 Hi friends welcome to my channel I am Arpita Karva and today in this video I will share five reasons why more students flunk in CETET exam. We all know that the syllabus of CETET exam is very limited and it is easier than the UPSCR bank PO exam. Overall looking at the paper pattern it's a pretty simple exam. Still many students fail to clear this exam and this is a very very unfortunate fact. According to statistics around 12 to 15 lakh students yearly appear for CETET exam but only few of them are able to pass the exam. Today in this video we will discuss why many students are unable to pass this exam. The tips I am going to be sharing in this video are collected after interacting with CETET toppers so don't take these tips lightly and ensure that you pay utmost attention because I am sure that anyone who follows these tips can clear CETET exam with flying colors. Before starting we are going to discuss the exam pattern and exam syllabus of CETET. You must be familiar with the exam pattern since all of you are preparing for CETET but still in brief let's talk about the exam. It consists of two paper and each paper comprises 150 questions having a weight of one mark each. These two papers are conducted on a single day. The time limit allotted for the exam is 2.5 hours that is 150 minutes which means we get exactly one minute for each question. There is negative marking and the exam is computer based or CBT. The syllabus of CETET consists of subjects like English, Hindi, Maths, Environmental Studies. Also please note that an important topic for CETET is child development and pedagogy. Now these are not very difficult topics and we have already studied these topics in our school. These topics are not new to us and the students are already familiar with the topics plus the questions that are asked from these topics are also elementary level they are not very very difficult. Now that we have looked at the paper pattern and the syllabus it's time to finally look at the question that we are going to address in this video and which is common mistakes that students who fail in CETET generally make. So tip number one is to engage all your senses while you are studying. A common pattern that we notice in all students who fail CETET exam is that they don't involve all their senses in the process of learning. They try to study and read guide books while lying on the bed fully lazy tari kise. Aisa nahi hai ki bu panate nahi hai. They tend to study for long hours but surprisingly they are unable to generate an output of more than one hour. While talking to some of the CETET toppers, I realize that there's a shift in the study pattern of toppers. Nowadays toppers prefer to study from YouTube rather than from books. They like to watch marathon sessions of topics on YouTube and simultaneously make their own notes. When they watch a one hour long marathon session on suppose environmental studies they feel that they have understood the topic conceptually better than what they would have if they would have referred to a guide book. When they sit in front of a screen and take notes while seeing the teacher virtually, many senses gets involved and it leads to more efficient learning. Our hands are writing notes, our ears are listening to the teacher, our eyes are watching the screen. This way we absorb a lot of information quicker and in a better way. I will give you a bonus tip here. After watching a long marathon session of one particular topic, don't try to watch another session right away. Instead try to revise what you have just learned from the marathon session. This exercise is called recall practice. This will make your neurotic connection stronger as you are making your mind recall the information constantly. So this is my tip number one that engage all your senses in the learning process. As we talk about marathon sessions I must mention that there's a YouTuber named Ivanshi Vam. She's a great YouTuber and she provides a lot of marathon sessions on all these topics. So you can refer to her videos for CTET. Students keep in mind that this is not a sponsored video at all. Would you respect them telling you to refer to her because I also watch her videos and I really believe that she's a great teacher. Now we move on to the second tip that is using Pomodoro Technique. What we've seen in the toppers is that they tend to study for only three or four hours a day and still they are able to crack the exam. But on the other hand when we talk about those who fail they tend to spend the whole day studying and still when they give mock tests they don't score well. That's where Pomodoro Technique comes into the picture. Let's see what this technique will do. In this technique we set a timer of 50 minutes. We study for full 50 minutes with concentration and then there's a break session for 10 minutes. Before we start another 50 minutes long study session during this break you do a relaxing activity like listening to music talking to a friend taking a stroll etc. This 10 minutes break session refreshes your mind and prepares you for the next session. So ensure that you start using Pomodoro Technique. I will also not recommend you to just give your full day to CTET preparation. I would rather say just give four hours to CTET. Every day divide these four hours into four Pomodoro cycles of 50 minutes each. The whole day is better to study lazily. Read with full dedication for four hours and enjoy the rest of the day. Make a list of Pomodoro cycles that you complete in one day and also write down what did you study in those four hours. For example on one page make four columns. In the first column write cycle number 1, 2, 3, 4. In the second column write starting time. Suppose the first cycle starts at 9 o'clock. Then write in time. On 9 o'clock write the end of the first session. And on the last column write the topic covered. Yes, in the 50 minutes session, cover all the topics. And as soon as you do more sessions, keep filling it up. I am guaranteeing you that you will see a difference of at least 50 to 60 marks within 10 days of starting this practice. A very famous line goes like this. Don't stop when you are tired. Stop when you are done. This is the concept of Pomodoro. Even if you get tired after 30 minutes, you should not stop before the end of the 50 minute long study session. You are going to do extremely well in your seated if you follow this technique correctly. Now, before we move on to the next point, here is something I want to share. If you are preparing for UGC-NET paper 1, paper 2, MA entrance, PhD entrance, PGT-TGT, UPSing gate, SET or any other competitive exam related to English literature, I have some amazing news for you. 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It consists of your phone or any other object that might distract you. Now as it is, many students prepare in the day and night. They take a break. And when they take this break, they start watching a new web series on Netflix. Now it happens that if you watch a single episode of a new Netflix series, you might want to binge watch the entire series. Now the whole night you watch one more episode, just 10 minutes more. I just complete this. I watch the next episode for 10 minutes. You don't read the whole night. Now your next day is wasted. When you know that you won't be able to control, so why do you have to watch a single episode? Why do you have to watch Chanu? It's like something is poisonous, you know. But still you want to taste it and try it and see if it's a good reaction to my body or not. That doesn't make sense, right? Even when someone is on a diet, the first thing the person needs to do is get rid of all the junk food around them. Clean the whole fridge, the kitchen. Give it a fake as much as it is. Because the urges are always going to be there and how long will they keep fighting. So friends, you have to remove all the unnecessary items from your room. Deactivate your Instagram, WhatsApp from your phone just for those 2-3 months when you're preparing for seated. Everything is going to be the same after 3 months also. Your family, your friends, everything will stay in your life. You have to put yourself in that rehabilitation mode. Just like an alcoholic is put into a rehabilitation centre and he's made to end all his urges and addiction in that room. You have to understand that a small hole can sink a great ship and that small hole is your destruction and that great ship is your target that is seated. Learn to say no to a lot of things. Create a Lakshman Rekha around you which no one can pierce through. Learn to keep a distance from all your friends also. It's just a matter of 3-4 months. You still have the whole life to enjoy those parties, those road trips that you miss in these 3 months. So keep in mind, don't study by lying on the bed, throw distractions out there and understand that seated is your priority right now. I don't understand this concept of sitting in the bed. Just like a bathroom is for bathing, a bed is a place just for sleeping and not for studying. For study, only use your table and chair. Also if you can't study in your house, go to a library. It's not that you don't have time. You have sufficient time to clear this exam. It's just that you are utilizing those times in wrong pockets. You're not utilizing that time in right pockets. So I would say decide to stay away from all these weapons of mass destruction and clear all the distracting items from your surrounding. Once you have cleared this exam, you have all life to spend on these distractions. So for now, just focus on the exam and get a job and then enjoy life later on. Or if you are new to this channel then please hit the subscribe button and press the bell icon so that every Sunday as soon as I upload a new video you are the first one to know about it. Friends, tip number four is to practice only what you are missing. So students, I don't have to tell you how important it is to solve mock papers in previous exam papers. Now what happens? There are different types of students. Some students when they solve mock paper and they score low, they will simply move on and solve another paper without making note of all the mistakes that they have made in the last paper. On the other end there are some students when they solve mock and score low, they will revise their mistakes and then solve the entire paper again. Both of these approaches are absolutely wrong. I am going to tell you what you should ideally do when you solve a mock. Suppose you have attempted a mock in which out of 150 questions, 100 questions you answered right and 50 questions you answered wrong. Now you should ideally sit with those 50 questions that were wrong. Practice them, see what mistakes you made. If you forgot the concept then go back and revise that concept and then after a week give the same mock again. But, but, but next time when you are going to give the same mock you don't have to attempt all the questions again. Only you have to attempt the questions that were wrong. If you have solved 100 questions correctly then tell them. If you have solved them correctly then solve them again. If you have done 50 wrong then you have to solve them again. So, why do you practice the correct questions and waste your time? Motto of this tip is to only rectify your mistakes and do not solve the entire paper again and again. Best way of doing it is to make a mistake notebook. Try to solve those questions again and again till the point you achieve perfection in those questions. And here we come on to the last tip. If you found this video helpful then please like this video by giving it a big fan thumbs up and also share it with other fellow aspirants who are struggling with similar kind of questions. Also, I am eager to know how did you find this video? Did you find it helpful or not? If yes then please share your views in the comments below. If you have any questions or any doubts or if you want me to make a video on any other topic then feel free to put that in the comment section as well. So, let's now look at the last tip and that is to set realistic target. Now, setting realistic target means setting targets which are achievable. For example, you have attempted a mock and you have scored 50 marks in the test. After 5 days you are going to attempt another mock. Try to achieve 60 marks in that mock. Don't set a target that is unachievable like You are not a superhero right? Things take time to get off it. You cannot become a chef in one day if you don't even know how to light a stove. So you need time to master the art of cooking and only then with practice one day you become a master chef. So try to set achievable targets in every mock. Before giving any mock, your target should be to get more than 10 marks from the last mock. This reminds me of one of my very favorite movies from Molybden and that is Manji, The Mountain Man. In that movie Manji says, who's played by Nawaz Deen Siddiqui? He says a very important thing that, don't sit in front of God because God might also sit in front of you. So if you are thinking that today's mock is 50 marks and the exams will be 150 marks then don't sit in front of God. Prepare for the next mock and get 60 marks in it. Right? So that movie is very inspirational because in that movie there's this man manji and that one single person with the use of chisel and hammer tore down an entire mountain. But the mountain was not carved in just one single day. He didn't break the whole mountain in a day. It took months and years to carve a road through that mountain. If such a big thing is possible, then clearing sea tide for you is definitely possible. Though it may require dedication and consistent hard work, but possible to have Baba. So realistic target banao, follow karo, jitne bhi points main aapke sa discuss kare hain and implement karo in your preparation schedule. I wish you all the very best for the preparation. Just remember that don't stop when you are tired. Stop only when you are done. So on that note, I would like to take a leave. That's it from my side for this lecture. I'll meet you very very soon in the next lecture. Till the time we meet next, happy learning, keep loving literature and stay tuned to arpitaakarva.com.