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CTET 8 Feb 2026 Paper 1, Question 62

Topic: Pedagogy of EVS

Q62

A teacher of Environmental Studies should include the local context of the children in conducting his/her class activities. Which of the following should a teacher pay attention to in order to incorporate the local context ?

  1. (1) The selection of local context should be in line with the discipline of the school.
  2. (2) The selection of the local context should be pedagogically imaginative and ethically correct.Correct answer
  3. (3) Selection of local context should be from the textbooks of Environmental Studies.
  4. (4) Local context should be selected according to the convenience of a teacher.

Solution.

CBSE answer: (2)

Answer: (2) Pedagogically imaginative and ethically correct.

  1. The local context should be used creatively so that it really helps children learn.
  2. It must also be sensitive: no child, family, caste or community should be hurt or singled out.
  3. School discipline, the textbook alone or the teacher's convenience do not decide what is meaningful for children.

Trap: (3) fails because local context comes from the child's surroundings, not only from the textbook.