Kerala TET Syllabus and Exam Pattern

Kerala Pareekshwa Bhawan conducts the  Kerala -TET exams and now the latest notification has been released for May 2021. Kerala Teachers Eligibility Test is to assess the quality of teaching aspirants for Lower Primary(LP), Upper Primary (UP), and High School Classes in Kerala. Candidates should score the cut-off mark in the Kerala TET examination to get consideration for the teaching positions in the schools. The Kerala TET examinations will be conducted in offline mode only. Kerala TET scorecard is mandatory for applying for the LP School Assistant,  UP School Assistant, and High School Teaching positions. Kerala-TET Syllabus for all four categories is different.

Kerala Teachers Eligibility Test Exam Pattern

• Exam Duration – 2 hours 30 minutes
• Maximum Marks – 150
• Number of Questions – 150

Kerala- TET Category-I

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Kerala- TET Category-II

• For Mathematics and Science Teachers- Option (a)
• For Social Science Teachers – Option (b)
• For any other Teachers both (a) and (b)

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Kerala Teachers Eligibility Test Category-III

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Kerala Teachers Eligibility Test Category-IV

Kerala Teachers Eligibility Test (Kerala-TET) Syllabus

Kerala-TET Syllabus Category-1 ( For Classes I to V )

Paper-1

• Child Development and Learning -15 Questions
• Concepts of inclusive education and understanding children with special needs – 5 Questions
• Learning and pedagogy – 10 Questions

Paper-II: Language I: Malayalam/ Tamil/ Kannada  30 Questions

1. Reading comprehension – Prose (5 Questions)
A. Comprehension of Theme
B. Interpretation
C. Inference
2. Reading comprehension –Poem (5 Questions)
A. Comprehension of Theme
B. Poetic images
3. Pedagogical aspects of Language – (10 Questions)
A. Principles of Language learning
B. Classroom Practices
C. Inclusion of differently-abled children
D. The methodology of curriculum transaction
4. History of Language, Literature, and Culture (10 Questions)
A. Idioms, Phrases, and usages
B. Functional grammar
C. Proverbs
D. Rhythms

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Paper-III: LANGUAGE II – ENGLISH/ARABIC

• Comprehension passage: The unfamiliar passages are intended to check factual, inferential, analytical and evaluative comprehension.
• Grammar: Language elements included in the Coursebooks of standard I to V. Such as :
  • Article
  • Concord
  • Interrogatives
  Yes / No Questions
  ‘wh’ – Questions
  • Question tags • Prepositions
  • Tense and Time • Determiners
  • Phrasal verbs • Gerunds
  • Reflexive Pronouns • Linkers
  • Auxiliaries
•  Verbal ability
  • Vocabulary
  • Inflections
  • Affixes
  – Prefix
  – Suffix
  • Antonyms, Synonyms
  • Idioms and Phrases
• Questions will be based on the present Kerala Primary school curriculum (English)
  • Language Acquisition and Learning
  Learning vs acquisition – Major schools of thought.
  • Principles of Language Learning
  Constructivism – Social Constructivism – Critical Pedagogy – Error Treatment – Cognitivism
  • Language and Thought
  Different views of Whorf, Piaget, Vygotsky, and Chomsky – Relationship between language and thought.
  • Objectives of Teaching English
  The relevance of English – Curricular Objectives.
  • Language skills and communication skills
  Ways of improving language/communication skills – classroom activities – tools.
  • ICT based aids in language teaching
  • Modern Strategies
  Nurturing multiple intelligence
  Instruction to cater to individual differences – Teaching learners with special needs.
  • Evaluation
  continuous and comprehensive evaluation – assessment of skills and products

Paper IV: Environmental Science- 30 questions

• Family
• Water
• Agriculture
• Vehicles
• Soil
• Earth
• Shelters
• Diseases
• Food
• Animals
• Jobs
• Public Institute
• Plants
• First aid
• Solar System
• Air, Light
• Pedagogy – 10 Questions

Paper V: Mathematics- 30 questions

• Numbers, Geometry, Measurements- 20 Questions
• Nature of Mathematics
• Place of Mathematics in Curriculum
• Mathematics – Trends and Developments
• Approach to Mathematics Learning
• The teaching of Mathematics – Strategies and Methods
• Learning Materials in Mathematics
• Mathematics Learning – Evaluation

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K-TET SYLLABUS CATEGORY-1

KTET Syllabus Category-II ( For Classes  VI to VIII)

Paper-1: Child development and Pedagogy

• Child development ( Elementary Child)
• Inclusive Education
• Learning and Pedagogy

Paper-II: Language I: Malayalam/ Tamil/ Kannada  30 Questions

1. Reading comprehension – Prose (5 Questions)
A. Comprehension of Theme
B. Interpretation
C. Inference
2. Reading comprehension –Poem (5 Questions)
A. Comprehension of Theme
B. Poetic images
3. Pedagogical aspects of Language – (10 Questions)
A. Principles of Language learning
B. Classroom Practices
C. Inclusion of differently-abled children
D. The methodology of curriculum transaction
4. History of Language, Literature, and Culture (10 Questions)
A. Idioms, Phrases, and usages
B. Functional grammar
C. Proverbs
D. Rhythms

Paper-III: LANGUAGE II – Malayalam/ English/ Arabic/ Urdu/ Sanskrit/ Hindi

• Language Comprehension
  • One or two unfamiliar passages or poems with questions on comprehension, inference, vocabulary
  and elements of grammar.
  • A few questions to evaluate knowledge of basic grammar, such as
  – Article
  – Concord
  – Question tags
  – Prepositions
  – Tense and time
  – Modal Auxiliaries
  – Phrasal verbs and idioms
  – Degrees of comparison
  – Active and passive voice
  – Reported speech
  – Language functions
  – Error identification
•  Pedagogy of Language Development 15 Questions
  • Language Acquisition and Learning – Theories and their classroom implications.
  • Principles of Language Teaching
  • Problems and challenges in the language classrooms
  • Language skills – strategies to develop them
  • Teaching-learning materials – Textbook, ICT and other teaching aids.
  • Assessment – Self, Peer, Teacher
  • Strategies for teaching children with special needs (CWSN)

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Paper IV: Science and Mathematics

Science

• Germination of seed
• Cell
• Disease
• Pollution
• Cardio-Vascular System
• Cellular Equilibrium
• Excretion
• Plant Reproduction
• Animal nutrition
• Human Nervous System
• Body structure
• Agriculture
• Eco System
• Biodiversity
• Transparent and opaque objects
• Solar System
• Electricity, Magnetism
• Sound, Energy
• Motions, Simple Machines, etc
• Pedagogy

Mathematics

• Algebra
• Arithmetic
• Geometry
• Statistics
• Approach to Mathematics Learning
• MAthematics Learning Evaluation
• Learning Materials in Mathematics

Paper V: Social Science

• History
• Geography
• Economics
• Political Science
• Methods, approaches & techniques of instruction for Social Science Subjects, etc.

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KERALA-TET SYLLABUS CATEGORY II

Kerala-TET Syllabus Category-III ( For Classes  VIII to X)

Paper 1: Adolescent Psychology, Theories of Learning and Teaching Aptitude

• Adolescent Psychology
• Theories of Learning
• Teaching Aptitude

Paper-II: Language I: Malayalam/ Tamil/ Kannada  30 Questions

1. Reading comprehension – Prose (5 Questions)
A. Comprehension of Theme
B. Interpretation
C. Inference
2. Reading comprehension –Poem (5 Questions)
A. Comprehension of Theme
B. Poetic images
3. Pedagogical aspects of Language – (10 Questions)
A. Principles of Language learning
B. Classroom Practices
C. Inclusion of differently-abled children
D. The methodology of curriculum transaction
4. History of Language, Literature, and Culture (10 Questions)
A. Idioms, Phrases, and usages
B. Functional grammar
C. Proverbs
D. Rhythms

Paper-III: Subject Specifics Malayalam/ English/ Tamil/ Kannada/ Hindi/ Arabic/ Urdu/ Sanskrit

Pedagogical understanding (30 marks)

• Language Learning/Language acquisition –
• Principles of language teaching
• Activities for developing language skills
• Process approach, Activity-based learning – learner autonomy
• Teaching Prose, Poetry, Drama and other Discourses
• Methods of teaching English
• Addressing learning difficulties
• Dealing with language disorders

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Content, Concepts, and Ideas (50 marks)

• Objectives of teaching English
• Principles and methods of English Language Teaching
• Communicative approach – SOS approach
• Bilingual Method
• Humanistic Approaches
• Learner assessment, CCE
• Early Literature – Chaucer and his contemporaries – Later Middle English Literature
• The Renaissance – Elizabethan Prose – Drama previous to Shakespeare – Shakespeare and the later
Dramatists
• Poetry from Spencer to the Restoration – The Restoration Poetry – Drama & Prose
• Writers of the 18th century
• Early 19th century Poets
• Victorian Poetry – Novel – Drama
• Twentieth Century literature
• Major themes in modern and post-modern literature – Feminist literature –
• Basic concepts in Film studies – Media studies – Translation studies
• Phonetics, History, and structure of the English Language – Phonology – Morphology – Phrase structure
Grammar
• Modern Grammar and usage – Tense and aspects, Word classes, Concord, Sentence transformation,
Reporting, Passivisation
• Vocabulary – Idioms and Phrases, etc

Physical Science

Physics

• Wave Motion
• Light, Heat
• Force and Motion
• Motion
• Gravitation
• Work, and energy
• Effects of current and Electromagnetic Induction
• Electricity, etc

Chemistry

• Physical changes and chemical changes
• Atoms and Molecules
• Metals, and Non-Metals
• Separation of Mixtures
• Solutions
• Colloids
• Nature of matter
• Periodic table and chemical bonding
• Organic Compounds
• Chemical reactions and Mole concept
• Gas Laws, etc

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Natural Science

• Living world
• Plant Kingdom
• Animal Kingdom
• Biological Classification
• Morphology of Angiosperms
• Cell and Cell Division
• Human Physiology
• Human Health and diseases
• Reproduction in Plants
• Transport in Plants, etc

Mathematics

• Arithmetic
• Geometry
• Algebra
• Trigonometry
• Statistics and probability, etc

Social Science

• History
• Geography
• Political Science
• Economics

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KERALA-TET CATEGORY III SYLLABUS

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