Kerala Teacher Eligibility Test (K-TET)

Will you please tell what is the eligibility criteria to appear in the Kerala Teacher Eligibility Test (K-TET) for getting teaching job in a school for as a teacher for Upper Primary classes ?

[Arun Vats]

As you want I am here providing you detail about the eligibility criteria to appear in the Kerala Teacher Eligibility Test (K-TET) for getting teaching job in a school for as a teacher for Upper Primary classes.


Eligibility criteria:

Candidate should have B.A/B.Sc./B.Com. and 2 year Diploma in Elementary Education/Trained Teachers’ Certificate (TTC) or its equivalent.

OR

Candidate should have B.A/B.Sc/B.Com degree with at least 45% marks and 1 year Bachelor in Education (B.Ed.), in accordance with NCTE regulations.

OR

Candidate should have passed Higher Secondary/Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and 4 year Bachelor in Elementary Education (B.El.Ed.)

OR

Candidate should have passed Higher Secondary/ Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and 4 year B.A/B.Sc.Ed or B.A. Ed or B.Sc.Ed.


Relaxation :
Relaxation up to 5% to SC/ST candidates and Differently able categories.

Relaxation of 3% for OBC & OEC candidates.


Syllabus :
Kerala TET Syllabus for Upper Primary classes:
LANGUAGE I – MALAYALAM/ENGLISH/TAMIL/KANNADA 30 Questions
LANGUAGE II – MALAYALAM/ENGLISH/HINDI/ ARABIC/URDU/SANSKRIT 30 Questions
SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS 60 Questions
SOCIAL SCIENCE 60 Questions

I. CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND PEDAGOGY 30 Questions
A. Child development ( Elementary Child) (15 Questions)
1. Concept of development and its relation with learning
Growth and Development - stages of development - Infancy, Child hood, Adolescence - Maturation -
Relationship between development, Maturation and learning.

Principles of development of children
Major principles of growth and development - Implication of learning –

Influence of Heredity and Environment
Role of Heredity and Environment on the development of child -Teacher's role.

2. Socialization Process
Concept of Socialization - Social world and children: Role of family, peers, teachers in the process of
socialization - pattern of social development - Erick Erikson's theory of psychosocial development.

3. Piaget, Kohlberg, Vygotsky - Constructs and Critical Perspectives
Cognitive development theory of Piaget, Kohlberg's theory of moral development - Vygotsky's theory of
social constructivism - Educational Implications.

4. Concept of child centered and progressive Education.
Concept of child centeredness - Individual difference - Methods of teaching and learning - Activity methods
- Concept of progressive education - Role of teacher.

5. Critical perspective of the construct of Intelligence
Concept of Intelligence - Theories of intelligence - factor theories - S -I model of Intellect - multiple
Intelligences - Concept of I Q - Intelligence Tests (Examples) - Sternberg's Information processing theory.

6. Language and Thought
Language development - stages, Theories - Piaget, Vygotsky, Chomsky - Relationship between language
and thought -approaches to language learning and teaching.

7. Gender as a social construct
Gender Roles, bias, educational practices - Gender equality - teacher's role.

8. Individual difference among learners
Understanding differences based on diversity of language, caste, gender, community, religion etc. Individual
difference - socio cultural determinants

9. Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation
( C C E) Concept - Assessment to learning - strategies - Cumulative records, Anecdotal records, Portfolios
Assessment Techniques. - Feed back

10. Nature of prior learning
Readiness for learning - Strategies for assessment - Encouraging critical thinking - Teacher's role.

B. Inclusive Education (5 Questions)
Addressing learners from diverse back grounds - including disadvantaged and deprived. LD, MR, O P H,
Sensorily deprived - socially and culturally deprived - Educational Implications/ Addressing the needs of
LD. Exceptional children - Gifted, creative, specially abled children - Educational provision - Needs -
characteristics - Identification and Remedial measures

C. Learning and Pedagogy (10 Questions)
Identification of individual learner needs - Intellectual, Emotional, Social, Creative needs, Catering to the
individual needs of learners.
1. Process of teaching and learning -
Creating Learning situations - criteria of learning experiences - different modes of learning - social learning
(Bandura) - co-operative and collaborative learning, Group discussion - Role of Teacher.

2. Cognitive Process and Emotions
Perception - concept formation - thinking - Imagination - Reasoning - Inductive and deductive - Problem
solving - Memory - Emotional development - characteristics, Emotional maturity Emotional Intelligence
- Emotional Quittance (EQ)

3. Motivation and Learning
Learning - Factors affecting Learning - Theories of Learning - Pavlov, Thorndike, Skinner, Gagne’s
hierarchy of learning, Insightful learning (Kohler) - Constructivism - Piaget, Bruner, Vygotsky, Ausubel -
Educational Implications
Motivation - Concept, types - Importance to learning - Theories of motivation - Abraham Maslow, Mc
Clelland

4. Personality and adjustment
Concept - Approaches - Type, Trait - Allport - Measurement of personality - Projective and Non projective
techniques - Adjustment Mechanisms


B. ENGLISH 30 Questions
a. Language Comprehension 15 Questions
• An unfamiliar passage or poem with questions on reading comprehension, inference, vocabulary
and language elements.
• Questions to evaluate the knowledge of basic grammar such as Tense forms, Articles, Prepositions
and Linkers.

b. Pedagogy of Language Development 15 Questions
• Language Acquisition and Learning - Theories and their classroom implications.
• Principles of Language Teaching
• Language skills - Strategies to develop them
• Problems and challenges in language classrooms
• Teaching learning materials - Textbook, ICT and other teaching aids.
• Learner Assessment - Self, Peer, Teacher
• Strategies for teaching children with special needs (CWSN)
• Teacher Attitude and Aptitude

Total 30 Marks

C. TAMIL 30 Questions
1. Reading Comprehension - Prose 5 Questions
A. Comprehension of theme
B. Interpretation
C. Inference
2. Reading Comprehension - Poem. 5 Questions
A. Poetic images
B. Comprehension of themes
C. Interpretation
E. Extended Meaning
3. Pedagogical aspects of Mothertongue education - Class - VI - VIII 10 Questions
A. Principles of Language Learning
B. Inclusion of differently abled children
C. Methodology of curriculum Transaction
4. Language Literature and culture. 10 Questions
A. Books and Authors
B. Functional Grammar
C. Proverbs
D. Trends in Literature
E. Foreign Contribution in Tamil Literature
F. Tamil Festivals and Folk Arts

Total 30 Marks
D. 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
C. Poetic emotions and feelings
D. Imaginating elements

3. Pedagogical aspects of Kannada Language – Class 6 to 8 10 Questions
A. Principles of Language learning
B. Classroom Practices
C. Inclusion of differently abled children
D. 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
E. History and Forms of Literature

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