MP TET Syllabus For Varg 3 (Primary Teacher)

MP TET Syllabus For Varg 3 (Primary Teacher)

MP TET Exam Pattern for Paper 1 (Varg 3)

Now that you know the MP TET syllabus in English, you must be wondering about its exam pattern. MP TET Exam for Primary School Teacher is for classes 1-5. The MP TET 2025 exam consists of five sections: Child Development and Pedagogy, Language-1, Language-2, Mathematics, and Environmental Studies, with each section containing 30 questions worth 30 marks. The total exam marks are 150, assessing candidates’ teaching aptitude, language proficiency, and subject knowledge in key areas.

The MP TET syllabus for Primary Teacher (Paper I) includes subjects such as Child Development and Pedagogy, Language I (Hindi/English), Language II (English/Hindi), Mathematics, and Environmental Studies. Each section focuses on concepts related to teaching methodologies, learning processes, language skills, and subject knowledge necessary for teaching students from classes I to V in Madhya Pradesh schools.

I. Child Development and Pedagogy – 30 Questions

a) Child Development – 15 Questions

• Concept of development and its relationship with learning
• Principles & Factors affecting the development of children
• Child Mental Health & behaviour-related issues
• Influence of Heredity & Environment
• Socialization processes: Social world & children (Teacher, Parents, Peers)
• Piaget, Pavlov, Thorndike, and Kohlberg: constructs and critical perspectives
• Concepts of child-centred and progressive education
• Critical perspective of the construct of Intelligence
• Multi-Dimensional Intelligence
• Personality & its measurement
• Language & Thought
• Gender as a social construct; gender roles, gender-bia,s and educational practice
• Individual differences among learners, understanding differences based on diversity of language, caste, gender, community, religion, etc.
• The distinction between Assessment for learning and Assessment of learning;
• School-Based Assessment, Continuous & Comprehensive Evaluation: perspective and practice
• Formulating appropriate questions for assessing readiness levels of learners, for enhancing learning and critical thinking in the classroom, and for assessing learner achievement.

b) Concept of Inclusive education and understanding children with special needs – 5 Questions

• Addressing learners from diverse backgrounds, including disadvantaged and deprived
• Addressing the needs of children with learning difficulties, ‘impairment’, etc.
• Addressing the Talented, Creative ,and Specially abled Learners
• Problematic Child: Identify & their diagnostic aspects.
• Child Crime: Causes & its types

c) Learning and Pedagogy – 10 Questions

• How children think and learn; how and why children ‘fail’ to achieve success in school performance.
• Basic processes of teaching and learning; children’s strategies of learning; learning as a social activity; social context of learning.
• Child as a problem solver and a ‘scientific investigator’. Alternative conceptions of learning in children, understanding children’s ‘errors’ as significant steps in the learning process.
• Cognition & Emotions
• Motivation and learning
• Factors contributing to learning – personal & environmental
• Guidance & Counselling
• Aptitude & its measurement
• Memory & Forgetfulness

II. Language I Hindi – 30 Questions

a) भाषायी समझ/अवबोध – 15 Questions

• भाषायी समझ/ अवबोध के लिए दो अपठित गद्यांश :एक गद्यांश (नाटक/ एकांकी/ घटना/ निबंध/ कहानी/ आदि से) तथा दूसरा अपठित पद्य |

b) भाषायी विकास हेतु निर्धारित शिक्षा शास्त्र– 15 Questions

• भाषा सीखना और ग्रहणशीलता
• भाषा शिक्षण के सिद्धान्त
• भाषा शिक्षण में सुनने, बोलने की भूमिका, भाषा के कार्य, बच्चे भाषा का प्रयोग कैसे करते हैं
• मौखिक और लिखित अभिव्यक्ति अन्तर्गत भाषा सीखने में व्याकरण की भूमिका
• भाषा शिक्षण में विभिन्न स्तरों के बच्चों की चुनौतियाँ, कठिनाइयाँ, त्रुटियाँ एवं क्रमबद्धता
• भाषा के चारों कौशल (सुनना, बोलना, पढ़ना, लिखना) का मूल्यांकन
• कक्षा में शिक्षण अधिगम सामग्री, पाठ्यपुस्तक, दूरसंचार (दृश्य एवं श्रव्य) सामग्री, बहुकक्षा स्रोत
• पुनः शिक्षण

III. Language English II – 30 Questions

a) Comprehension – 15 Questions

• Two unseen prose passages (discursive or literary or narrative, or scientific) with questions on comprehension, grammar, and verbal ability

b) Pedagogy of Language Development – 15 Questions

• Learning and acquisition
• Principles of Second Language Teaching
• Role of listening and speaking; function of language, and how children use it as a tool
• The role of grammar in learning a language is for communicating ideas verbally and in written form.
• Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom: language difficulties, errors, and disorders
• Language Skills
• Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: speaking, listening, reading, and writing
• Teaching-learning materials: Textbook, multimedia materials, multilingual resources of the classroom
• Remedial Teaching

IV Mathematics – 30 Questions

a) Content – 15 Questions

• Geometry
• Shapes & Spatial Understanding
• Solids around Us
• Number System
• Addition and Subtraction
• Multiplication
• Division
• Fractions
• Measurement
• Weight
• Time
• Volume
• Data Handling
• Patterns
• Money

b) Pedagogical issues – 15 Questions

• Nature of Mathematics/Logical thinking; understanding children’s thinking and reasoning patterns and strategies of making meaning and learning
• Place of Mathematics in the Curriculum
• Language of Mathematics
• Community Mathematics
• Evaluation through formal and informal methods
• Problems of Teaching
• Error analysis and related aspects of learning and teaching
• Diagnostic and Remedial Teaching
• New methods for teaching Maths in class

V. Environmental Studies – 30 Questions

a) Content – 20 Questions

• Family and Friends: Relationships, Natural Resources, Animals, Plants
• Food & habits
• Shelter
• Water & Air pollution
• Space Science
• Things We Make and Do
• Work and Play
• Natural Things & Yield

b) Pedagogical Issues – 10 Questions

• Concept and scope of EVS
• Significance of EVS-integrated EVS
• Environmental Studies & Environmental Education
• Scope & relation to Science & Social Science
• Approaches of presenting concepts & activities
• Formula & Responsibility of Environmental Studies
• Tours, Experimentation/Practical Work, and their importance
• Learning through debate, Discussion, Group teachin,g and presentation
• CCE
• Teaching material/Aid
• Problems