Kerala Teacher Eligibility Test [TET] 2013 Exam Syllabus

Kerala Teacher Eligibility Test September 2013

A. CATEGORY-I for Lower Primary classes.

Structure and Content of the Test

Part No	Content	MCQs	Marks
1	Child Development and Pedagogy (relevant to age group 6-11)	30	30
	Mathematics	30	30
	Environmental Studies	30	30
2	Language I-Malayalam/ Tamil/ Kannada	30	30
3	Language II- English/Arabic*	30	30
	Total	150	150

*for those who intends to become Arabic teachers

Scheme of the Test:

There will be only one paper in this category. All questions will be Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) with four distracters. Each question carries one mark. There will be four alternatives out of which one will be the correct answer. The total number of MCQs shall be 150.

B. CATEGORY-II for Upper Primary classes.

Structure and Content of the Test

Part No	Content	MCQs	Marks
1	Child Development and Pedagogy (relevant to age group 11-14)	30	30
	(a) For Mathematics and Science teachers: Mathematics and Science or (b) For Social Science teachers: Social Science or (c) For any other teachers (a) or (b)	60	60
2	Language I-Malayalam/ Tamil/ Kannada	30	30
3	Language II-(Other than Language I) Malayalam/English	30	30
	Total	150	150

C. CATEGORY-III for High School classes.

Part No	Subject	MCQs	Marks
1	Adolescent Psychology, Theories of Learning and Teaching Aptitude	40	40
2	Language: Malayalam/English/Tamil/Kannada	30	30
3	Subject specific areas (Content & Pedagogy)	80	80
	Total	150	150

D. CATEGORY- IV

Structure and Content of the Test (CATEGORY-IV)

Sl.No	Subject	MCQs	Marks
1	Child Development, Pedagogy & Teacher Aptitude.	30	30 Marks
2	Language: Malayalam/English/Tamil/Kannada	40	40 Marks
3	Subjects specific paper (Content & Pedagogy)	80	80 Marks
	Total	150	150