Kerala TET (KTET)
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Kerala Teachers Eligibility Test (KTET) is conducted by the Government of Kerala. The persons recruited as teachers should possess the essential aptitude and ability to meet the challenges of teaching at all levels of schooling. It is the examination to assess the eligibility of teacher candidates for Lower Primary, Upper Primary and High School Classes in Kerala. Separate test are conducted to select teachers for Category I (Lower Primary classes), Category II (Upper Primary classes) and Category III (High School classes).

 

The test is divided into  four categories-Category I, Category II , Category III & Category IV.



The test is for:

 

  • those who intend to be a teacher for Lower Primary classes and fulfills the minimum educational qualification (Category I)
  • those who intend to be a teacher for Upper Primary classes and fulfills the minimum qualification (Category II)
  • those who intend to be a teacher for High School classes and fulfils the minimum qualification (Category III)
  • those who intend to be a language teacher up to Upper Primary classes and fulfill the minimum qualification. For Specialist teachers and Physical Education teachers, K-TET is applicable up to High School level (Category IV).

 

Eligibility for KTET 2022 :

 

A. CATEGORY-I (for Lower Primary classes)
 
Minimum Qualifications to apply 
 
Higher Secondary/ Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 45% marks and two year Trained Teachers’ Certificate (TTC) [by whatever name known] conducted by Board ofExamination, 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 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).
 
Relaxation of qualifying marks to apply for K-TET – I 
 
Relaxation of 5% in qualifying marks is admissible for candidates belonging to SC/ST and Differently abled categories. (as per the norms or as desired by the Govt. of Kerala) and relaxation of 3% in qualifying marks is admissible for OBC & OEC candidates. Candidate also are awaiting the result of the final semester of exam like DEd, Bed etc also can apply for the K-TET.
 
B. CATEGORY II: (for Upper Primary classes)
 
Minimum Qualifications to apply
 
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 45% marks and 1 year Bachelor in Education (B.Ed.), in accordance with 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.
 
Relaxation of qualifying marks to apply for K-TET - II
 
Relaxation up to 5% in the qualifying marks shall be allowed to the candidates belonging to SC/ST and Differently abled categories. A relaxation of 3% in the minimum qualifying marks is admissible for OBC & OEC candidates.
 
C. CATEGORY III (for High School classes)
 
Those who possess minimum educational qualifications as delineated here under are eligible to appear for 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 qualification to apply
 
(i) BA/BSc/B.Com with at least 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 subjects, those with MSc.Ed. Degree in Life Science with not less than 50% marks from any of the Regional Institutes of Education are eligible to apply.
 
NOTE:-
 
Candidates, who have acquired Diploma/Degree in teaching in any subject and are 
 
approved by Universities/NCTE/Board of Examinations/Govt. of Kerala, are eligible to apply for K-TET III. They will have to produce the equivalency certificate as recognized by any of the Universities in Kerala/ Government of Kerala.
 
Candidates who have acquired their qualifications through recognized correspondence courses/ Open universities should obtain and furnish certificates of recognition and equivalency from any one of the Universities in Kerala.
 
For considering the minimum qualifications, the marks for main and subsidiary papers only will be considered. 
 
Relaxation of qualifying marks to apply for K-TET - III
 
Candidates belonging to SC/ST and differently abled categories shall be granted a relaxation of 5% marks in the minimum qualifying marks. Relaxation of 3% in the qualifying marks is admissible to OBC & OEC candidates to appear for the K-TET III.
 
D. CATEGORY- IV
 
For Language teachers in Arabic, Hindi, Sanskrit, Urdu (up to Upper Primary level), Specialist teachers and Physical Education teachers (up to High School level)
 
For teachers of Art Education and Craft Education, the existing, eligibility norms prescribed by the State Government shall be applicable till the time when NCTE lays down the minimum qualification.
 
This test will be for the category of candidates who intends to be a language teacher up to Upper Primary classes and fulfills the minimum qualifications (For specialist teachers & Physical Education teachers, the Eligibility Test is applicable up to High School level).
 
Minimum Qualifications to apply
 
Those who have acquired qualifications for the posts of Language Teachers of Arabic, Hindi, Sanskrit & Urdu (up to Upper Primary level), Specialist teachers & Physical Education teachers as mentioned in Chapter XXXI of KERALA EDUCATION ACT AND RULES are eligible to apply for K-TET IV.
 
Note- Candidates, who have acquired Certificate/ Diploma/ Degree in teaching in any 
subject, and are approved by Universities/NCTE/ Board of Examinations/ Government of Kerala, are eligible to apply for K-TET-IV.
 
Relaxation of qualifying marks to apply for K-TET - IV
 
Candidates belonging to SC/ST and differently abled categories will be granted a relaxation of 5% marks in the qualifying marks prescribed for the eligibility to appear for the K-TETIV. The minimum requirement of a pass in second class for the qualifying examination shall not be applicable in such cases. 
 
Candidates belonging to OBC & OEC categories will be granted a relaxation of 3% marks in the qualifying marks prescribed for the eligibility to appear for K-TET-IV.

Kerala TET 2022 Application Form / Registration:-

 

Apply online at website - https://ktet.kerala.gov.in or www.keralapareekshabhavan.in
 
 
Submission of online Application from from 25/10/2022 to 11/11/2022.


Kerala TET 2022 Date:-   03/12/2022 and 04/12/2022

K-TET I - 03/12/2022 Saturday - 10.00 am - 12.30 pm
    
K-TET II - 03/12/2022 - Saturday - 02.00 pm - 04.30 pm     

K-TET III - 04/12/2022 - Sunday - 10.00 am - 12.30 pm

K-TET IV - 04/12/2022 - Sunday - 02.00 pm - 04.30 pm.   

 

 

 

Kerala TET 2022 Syllabus:-
 

Category I

Category II

Category III

Category IV

Kerala TET 2022 Pattern:-

Paper Pattern for CATEGORY-I:-

There will be only one paper in this category. All questions will be Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) with four distractors. Each question carries one mark. There will be four alternatives out of which one will be the correct answer.  The total number of MCQsshall be 150.

 

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 Pattern for CATEGORY-II:-

There shall be only one paper in this category.  All questions shall be Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) each carrying one mark. There will be four alternatives out of which one will be the correct answer.  The total number of MCQs shall be 150.

 

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 teachers (a) or (b)		 60 60
2 Language I-Malayalam/Tamil/ Kannada/English 30 30
3 Language II- (Other than LanguageI) Malayalam/English 30 30
  Total 150 150



Paper Pattern for CATEGORY-II:-

There shall be one paper in this category. All questions will be of Multiple Choice type (MCQs) each carrying one mark . There will be four alternatives out of which one will be the correct answer.

 

Part No Content 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

 

Paper Pattern for CATEGORY-IV:-

There will be only one paper in this category. All questions will be Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) each carrying one mark. There will be four alternative s out of which one will be the correct answer

 

Part No Content MCQs Marks
1 Child Development, Pedagogy & Teacher Aptitude 30 30
2 Language Malayalam/English/Tamil/Kannada 40 40
3 Subjects specific paper (Content & Pedagogy) 80 80
  Total 150 150

 

 

QUALIFYING MARKS:-

A  person  who  scores 60%  or  more  in  the  K-TET examination  will  be considered ‘KTET passed’  or  ‘K-TET  qualified’.  This  will  be  the qualifying marks for all categories.

Negative Marks: There shall be no negative marks for the test.


 
Kerala TET Model Question 
 
 
 
 
 

Kerala TET (KTET) Preparation -

Kerala TET 2022 Notification:-

 
KTET Oct 2022 Notification - 
 
Submission of Online Application from from 25/10/2022 to 11/11/2022

Downloading Admit Card through website: 21/11/2022

Kerala TET 2022 Dates - 03/12/2022 and 04/12/2022

K-TET I - 03/12/2022 Saturday - 10.00 am - 12.30 pm
    
K-TET II - 03/12/2022 - Saturday - 02.00 pm - 04.30 pm     

K-TET III - 04/12/2022 - Sunday - 10.00 am - 12.30 pm

K-TET IV - 04/12/2022 - Sunday - 02.00 pm - 04.30 pm   
 
 
 
 
 
 

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