Punjab TET Exam Syllabus 2016

The Teacher Eligibility Test Department has released the Syllabus for the Exam. The candidates who have applied for the Exam can visit the Official Website to download the Syllabus for the Exam. The candidates can start preparing for the exam using the Syllabus. The candidates will be selected based on the performance in the Written Test. So the candidates need to prepare and Score well for the Exam.

The Punjab State Council of Educational Research & Training has recently released a notification for the recruitment of Teaching jobs. The Punjab Teacher Eligibility Test (PTET) is the eligibility exam conducted for the position of Primary and Secondary School Teachers. The candidates need to apply for the post through Online before the last date. The Candidates will be selected based on their performance in written test conducted by the State Council of Educational Research & Training, Punjab.

Punjab Teacher Eligibility Test Exam Pattern 2016

The exam will be conducted in two papers. Paper- I is for the class I to class V. Paper- II is for the class V to class VIII

PSTET Paper- I Exam Pattern

PSTET Paper- II Exam Pattern

Punjab TET Exam Syllabus 2016

paper-I:

Child Development and Pedagogy:

• Child Development.
• The concept of Inclusive education and understanding children with special needs.
• Learning and Pedagogy.

Language I (Punjab):

• Verbal ability.
• Grammar.
• Inference.
• Reading unseen passages.
• Language Comprehension.
• Pedagogy of Language Development.

Language II (compulsory):

• Comprehension.
• Grammar.
• Inference.
• Reading unseen passages.
• Language Comprehension.
• Pedagogy of Language Development.

Mathematics:

• Geometry.
• Shapes & Spatial Understanding.
• Numbers.
• Addition and Subtraction.
• Multiplication.
• Division.
• Measurement.
• Weight.
• Time.
• Volume.
• Data Handling.
• Patterns.
• Money.
• LCM & HCF.
• Decimal Fractions.
• Pedagogical issue

 Environmental Studies:

• Our Surroundings.
• Parts of Body (internal & external).
• Natural Resources.
• Our Punjab.
• Solar System.
• Basic needs.
• Food, resources and care.
• Water .
• Air.
• Habitats, types.
• Clothes dresses & their care.
• Group songs.
• Festivals (school, family & national).
• Health, good habits & personal hygiene.
• Looking after the trees, plants & animals.
• Living and nonliving.
• Parts of plants.
• Geographical features and changes.
• Days and Nights.
• Disposal of solid waste.
• Local Bodies (Rural & Urban).
• Transportation, communication and its development.
• Pollution.
• National property.
• Weather & climate.
• Community Buildings.
• Diseases.
• First Aid.
• Disaster management.

paper-II:

Mathematics:

• Number System.
• Knowing our Numbers.
• Playing with Numbers.
• Whole Numbers.
• Negative Numbers and Integers.
• Fractions Exponents; surds, squares, cube, square root.
• cube root Profit & Loss.
• Compound Interest Discount.
• Algebra.
• Introduction to Algebra; Algebraic identities, polynomials.
• Ratio and Proportion.
• Geometry.
• Basic geometrical ideas (2-D).
• Understanding Elementary Shapes (2-D and 3-D).
• Symmetry: (reflection).
• Constructions (using Straight edge Scale, protractor, compasses).
• Quadrilateral.
• Mensurations; circle, sphere, cone, cylinder, triangles.
• Data handling, statistics.

Science:

• Food.
• Sources of food.
• Components of food.
• Cleaning food.
• Materials.
• Materials of daily use.
• Air.
• Water.
• Change of matter.
• The structure of Atom.
• Molecule.
• Compounds.
• Metals & Nonmetals.
• Carbon.
• Soil.
• Acids, base, salt.
• The World of the Living organisms, microorganism and diseases.
• Food; production & management.
• Moving Things People and Ideas.
• Effect of population growth & human activities in the environment.
• The Universe.
• Force.
• Motion.
• Work & Energy.
• Electric current and circuits.
• Magnets & magnetism.
• Light.
• Soun.
• Natural Phenomena.
• Natural Resources.
• Sources of energy.
• Environmental concerns; regional & national.
• Pollution.
• Pedagogical issues.

Social Studies/ Social Sciences:

History:

• When, Where and How.
• The Earliest Societies.
• The First Farmers and Herders.
• The First Cities.
• The Early States.
• New Ideas.
• The First Empire.
• Contacts with Distant lands.
• Political Developments.
• Culture and Science.
• New Kings and Kingdoms.
• Sultans of Delhi.
• Architecture.
• Creation of an Empire.
• Social Change.
• Regional Cultures.
• The Establishment of Company Power.
• Rural Life and Society.
• Colonialism and Tribal Societies.
• The Revolt of 1857-58.
• Women and reform.
• Challenging the Caste System.
• The Nationalist Movement.
• India After Independence.

Geography:

• Geography as a social study and as a science.
• Planet: Earth in the solar system.
• Globe.
• The environment in its totality: natural and human environment.
• Air.
• Water.
• Human Environment: settlement, transport and communication.
• Resources: Types- Natural and Human.
• Agriculture.

Social and Political Life (Civics):

• Diversity.
• Government.
• Local Government.
• Making a Living.
• Democracy.
• State Government.
• Understanding Media.
• Unpacking Gender.
• The Constitution.
• Parliamentary Government.
• The Judiciary.
• Social Justice and the Marginalised.
• Pedagogical issues.

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