KTET Eligibility and Scheme of Exam

The tests will be for three categories - Category I, Category II & Category III. All individuals, who possess minimum educational qualifications as delineated for each category, are eligible to appear the tests.

The test is for:

i) those who intends to be a teacher for Lower Primary classes and fulfills the minimum educational qualification (Category I)

ii) those who intends to be a teacher for Upper Primary classes and fulfills the minimum qualification (Category II)

iii) those who intends to be a teacher for High School classes and fulfils the minimum qualification (Category III)

However, a person who intends to be qualified in more than one category (Lower Primary classes, Upper Primary classes & High school classes) and fulfills the minimum qualifications for the respective categories, can specify this in the same application form (online) and appear for the papers meant for these categories.

A. 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)

Note :

(i) Relaxation of 5% in minimum qualifying marks is admissible for reserve categories such as SC/ST and Differently abled candidates. (as per the norms or as desired by the Govt. of Kerala)

(ii) A diploma/degree course in teacher education recognized by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) only shall be considered. However, in case of Diploma in Education (Special Education) and B.Ed. (Special Education), a course recognized by the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) only shall be considered.

Scheme/Structure and Content of the Test:

There will be only one paper in this category (Category I: Paper I). All questions will be Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) with four distracters.

Each question carries one mark with four alternatives out of which one answer will be correct. The total number of MCQs shall be 150. The duration of the examination shall be one and a half hours.

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

* for those who intends to be an Arabic teacher

Nature and Standard of Questions:

• The test items on Child Development and Pedagogy shall focus on educational psychology of teaching and learning relevant to the age group of 6-11. The syllabus shall focus on understanding the characteristics and needs of diverse learners, interaction with learners and the attributes and qualities of a good facilitator of learning.
• The test items for Language – I (Malayalam/Kannada/Tamil) shall focus on the proficiencies related to the medium of instruction.
• The Language II shall be from the prescribed options other than Language I. A candidate may choose any one language from the available language options and will be required to specify the same in the application form. The test items in Language II shall also focus on the elements of language, communication and comprehension abilities.
• The test items in Mathematics and Environmental Studies shall focus on the concepts, problem solving abilities and pedagogical understanding of the subjects. In all these subject areas, the test items shall be evenly distributed over different divisions of the syllabus of that subject prescribed for classes I – V by the SCERT, Kerala.
• The questions in the tests for Paper I will be based on the topics of the syllabus prescribed for classes I – V, but their difficulty standard, as well as linkages, could be up to the secondary stage.

B. 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)

NOTE:

(i) Relaxation up to 5% in the qualifying marks shall be allowed to the candidates belonging to reserved categories such as SC/ST and Differently abled candidates.

(ii) A diploma/degree course in teacher education recognized by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) or the Govt. of Kerala only shall be considered. However, in case of Diploma in Education (Special Education) and B.Ed. (Special Education), a course recognized by the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) only shall be considered.

Scheme/Structure and Content of the Test:

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

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

Nature and Standard of Questions:

• The test items on Child Development and Pedagogy shall focus on educational psychology of teaching and learning, relevant to the age group of 11-14. They will focus on understanding the characteristics, needs and psychology of diverse learners, interaction with learners and the attributes and qualities of a good facilitator of learning.
• The test items for Language I (Malayalam/ Kannada/Tamil/English) shall focus on the proficiency related to the medium of
• instruction as chosen from the list of prescribed options in the application form.
• The Language II shall be a language other than Language I. A candidate may choose any one language from among the available options and as in the specified list in the application form and attempt questions in the one indicated by the candidate in the application form. The test items in Language II shall also focus on the elements of language, communication and comprehension abilities.
• The test items in Mathematics and Science, and Social Science shall focus on the concepts, problem solving abilities and pedagogical understanding of these subjects. The test items of Mathematics and Science shall be of 30 marks each.

C. 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.

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/ Govt. 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.

Candidates admitted for B.Ed. courses will be permitted to appear for the Kerala Teacher Eligibility Test III provided they hold a Post Graduate Degree. K-TET III certificates of such candidates will be issued only if they qualify the B.Ed. examinations. Those candidates shall produce the pass certificates and PG certificates and the mark lists for proving their eligibility after qualifying the K-TET III.

Candidates who have acquired B.Ed degree and are awaiting results for their Post Graduate course are also eligible to appear for K-TET III. Their certificate will be issued only if they qualify their PG degree.

Relaxation of Minimum marks Candidates belonging to SC/ST categories and differently abled candidates shall be granted a relaxation of 5% marks in the minimum marks prescribed for the eligibility to appear for the K-TET III.

Scheme/ Structure and Content of the test: There shall be one paper in this category. All questions will be of Multiple Choice type Questions (MCQs) each carrying one mark with four alternatives out of which one answer will be correct.

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

Nature and Standard of Questions:

• The test items on Adolescent Psychology, Theories of Learning & Teaching Aptitude will focus on the educational psychology, Principles and approaches of teaching and learning relevant to the age group of 13-17 years. They will focus on understanding the characteristics, needs and psychology of diverse learners, interaction with learners and the attributes and qualities of a good facilitator of learning. • The test items for language I (Malayalam/ English/ Tamil/ Kannada) will focus on the proficiency related to the medium of instruction. • The test items in subject specific areas will focus on the pedagogical understanding, concepts and ideas of the subjects concerned. The test items shall be evenly distributed over different divisions of the syllabus of that subject as prescribed for classes VIII – X by the SCERT; Kerala. • The questions in the test will be based on the topics of the prescribed syllabus published by the SCERT; Kerala for classes VIII – XII but their difficulty standard as well as linkages could be up to Graduate level.

Qualifying Marks: A person who scores 60% or more in the K-TET examination will be considered as KTET pass. This will be the qualifying marks for all categories.

Negative Marking: There shall be no negative marking.

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