024 - 22 November,2024
Others:29 October,2024 - 28 November,2024
Others:09 November,2024 - 21 November,2024
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