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The Kerala Teacher Eligibility Test is conducted by the Office of the Commissioner for Government Examinations for the selection of teachers of the schools in Kerala. This entrance precisely checks whether candidates possess adequate skills to teach Lower Primary, Upper Primary, and High School classes in Kerala schools. The implementation and organization of the KTET exam are given to Pareeksha Bhavan in Kerala. KTET Exam is conducted based on rules and regulations constituted by the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT), Kerala. The examination is conducted by the recruitment commission every year to fill the vacancies. Here in this article are the details regarding the KTET Vacancy 2022 and KTET Vacancy List. Candidates who are preparing for the examination are requested to go through the article in detail.
Kerala Teachers Test Vacancy 2022
The recruitment Commission has published the notification for the recruitment of eligible candidates to the post of teachers from classes 1 to 8 through their official notification. The examination is conducted to fill various numbers of vacancies for various subjects. The complete details reading the post and the vacancy available are updated by the recruitment commission through the official website. The details regarding the number of vacant positions in the respective subjects will be later updated by the commission. Candidates who are preparing for the KTET examination 2022 are requested to stay tuned for the vacancy list and the details will be updated here as the commission publishes the official notification.
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KTET Post Wise Vacancy
KTET examination is conducted for the recruitment of eligible candidates to the post of teachers across various schools in the state. The examination is conducted for for the selection of teachers to various subjects and the examination is conmdcetd as various categories. The details regarding the post wise vacancy will be published by the commission through the official notification and the details will be published here as the notification is published.
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KTET Category Wise Vacancy
KTET examination is conducted for the selection of the eligible candidates to the post of teachers across various schools and the examination is conducted as various categories,. The complete details regarding the category wise vacancy will be published by the recruitment commission through the official notification. and the edatils regarding the same will be updated here as the commission publishes the notification.
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Highlights of KTET 2022 Exam
| Name of Examination | Kerala Teacher Eligibility Test 2021 |
| Level of the Examination | State-level |
| Mode of Exam | Offline |
| Duration | 150 minutes |
| Purpose of the Examination | For the selection of candidates for the post of teacher in Kerala |
| Helpdesk Number | 0471-2546832 |
| Official Website of KTET | ktet.kerala.gov.in |
According to the official statement of KTET 2022, there would be separate tests for each of the various categories of the selection of teachers. The website of KTET lists down the categories.
- Category I Lower Primary Classes
- Category II Upper Primary Classes
- Category III High School Classes
- Category IV
- For Language Teachers of Arabic, Hindi, Sanskrit, Urdu ( up to Upper Primary Classes)
- Specialist Teachers (Art and Craft)
- Physical Education teachers
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Eligibility criteria of KTET 2022
The minimum eligibility criteria required to sit for the KTET exam for all 4 categories are given below.
Eligibility for category I of KTET 2022 exam ( Lower Primary Classes)
Candidates need to possess the following mentioned educational qualifications to be eligible for KTET 2021 Category I test.
- At Least 45% marks in Higher Secondary/ Senior Secondary (or equivalent) and two years Trained Teachers Certificate (TTC) conducted by Government of Kerala, Board of Examination, or its equivalent.
OR
- At Least 45% marks in Higher Secondary/ Senior Secondary (or equivalent) and 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education as per NCTE (Recognition Norms and Procedure), Regulations 2002.
OR
- At Least 50% marks in Higher Secondary/ Senior Secondary (or equivalent) and four-year Bachelor of Elementary Education known as BEIEd.
OR
- At Least 50% marks in Higher Secondary/ Senior Secondary (or equivalent) and a two-year Diploma in Education (Special Education).
Note: Candidates belonging to SC/ST and differently-abled categories are liable for getting relaxation of 5% in qualifying marks. 3% of relaxation is liable for OBC and OEC candidates in qualifying marks.
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Eligibility for category II of KTET 2022 exam ( Upper Primary Classes)
- BA/BSc/Bcom and two-year Diploma in Elementary Education/Trained Teachers Certificate (TTC) conducted by the Kerala government, Board of Examination, or its equivalent.
OR
- At least 40% marks in BA/BSc/Bcom and one year Bachelor in Education (BEd) as per NCTE (Recognition, Norms, and Procedure) regulations issued at regular intervals of time.
OR
- At least 50% marks in Higher Secondary/Senior Secondary (or it’s equivalent) and four-year Bachelor in Elementary Education (BEIEd).
OR
- At least 50% marks in Higher Secondary/Senior Secondary (or it’s equivalent) and four years BA/BSc Ed or BA Ed or BSc. Ed.
Note: Candidates belonging to SC/ST and differently-abled categories will be getting a relaxation of 5% in qualifying marks. 3% of relaxation will be there for OBC and OEC candidates in qualifying marks.
Eligibility for category III of KTET 2022 exam (High School Classes)
Candidates need to possess any of the following mentioned educational qualifications to be eligible for the KTET 2021 Category III test.
- At Least 45% marks in BA/BSc/Bcom and a BEd degree in the subject concerned (from the recognized universities of Kerala or have received the qualifications as mentioned earlier from any other Universities recognized equivalent)
- Candidates applying for Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Botany, and Zoology subjects need to have an MSc Ed degree in the subjects mentioned earlier with not less than 50% marks from one of the Regional Institutes of Education under NCERT. If these criteria fulfill, candidates are eligible to apply.
- Candidates applying for Zoology and Botany subjects need to have an MSc Ed degree in the above-mentioned subjects with not less than 50% marks from one of the Regional Institutes of Education. They will only be eligible for applying.
- At least 45% marks in BA or its equivalent and pass in LTTC are eligible to apply.
Some other additional criteria for KTET 2021 Category III candidates.
- Any candidate who has received their Diploma/Degree in teaching in any subject and is approved from the Universities/NCTE/Board of Examination/Kerala Government is eligible to apply for the KTET III category. They need to produce the concerned certificates to be able to prove their teaching diploma as recognized by the Universities of the Government of Kerala.
- Candidates who have received their qualifications from the recognized correspondence courses or Open Universities can also produce the certificates from any one of the Universities of Kerala, or it’s an equivalence.
- The marks received in the main and subsidiary papers only shall be considered for calculating the minimum qualifications.
Note: Candidates belonging to SC/ST and differently-abled categories are eligible for 5% relaxation in qualifying marks. 3% of relaxation will be applicable for OBC and OEC candidates in qualifying marks.
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Eligibility for category IV of KTET 2022 exam
- Candidates willing to apply for category IV must have the required qualifications concerning the post of Language Teachers of Arabic, Hindi, Sanskrit, and Urdu (up to Upper Primary Classes)
- Specialist Teachers and Physical Education teachers must adhere to the qualifications as given in Chapter XXXI of the KERALA EDUCATION ACT AND RULES for applying to the KTET IV category.
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Vacancy Details, Salary, and Perks of KTET Exam
The salaries for the posts of teaching assistant in lower primary, upper primary, and high school are different. All the salary details are given below. It must be noted that all the positions are liable for house rent allowance, dearness allowance, and city compensation allowance. Apart from this, there are perks for the backward categories of people in terms of monetary funds that are announced by the authority with the official notifications. There are various vacancies available at the time of selection. The authority releases no official vacancy document.
| Post | Salary |
|---|---|
| Lower Primary Assistant Salary | Rs 25,200 to Rs 54,000 |
| Upper Primary Assistant Salary | Rs 25,200 to Rs 54,000 |
| High School Assistant Salary | Rs 29,200 to Rs 62,400 |
KTET Exam Syllabus 2022
For making the exam preparation more strategic and helpful in getting good scores in the examination, candidates need to follow the correct examination syllabus. The given below is the detailed KTET syllabus 2022 that the candidates have to follow so as to ensure good marks in the examination.
| Subjects | Topics |
|---|---|
| Child Development and Pedagogy |
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| Adolescent Psychology, Theories of learning and Teaching Aptitude |
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| Languages (Malayalam/Tamil/Kannada/English/Arabic/Hindi) | Comprehension Prose, Comprehension Poetry, Grammar, Literature (as applicable), Vocabulary, History of language (as applicable), Communicative functions, Elements of language, Pedagogical issues of language. |
| Environmental Science | Water, Agriculture, Soil, Earth, Family, Disease, Food, Energy Solar system, First Aid, Animal world, Plants, Vehicles, Shelters, Pedagogical issues related to EVS. |
| Mathematics | Arithmetic, Numbers, Fractions, Algebra, Trigonometry, Probability, Measurements, Triangle, Geometry, Data handling and Statistics, Pedagogical issues related to Mathematics, |
| Science |
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| Social Science |
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The category wise detailed syllabus for the KTET examination 2022 is given below.
KTET Category 1 Syllabus 2022 ( For Classes I to V )
Paper-1
- Child Development and Learning -15 Questions
- Concepts of inclusive education and understanding children with special needs – 5 Questions
- Learning and pedagogy – 10 Questions
Paper-II: Language I: Malayalam/ Tamil/ Kannada
1. Reading comprehension – Prose (5 Questions)
A. Comprehension of Theme
B. Interpretation
C. Inference
2. Reading comprehension –Poem (5 Questions)
A. Comprehension of Theme
B. Poetic images
3. Pedagogical aspects of Language – (10 Questions)
A. Principles of Language learning
B. Classroom Practices
C. Inclusion of differently-abled children
D. The methodology of curriculum transaction
4. History of Language, Literature, and Culture (10 Questions)
A. Idioms, Phrases, and usages
B. Functional grammar
C. Proverbs
D. Rhythms
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Paper-III: LANGUAGE II – ENGLISH/ARABIC
Comprehension passage
The unfamiliar passages are intended to check factual, inferential, analytical and evaluative comprehension.
Grammar
Language elements included in the Coursebooks of standard I to V. Such as :
- Article
- Concord
- Interrogatives
Yes / No Questions
‘wh’ – Questions - Question tags
- Prepositions
- Tense and Time
- Determiners
- Phrasal verbs
- Gerunds
- Reflexive Pronouns
- Linkers
- Auxiliaries
Verbal ability
- Vocabulary
- Inflection
- Affixes
– Prefix
– Suffix - Antonyms, Synonyms
- Idioms and Phrases
Questions will be based on the present Kerala Primary school curriculum (English)
- Language Acquisition and Learning
Learning vs acquisition – Major schools of thought. - Principles of Language Learning
Constructivism – Social Constructivism – Critical Pedagogy – Error Treatment – Cognitivism - Language and Thought
Different views of Whorf, Piaget, Vygotsky, and Chomsky – Relationship between language and thought. - Objectives of Teaching English
The relevance of English – Curricular Objectives. - Language skills and communication skills
Ways of improving language/communication skills – classroom activities – tools. - ICT based aids in language teaching
- Modern Strategies
Nurturing multiple intelligence
Instruction to cater to individual differences – Teaching learners with special needs. - Evaluation
continuous and comprehensive evaluation – assessment of skills and products
Paper IV: Environmental Science
- Family
- Water
- Agriculture
- Vehicles
- Soil
- Earth
- Shelters
- Diseases
- Food
- Animals
- Jobs
- Public Institute
- Plants
- First aid
- Solar System
- Air, Light
- Pedagogy – 10 Questions
Paper V: Mathematics
- Numbers, Geometry, Measurements- 20 Questions
- Nature of Mathematics
- Place of Mathematics in Curriculum
- Mathematics – Trends and Developments
- Approach to Mathematics Learning
- The teaching of Mathematics – Strategies and Methods
- Learning Materials in Mathematics
- Mathematics Learning – Evaluation
KTET Syllabus 2022 for Category 2 ( For Classes VI to VIII)
Paper-1: Child development and Pedagogy
- Child development ( Elementary Child)
- Inclusive Education
- Learning and Pedagogy
Paper-II: Language I: Malayalam/ Tamil/ Kannada
Reading comprehension – Prose (5 Questions)
A. Comprehension of Theme
B. Interpretation
C. Inference
Reading comprehension – Poem (5 Questions)
A. Comprehension of Theme
B. Poetic images
Pedagogical aspects of Language – (10 Questions)
A. Principles of Language learning
B. Classroom Practices
C. Inclusion of differently-abled children
D. The methodology of curriculum transaction
History of Language, Literature, and Culture (10 Questions)A. Idioms, Phrases, and usages
B. Functional grammar
C. Proverbs
D. Rhythms
Paper-III: LANGUAGE II – Malayalam/ English/ Arabic/ Urdu/ Sanskrit/ Hindi
Language Comprehension
• One or two unfamiliar passages or poems with questions on comprehension, inference, vocabulary
and elements of grammar.
• A few questions to evaluate knowledge of basic grammar, such as
– Article
– Concord
– Question tags
– Prepositions
– Tense and time
– Modal Auxiliaries
– Phrasal verbs and idioms
– Degrees of comparison
– Active and passive voice
– Reported speech
– Language functions
– Error identification
Pedagogy of Language Development 15 Questions
• Language Acquisition and Learning – Theories and their classroom implications.
• Principles of Language Teaching
• Problems and challenges in the language classrooms
• Language skills – strategies to develop them
• Teaching-learning materials – Textbook, ICT and other teaching aids.
• Assessment – Self, Peer, Teacher
• Strategies for teaching children with special needs (CWSN)
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Paper IV: Science and Mathematics
Science
- Germination of seed
- Cell
- Disease
- Pollution
- Cardio-Vascular System
- Cellular Equilibrium
- Excretion
- Plant Reproduction
- Animal nutrition
- Human Nervous System
- Body structure
- Agriculture
- Eco System
- Biodiversity
- Transparent and opaque objects
- Solar System
- Electricity, Magnetism
- Sound, Energy
- Motions, Simple Machines, etc
- Pedagogy
Mathematics
- Algebra
- Arithmetic
- Geometry
- Statistics
- Approach to Mathematics Learning
- Mathematics Learning Evaluation
- Learning Materials in Mathematics
Paper V: Social Science
- History
- Geography
- Economics
- Political Science
- Methods, approaches & techniques of instruction for Social Science Subjects, etc.
KTET Category 3 Syllabus 2022 for ( For Classes VIII to X)
Paper 1: Adolescent Psychology, Theories of Learning and Teaching Aptitude
- Adolescent Psychology
- Theories of Learning
- Teaching Aptitude
Paper-II: Language I: Malayalam/ Tamil/ Kannada 30 Questions
Reading comprehension – Prose (5 Questions)
A. Comprehension of Theme
B. Interpretation
C. Inference
Reading comprehension –Poem (5 Questions)
A. Comprehension of Theme
B. Poetic images
Pedagogical aspects of Language – (10 Questions)
A. Principles of Language learning
B. Classroom Practices
C. Inclusion of differently-abled chilren
D. The methodology of curriculum transaction
History of Language, Literature, and Culture (10 Questions)
A. Idioms, Phrases, and usages
B. Functional grammar
C. Proverbs
D. Rhythms
Paper-III: Subject Specifics Malayalam/ English/ Tamil/ Kannada/ Hindi/ Arabic/ Urdu/ Sanskrit
Pedagogical understanding (30 marks)
• Language Learning/Language acquisition –
• Principles of language teaching
• Activities for developing language skills
• Process approach, Activity-based learning – learner autonomy
• Teaching Prose, Poetry, Drama and other Discourses
• Methods of teaching English
• Addressing learning difficulties
• Dealing with language disorders
Content, Concepts, and Ideas (50 marks)
• Objectives of teaching English
• Principles and methods of English Language Teaching
• Communicative approach – SOS approach
• Bilingual Method
• Humanistic Approaches
• Learner assessment, CCE
• Early Literature – Chaucer and his contemporaries – Later Middle English Literature
• The Renaissance – Elizabethan Prose – Drama previous to Shakespeare – Shakespeare and the later
Dramatists
• Poetry from Spencer to the Restoration – The Restoration Poetry – Drama & Prose
• Writers of the 18th century
• Early 19th century Poets
• Victorian Poetry – Novel – Drama
• Twentieth Century literature
• Major themes in modern and post-modern literature – Feminist literature –
• Basic concepts in Film studies – Media studies – Translation studies
• Phonetics, History, and structure of the English Language – Phonology – Morphology – Phrase structure
Grammar
• Modern Grammar and usage – Tense and aspects, Word classes, Concord, Sentence transformation,
Reporting, Passivisation
• Vocabulary – Idioms and Phrases, etc
Physical Science
Physics
- Wave Motion
- Light, Heat
- Force and Motion
- Motion
- Gravitation
- Work, and energy
- Effects of current and Electromagnetic Induction
- Electricity, etc
Chemistry
- Physical changes and chemical changes
- Atoms and Molecules
- Metals, and Non-Metals
- Separation of Mixtures
- Solutions
- Colloids
- Nature of matter
- Periodic table and chemical bonding
- Organic Compounds
- Chemical reactions and Mole concept
- Gas Laws, etc
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Natural Science
- Living world
- Plant Kingdom
- Animal Kingdom
- Biological Classification
- Morphology of Angiosperms
- Cell and Cell Division
- Human Physiology
- Human Health and diseases
- Reproduction in Plants
- Transport in Plants, etc
Mathematics
- Arithmetic
- Geometry
- Algebra
- Trigonometry
- Statistics and probability, etc
Social Science
- History
- Geography
- Political Science
- Economics
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KTET Exam Centers 2022
KTET Examination is one of the most important recruitment examinations on the site. The examination is conducted by the commission at various examination locations across the country. Here are the details regarding the KTET exam centers for the year 2022.
| Serial Number | Name of the Centre |
|---|---|
| 1 | Thiruvananthapuram |
| 2 | Kochi |
| 3 | Kollam |
| 4 | Kannur |
| 5 | Thrissur |
| 6 | Kottayam |
| 7 | Palakkad |
| 8 | Kanhangad |
| 9 | Thalassery |
| 10 | Kayamkulam |
| 11 | Koyilandy |
| 12 | Kottakkal |
| 13 | Pattambi |
| 14 | Kalpetta |
| 15 | Chenganur |
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