K-TET
(Kerala Teacher Eligibility Test) is the examination to assess the
eligibility of teacher candidates for Lower Primary, Upper Primary and
High School Classes in Kerala
Separate test will be conducted to select teachers for Category I (Lower Primary Classes); Category II (Upper Primary Classes); and Category III (High School Classes)
PAPER I (K-TET I): for Lower Primary classes No. of MCQs: 150 Duration of the examination: 1½ hours Structure and Content (All Compulsory)
Part No
| Content
| MCQs
| Marks
| 1
| Child Development and Pedagogy (relevant to age group 6 – 11)
| 30
| 30
|
| Mathematics
| 30
| 30
|
| Environmental Studies
| 30
| 30
| 2
| Language I – Malayalam/Tamil/Kannada
| 30
| 30
| 3
| Language II – English/Arabic*
| 30
| 30
|
| Total
| 150
| 150
|
Paper II (K-TET II): For Upper Primary classes No. of MCQs: 150 Duration of examination: 1½ hours Structure and Content (All Compulsory)
Part No
| Content
| MCQs
| Marks
| 1
| Child Development and Pedagogy (relevant to age group 11 – 14)
| 30
| 30
|
| (a) For Mathematics and Science Teachers : Mathematics and Science or (b) For Social Science Teachers : Social Science or (c) For any other teacher [(a) or (b)]
| 60
| 60
| 2
| Language I – Malayalam/Tamil/Kannada/English
| 30
| 30
| 3
| Language II – (Other than language I) Malayalam/English/Arabic/Hindi/Urdu/ Sanskrit
| 30
| 30
|
| Total
| 150
| 150
|
No. of MCQs - 150 Total marks – 150 Duration of Examination: 1½ hours. CATEGORY - 3: PAPER – III (for High School classes)
Part No
| Subject
| MCQs
| Marks
| 1
| Adolescent Psychology, Theories of Learning and Teaching Aptitude
| 40
| 40
| 2
| Language Malayalam/ English/ Tamil/ Kannada
| 30
| 30
| 3
| Subject specific areas (Content & Pedagogy)
| 80
| 80
|
| Total
| 150
| 150
|
CATEGORY I: (for Lower Primary classes) Minimum Qualification: (i) Higher Secondary/ Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and two year Trained Teachers’ Certificate (TTC) [by whatever name known] conducted by Board of Examination; Govt. of Kerala or its equivalent.
OR
Higher Secondary/ Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 45% marks and 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever name known), in accordance with the NCTE (Recognition Norms and Procedure), Regulations 2002
OR
Higher Secondary/Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and 4 year Bachelor of Elementary Education (B.El.Ed.)
OR
Higher Secondary/Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and 2 year Diploma in Education (Special Education)
CATEGORY II: (for Upper Primary classes) Minimum Qualification (i) B.A. / B.Sc. / B.Com. and 2 - year Diploma in Elementary Education/Trained Teachers’ Certificate (TTC) [by whatever name known] conducted by Board of Examination, Govt. of Kerala or its equivalent.
OR
B.A./ B.Sc./B.Com. with at least 50% marks and 1 year Bachelor in Education (B.Ed.)
OR
B.A./ B.Sc./ B.Com. with at least 45% marks and 1 year Bachelor in Education (B.Ed.), in accordance with the NCTE (Recognition Norms and Procedure) regulations issued from time to time in this regard
OR
Higher Secondary/Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and 4 year Bachelor in Elementary Education (B.El.Ed.)
OR
Higher Secondary/ Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and 4 year B.A/B.Sc.Ed or B.A. Ed or B.Sc.Ed
OR
B.A. / B.Sc. / B.Com. with at least 50% marks and 1 year B.Ed. (Special Education)
CATEGORY III (For High School classes) Those who possess minimum educational qualifications as delineated here under are eligible to take the test (K-TET III.) The test is for HSAs in: (i) Malayalam (ii) English (iii) Hindi (iv) Sanskrit (v) Tamil (vi) Kannada (vii) Arabic, (viii) Urdu (ix) Social Science (x) Physical Science (xi) Natural Science and (xii) Mathematics
Minimum Qualifications for K-TET III (i) Those who have acquired a Masters Degree in the subject concerned (with not less than 45% marks) and a B.Ed. Degree in the subject concerned (from any one of the Universities in Kerala or have acquired these qualifications from any other Universities recognized as equivalent thereto.)
(ii) For Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Botany and Zoology, those who have MSc.Ed. Degree in the subject concerned with not less than 50% marks from one of the Regional Institutes of Education sponsored by NCERT will be eligible to apply. For Botany and Zoology, those who have MSc.Ed.
Degree in Life Science (with not less than 50% marks) from one of the Regional Institutes of Education are also eligible.
Pareeksha Bhavan, Kerala reserves the right to identify examination centre anywhere in the State of Kerala. The examination centres will be announced after inviting applications from the candidates. Provision will be there in the application form to opt a district/educational district.
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