KTET Syllabus 2025 & Exam Pattern (Category 1, 2, 3 & 4)

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KTET Syllabus 2025  | Kerala TET Category 1, 2, 3 & 4 Exam Pattern: Candidates!!! Are you searching for the Kerala TET 2025 Syllabus? If yes then check this entire article. On this page, we have provided category-wise Kerala TET Exam Pattern 2025 and KTET Selection Process 2025 along with Kerala TET Syllabus 2025. By knowing the KTET Category Wise Exam Syllabus 2025 candidates can easily gain good marks in the written exam.

KTET Syllabus 2025

KTET Exam is an objective exam consisting of MCQ-type questions. There will be 150 questions for 150 marks. 2 hours and 30 minutes of time will be provided for the Kerala TET Exam and there is no negative marking for the KTET exam. Candidates also refer to the official website of the Kerala Government Education Board (KGEB) which is ktet.kerala.gov.in for more information regarding the Kerala Teacher Eligibility Test (KTET).

KTET Syllabus 2025 – Overview

KTET Selection Process 2025

First, the applied aspirants, need to attend the Written Exam, and then shortlisted aspirants will be proceeded to the final process of selection which is a Personal Interview. Candidates who want to qualify for the KTET written exam, all those aspirants must download the given KTET Syllabus PDF. And start their preparation from now onwards by checking the KTET Category 1 Syllabus/ KTET Syllabus Category 2/ KTET Syllabus Category 3/ KTET Syllabus Category 4

• Written Examination
• Personal Interview

Kerala TET Exam Pattern 2025 – Category 1, 2, 3 & 4

In this section, we provided the category-wise Kerala Test Test Pattern 2025. So aspirants check this entire section.

• The Exam is of Objective type i.e. it consists of Multiple Choice Questions.
• The paper consists of 150 Questions.
• The exam is conducted for a total of 150 Marks.
• The total time duration Of the test is 150 Minutes that is  (2 ½ hrs)
• For further details, candidates can check the official website of the Kerala Government Education Board (KGEB) which is ktet.kerala.gov.in.

Category 1 – Lower Primary Teacher (Class 1-5) Exam Pattern

• Category 1 contains the subjects of Child Development and Pedagogy (relevant to age group 6 – 11), Mathematics, Environmental Studies, Language I – Malayalam/ Tamil/ Kannada, and Language II – English/ Arabic.

Category 2 – Upper Primary Teacher (Class 6-8) Test Pattern

• The Upper Primary Teacher that is Category 2 consists of Child Development and Pedagogy (for the age group 11-14), Language I-Malayalam/ Tamil/ Kannada/ English,
  Language II – Malayalam/ English/ Hindi/ Arabic/ Urdu/ Sanskrit,  Science and Mathematics/ social science. Total Marks are 150 Marks.

Category 3 High School Teacher (8 to 10) Exam Pattern

• Category 3 consists of Adolescent Psychology, Theories of Learning and Teaching Aptitude, Language: Malayalam/ English/ Tamil/ Kannada, Subject-specific areas (Content & Pedagogy) subjects.

Category 4 (Languages (Up to Upper Primary Level), Specialist Teachers & Physical Education Teachers) Test Pattern

• Category 4 consists of Adolescent Psychology, Theories of Learning and Teaching Aptitude, Language: Malayalam/ English/ Tamil/ Kannada, Subject-specific areas (Content & Pedagogy) subjects.

Note: There is no negative marking for the KTET Exam.

Kerala TET 2025 Syllabus

KTET Category 1 Syllabus (For Classes I to V)

• Child Development and Pedagogy
  • Child Development and Learning
  • Concepts of inclusive education and understanding children with special needs
  • Learning and pedagogy
• LANGUAGE I – MALAYALAM/ KANNADA/ TAMIL
  • Reading Comprehension Prose and Poem
  • Pedagogical Aspects of Mothertongue
  • Language, Literature and Culture.
• LANGUAGE II – ENGLISH/ ARABIC
  • Language Comprehension
  • Pedagogy of language development
• Environmental Studies
  • Water, Agriculture, Diseases, Food, Job, Public Institutes, Energy, Animal Worlds, Plants, First Aid, Solar System, Air, Light, Pedagogy, Science, Aims of Learning Science, Scientific Process, Characteristics of Scientific Teaching, Evaluation Strategy, Learning Aids, Pedagogic analysis, Action Research, Evaluation System.
• Mathematics
  • Content – Numbers, Geometry
  • Pedagogy – Number, Geometry, Measurements, Pedagogy nature of Mathematics, Place of Mathematics in Curriculum, Trends and Developments, Approach to Mathematics Learning, Teaching of Mathematics, Learning Materials in Mathematics, Learning Mathematics: Evaluation.

KTET Syllabus Category 2 (For classes VI to VIII)

• Child Development and Pedagogy
  • The concept of Development and its relation to learning
  • Socialization Process
  • The Concept of Child Centred and Progressive Education
  • Critical Perspective of the Construct of Intelligence
  • The individual differences among Learners
  • Nature of Prior Learning
  • Inclusive Education
  • Learning and Pedagogy
  • Cognitive Process and Emotions
  • Motivation and Learning
  • Personality and Adjustment
• LANGUAGE I – MALAYALAM/ ENGLISH/ TAMIL/ KANNADA
  • Malayalam/ English
    • Language Comprehension
    • Pedagogy of Language Development.
  • Tamil/ Kannada
    • Reading Comprehension – Prose, Reading Comprehension – Poem, Pedagogical aspects of Mothertongue education – Class – VI – VIII, Language Literature and culture.
• LANGUAGE II – MALAYALAM/ ENGLISH/ HINDI/ ARABIC/ URDU/ SANSKRIT
  • Pedagogy of Language Development, Language Comprehension, Grammar, Verbal Ability.
• Science & Mathematics
  • Science
    • Germination of Seed, Cell, Disease, Pollution, Cardiovascular system, Cellular Equilibrium, Plant Reproduction, Animal Nutrition, Human Nervous System, Agriculture and Ecosystem, Biodiversity, Magnetism, Transparent and OPaque Objects, Energy, Basic conception of Force, Metals, Cosmetics, Chemical Reactions, Pedagogy.
  • Mathematics
    • Average, Percentage, Algebra, Geometry, Quadrilateral, Pedagogy, Mathematics-Trends and Developments, Teaching of Mathematics, Learning Materials in Mathematics, Learning Mathematics : Evaluation
  • Social Science
    • History, Geography, Political Science, Economics, Social Science – Pedagogy.

KTET Syllabus Category 3 (For classes VIII to X)

• Adolescent Psychology, Theories of Learning and Teaching Aptitude
  • Adolescent Psychology, Theories of Learning, Teaching Aptitude.
• Language: Malayalam/ English/ Tamil/ Kannada
  • Comprehension, Vocabulary, Grammar, Communicative Functions.
• Subject Specific Areas: Malayalam/ English/ Arabic /Urdu
  • Pedagogical Understanding, Content, Concepts and Ideas, Vocabulary, Grammar.
• Kannada/ Hindi/ Tamil – Pedagogical Understanding, Concepts and Ideas.
• Physical Science – Wave Motion, Light, Force and Pressure, Gravitation, Electricity and Magnetism, Electronics, Motion etc.
• Mathematics – Arithmetic, Algebra, Trigonometry, Geometry, Pedagogy, etc.
• Chemistry – Atoms and Molecules, Metals, Solutions, Colloids, Nature of Matter, Physical and Chemical Changes, Non-Metals, Chemical Bonding, Pedagogy.
• SOCIAL SCIENCE (HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, ECONOMICS, POLITICAL SCIENCE, PEDAGOGY)

KTET Syllabus Category 4 [For Language Teachers in Arabic, Urdu, Sanskrit, Hindi (Up to Upper Primary Level), Specialist Teachers & Physical Education Teachers]

• Arabic
• Hindi
• Sanskrit
• Urdu
• Physical Education
• Drawing
• Sewing
• Music
• Child Pedagogy

Note: Candidates have to note that the above provided Kerala TET Syllabus is only side heading for the complete KTET Syllabus for Category 1, 2, 3, 4 kindly click on the below links.

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