# Kerala Teacher Eligibility Test (KTET) (KTET) — Shishya exam context

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## Exam pattern
- Category: STATE_LEVEL · state: KL
- Questions: 150 · Total marks: 150 · Marks per question: 1
- Duration: 150 minutes
- Negative marking: none
- Languages offered: EN, ML

## Eligibility & vacancies
- Age: 21–? years (before category relaxation: OBC +3, SC/ST +5)
- Education: Senior Secondary (12th) with 45% marks plus two-year teacher training diploma (TTC/D.El.Ed) or equivalent; higher qualifications like Bachelor's degree with B.Ed required for upper primary and high school categories
- Note: No maximum age limit or attempt limit; exam conducted twice yearly in four categories for different teaching levels (Lower Primary to High School); Indian citizenship required; KTET certificate valid for 7 years
- Official portal: https://ktet.kerala.gov.in (Kerala Pareeksha Bhavan)

## Key dates
- 2026-07-25 — Application form correction window
- 2026-07-26 — KTET July 2026 answer key release (expected)
- 2026-07-28 — KTET February 2026 Session - Admit Card
- 2026-08-08 — KTET February 2026 Session Exam (Day 1) (exam day)
- 2026-08-08 — KTET February 2026 - Category 1 & 2 exam (exam day)
- 2026-08-09 — KTET February 2026 Session Exam (Day 2) (exam day)
- 2026-08-09 — KTET February 2026 - Category 3 & 4 exam (exam day)
- 2026-08-22 — Result declaration for July 2026 cycle

## Syllabus outline
### Child Development and Pedagogy (weight 1)
Adolescent Psychology (Cat III/IV) · Teaching Aptitude · Adolescent Development · Guidance and Counselling · Assessment and Evaluation · Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation · Assessment Tools · Formative and Summative Assessment · Child Development · Adolescence (Cat II/III) · Concept of Development · Dimensions of Development · Heredity and Environment · Principles of Development · Inclusive Education and Special Needs · Children with Learning Difficulties · Disadvantaged Learners · Gifted and Talented Children · Kerala Inclusive Education · Right to Education Act 2009 · Individual Differences · Basis of Differences · Gender as a Social Construct · Personality · Intelligence and Creativity · Creativity · Measurement of Intelligence · Theories of Intelligence · Learning and Pedagogy · Classroom Management · How Children Think and Learn · Pedagogical Methods · Motivation and Learning · Theories of Learning · Behaviourism · Bruner — Discovery Learning · Constructivism · Gestalt and Insight Learning · Kohlberg — Moral Development · Piaget — Cognitive Development · Vygotsky — Socio-cultural Theory

### Language I (Malayalam / Tamil / Kannada) (weight 1)
Kannada · Kannada Comprehension · Kannada Grammar (Vyakarana) · Kannada Literature · Malayalam · Malayalam Comprehension · Malayalam Grammar (Vyakaranam) · Malayalam Literature · Malayalam Vocabulary · Pedagogy of Language I · Language Acquisition vs Learning · Teaching in Diverse Classrooms · Evaluation of Language Proficiency · Teaching-Learning Materials · Principles of Language Teaching · Remedial Teaching · LSRW Skills · Tamil · Tamil Comprehension · Tamil Grammar (Ilakkanam) · Tamil Literature

### Language II (English / Arabic) (weight 1)
Arabic Language (Cat IV alternative) · Arabic Comprehension · Arabic Grammar (Nahw) · Arabic Literature · Arabic Vocabulary · English Language · Reading Comprehension · English Grammar · Phonology and Pronunciation · Vocabulary · Pedagogy of Language II · Evaluating Language Proficiency · Teaching-Learning Materials · Principles of Language II Teaching · Remedial Teaching · LSRW Skills

### Mathematics (weight 1)
Algebra (Cat II) · Arithmetic · Data Handling · Fractions and Decimals · Geometry · Measurements · Mensuration · Natural Numbers and Number System · Pedagogy of Mathematics · Aims and Objectives · Evaluation in Math · Methods of Teaching · Nature of Mathematics · Remedial Teaching

### Environmental Studies (Category I) (weight 1)
Agriculture · Air · Animals · Diseases · Family · Food · Kerala Environment · Pedagogy of EVS · Activities and Experimentation · CCE in EVS · Concept and Scope of EVS · Teaching Materials · Problems of Teaching EVS · Plants · Soil · Water

### Mathematics and Science (Category II/III) (weight 1)
Algebra · Biology · World of Animals · Environment and Ecology · Human Body and Health · World of Plants · Chemistry · Acids, Bases and Salts · Elements, Compounds and Reactions · Matter and Its Nature · Geometry and Trigonometry · Mensuration · Pedagogy of Math and Science · Evaluation · Laboratory and Practical Work · Methods of Teaching · Nature and Aims · Physics · Electricity and Magnetism · Heat, Light and Sound · Force and Motion · Statistics and Probability

### Social Science (Category II/III) (weight 1)
Civics and Political Science · Indian Constitution · Union and State Government · Local Self-Government · Economics · Basic Concepts · Indian and Kerala Economy · Geography · The Earth · Geography of India · Geography of Kerala · Maps and Map Reading · Physical Geography · History · Ancient and Medieval India · History of Kerala · Modern India and Freedom Struggle · World History · Pedagogy of Social Science · Evaluation · Teaching Materials · Methods of Teaching · Nature and Scope

### Category IV — Specialist Teacher Subjects (weight 0.6)
Arabic (Specialist) · Drawing and Art · Hindi · Music · Physical Education · Sanskrit · Urdu

## Expected cutoffs (category-wise)
| Category | Expected cutoff (indicative) |
|----------|------------------------------|
| General | 90-105 marks (60-70%) |
| OBC | 85-100 marks (57-67%) |
| SC | 80-95 marks (53-63%) |
| ST | 75-90 marks (50-60%) |
| PwD | 75-90 marks (50-60%) |

**Guidance:**

- KTET cutoffs typically hover around the **60% qualifying threshold for General category**, with OBC candidates usually needing 3-5% less and SC/ST categories about 7-10% lower than General.
- Cutoffs vary between **Paper I (Classes I-V) and Paper II (Classes VI-VIII)**, with Paper II occasionally showing marginally higher cutoffs due to subject specialization requirements.
- Year-to-year fluctuations depend on **question paper difficulty, number of vacancies anticipated in Kerala schools, and total candidate performance distribution**—easier papers push cutoffs upward by 5-8 marks.

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