DIRECTORATE OFTEACHER EDUCATION AND SCERT

ODISHA: BHUBANESWAR
Date
No S8
TE/CUR-20/2021
19 /0.7/f2022

From

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The Director,
TE and SCERT,

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Odisha, Bhubaneswar

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To
The Special Secretary to Government,

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School & Mass Education Department,
Government of Odisha, Bhubaneswar

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Sub: Regarding preparation of syllabus for conducting online test for

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engagement of Junior Teacher (Contractuals).
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Sir
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In inviting a reference to Government letter No. 13167/SME, Dtd.
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22.06.2022 on the above mentioned subject, I am to submit herewith the

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report of subject experts, worked out through a workshop regarding online

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test of engagement of Junior Teachers for necessary action at your end.

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Encl: As above
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Yours faithfully,
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Director
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2502928 (0) & Fax E-mail: tescertodisha@gmail.com Web-site: www.scertodisha.nic.in
 Syllabus / Scheme for CBT for Recruitment of Junior
Teachers (Primary) 133
Class I to V
Test Subjects No. of Total Time

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Questions Marks
Part I General English 10 10

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General Odia 10 10
General Knowledge & Current 10 10
Affairs

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Reasoning Ability 10 10
Computer Literacy 10 10

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Child Development, Learning, 20 20 150
Curriculum & Assessment minutesS
Total 70 70

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Part II Subject Contents 50 50

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Pedagogy 30 30
Total 80 80
Grand Total 150 150
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Note:
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Allthe questions will be of MCQ type carrying one mark each.
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Part I & II are compulsory for both the teachers of Science & Arts for
Class-I-V.
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In Part-II
Math 13 marks from Content +07 marks from Pedagogy
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Environmental Science-12 marks from Content + 08 marks from

Pedagogy
Odia 13 marks from Content +07 marks from Pedagogy
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English 12 marks from Content +08 marks from Pedagogy

All questions except English, Odia to be set both in Odia & English
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language
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The questions will be up to 10 level and as per the enclosed prescribed

syllabus.
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Part I
(Total Marks -70)
[General English, Odia, General Knowledge and Current Affairs, Reasoning
Ability, Computer Literacy and Child development, Curriculum, Learning &
Assessment]

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General English

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1. Questions on comprehension
, inference & grammar from one
unseen Passage (05 Marks)

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2. Questions on comprehension, appreciation from a Poem (05 Marks)

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* General Odia
1. Questions on comprehension, inference & grammar from one
unseen Passage (05 Marks)

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2. Questions on comprehension, appreciation from a Poem (05 Marks)

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General Knowledge and Current Affairs
(10 Marks)
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I. Current events of state (Odisha), national and international
importance
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I. History of Odisha/India
III. Indian and World Geography
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IV. Indian Polity

V. Economic and Social Development
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VI. Everyday Science

*Reasoning Ability
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(10 Marks)
General mental ability
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II. Logical reasoning and analytic ability

III. Basic numeracy
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IV. Decision making & Problem solving

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*Computer Literacy
(10 Marks)
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I. Basic computer literacy skills for use of ICT in classrooms

II. Concepts, terminology and operations relating to general computer
usage
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III. Basic hardware of computer

IV. Common applications
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V. Networking and internet

VI. Social networking
VII. Digital citizenship

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 Child development, Learning, Curriculum & Assessment
(20 Marks)
Unit 1: Understanding Child Development
Concept, principles and stages of child development
Characteristics of physical, cognitive, social, emotional and moral

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development in childhood and early adolescence
Significance of heredity and environment in understanding the child

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Factors influencing child development - home, school, peer-group
and society

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Understanding the developmental needs of children (age-specific)
Learning and developmental tasks, developmental delays, helping

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children to grow
Unit 2: Understanding Learning Process

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.Learning concept and nature, individual differences in learning

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Understanding how child learns learning through observation,
imitation, trial and error, experimentation and experience
Learning as meaning making
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Basic conditions of learning maturation, fatigue, reinforcement,
materials, tasks, organization of materials
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Promoting learning motivating learners, facilitating classroomm
learning environment, teacher behaviour
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Unit 3: Learner in Inclusive Context

Meaning of inclusive education; distinction from integrated
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education and special education

Implementation of inclusive education
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Education of CWSN types, identification, learning needs, teaching

strategies and curriculum adaptation
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Education of girl child -issues and strategies to address, initiatives

taken so far
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Education of socio-culturally disadvantaged children

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Unit 4:
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Right to Education (RTE)

Child Right & Child Abuse

Unit
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5: Curriculum
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Concept and Types subject centered, child centered, experience

centered, local -specific
Core Curriculum meaning and features
Principles of curriculum construction
. Process of curriculum development at the elementary school level

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 Unit 6: Process of Curriculum Transaction
. Guiding principles for curricular transaction :NCF 2005
Specifying objectives of curriculum in the learners context
Selection and organization of learning activities and experiences
Skills for classroom transaction- questioning skills, communication
skills, blackboard writing skills, providing reinforcement, classroom

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movement

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Unit 7: Approaches to Learning and Teaching
Teacher centred, learner centred and learning centred approaches

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Competency based approach
Activity based approach

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o Activity and its elements
Characteristics of activity
o Varieties of activity (curricular and other-curricular)

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Constructivist approach to learning

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.Major issues associated with each approach
Unit 8: Learning Assessment
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Concept of measurement, evaluation and assessment
Continuous and comprehensive assessment
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Tools and techniques of assessment -achievement test,
observation, interview, rating scale, check list, case study,
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questionnaire, project
Preparation of different types of test items
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Portfolio assessment
Preparation of unit test
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Recording, reporting and sharing of assessment results

Use of assessment outcomes for improving learning
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12 (Total Marks 800)
LANGUAGE (ODIA/URDU/HINDI/TELUGU/BENGALI) (20 marks)

(PEDAGOGY 07 marks)

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Unit 1: Learning Odia/Urdu/Hindi/Telugu/Bengali at elementary level

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Aims and objectives of teaching Odia/Urdu/Hindi/Telugu/Bengali as
mother tongue

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Principles of language teaching
Acquisition of four-fold language skills in Odia/Urdu/Hindi/Telugu/Bengali

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viz., listening, speaking, reading and writing
Interdependence of four language skills
Objectives and strategies of transacting integrated text for the beginners

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Unit 2: Teaching, Reading and Writing Skills

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Techniques of developing intensive and extensive reading skills
Teaching learning composition and creative writing
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Critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning language for
communicating ideas in written form
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Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom, language
difficulties and errors
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(CONTENTS 13 marks)
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Unit 3: Language items

.Part of speech Noun, Pronoun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective, Conjunction
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Formation of word using prefix and suffix

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.Synonym and antonym

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.Phrase and idiom

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LANGUAGE (ENGLISH) (20 marks)

(PEDAGOGY 08 marks)
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Unit 1: Learning English at Elementary Level

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Importance of learning English

Objectives of learning English (in terms of content and competence
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specifications)
Unit 2 : Language Learning
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Principles of language teaching

Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom
Unit 3: Skills in learning English
Four fold basic skills of learning viz., listening, speaking, reading and
writing: interdependence of skills
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 Techniques and activities for developing listening and speaking skills
recitation, storytelling, dialogue
Development of reading skills: reading for comprehension, techniques and
strategies for teaching reading phonic, alphabet, word, sentence and
story
Development of writing skills teaching composition

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(CONTENTS-12 marks)

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Unit 4: Language items
Noun, Adverb, Verb, Tense and Time, Preposition, Article, Adjective,

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Preposition, Punctuation

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MATHEMATICS (20 marks)
(PEDAGOGY-07 marks)

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Unit -1: Mathematics Education in Schools

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Nature of Mathematics (exactness, systematic, patterns, preciseness)
ms and objectives of teaching Mathematics
Specific objectives of teaching Mathematics
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Unit 2: Methods and Approaches to Teaching -Learning
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Mathematics
Methods:Inductive, deductive, analysis, synthesis, play-way
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Approaches: Constructivist and Activity -based

(CONTENTS 13 marks)
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Unit 3: Number systems and Operation in Numbers

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Number system natural, whole, rational, real

Fundamental operation on numbers
Fractional operation on numbers
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Fractional numbers and decimals operations in fractional numbers and

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decimals
Factors and multiples HCF and LCM
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Percentage and its application

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Unit 4: Measurement
Measurement of length, weight, capacity
Measurement of area and perimeter of rectangle and square
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Measurement of time concept of a.m., p.m. and time interval

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Unit 5:Shapes and

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Spatial Relationship
Basic geometrical concepts point, line segment, ray, straight line, angles
Geometry of triangles, quadrilaterals and circles
Symmetry
Geometrical slides -cube, cuboid, sphere, cylinder, cone

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 Unit 6: Data Handling and Patterns
Pictography, bar graph, histogram, pie chart
Interpretation of these graphs
Patterns in numbers and figures
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES (EVS) (20 marks)

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(PEDAGOGY-08 marks)

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Unit 1 Concept

Concept and significance

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Integration of science and social science
Aims and objectives of teaching and learning EVS

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Unit 2: Methods and Approaches

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Basic principles of teaching EVS
Methods survey, practical work, discussion, observation, project

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Approaches activity -based, theme -based
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(CONTENTS-12 marks)
Unit 3 Governance
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Local-self, Government-State and Central
Judiciary
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Unit 4: Physical Features of Odisha and India

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Landscape
Climate
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Natural resources
Agriculture and industry
Disaster management
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Unit 5 : History of Freedom Struggle in India and Odisha

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Unit 6 : Health and Diseases

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Nutritional elements and balanced diet

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Nutritional deficiency and diseases

Waste materials and disposal
First-aid
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Air and water pollution

Unit 7 : Internal Systems of Human Body
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Respiratory, circulatory, digestive and excretory system-structure and

parts of plant -structure and function
Unit 8: Matter, Force and Energy
Matter and its properties
Earth and Sky, effect of rotation and revolution of Earth
Work and Energy

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 Syllabus/ Scheme for CBT for Recruitment of Junior
Teachers (Upper Primary)
Class VI to VIII
Test Subjects No. of Total Time

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Question Marks
Part I General English 10 10

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General Odia 10 10
General Knowledge & Current 10 10

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Affairs
Reasoning Ability 10 10
Computer Literacy 10 10

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150
Child Development, Learning & 20 20
minutess
Curriculum
Total 70 70

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Part II Subject Contents 50 50

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Pedagogy 30 30
Total 80 80
Grand Total 150 150
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Note:
Part-I is compulsory for both the streams i.e.; Science and Arts.
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Part-II contains the syllabus for both Science and Arts streams separately.
Candidates have to opt for either of the Streams.
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All the questions will be of MCQ type carrying one mark each.
The contents of Arts Stream include Language-I
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(Odia/Urdu/Hindi/Telugu/Bengali), Language-II (English), History & Civics

and Geography.
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The contents of the Science Stream include Mathematics, Physical Science

and Life Science.
Except Language-I and II, questions of other subjects will be of bilingual
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(Odia and English) in nature

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The questions will be up to +2 level and as per the enclosed prescribed

syllabus.
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For Arts Stream

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In Part II
Odia (15 marks from Content +10 marks from Pedagogy)
English (15 marks from Content+ 10 marks from Pedagogy)
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History & Civics and Geography (20 marks from Content+ 10 marks
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from Pedagogy)
For Science Stream
In Part II
Math (20 marks from Content+ 10 marks from Pedagogy)
Physical Science (15 marks from Content + 10 marks from
Pedagogy)
Life Science (15 marks from Content +10 marks from Pedagogy)

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 Part I
(Total Marks 70)
[General English, Odia, General Knowledge and Current Affairs, Reasoning
Ability, Computer Literacy, Child development, Learning and Curriculum]

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General English
1. Questions on comprehension, inference & grammar from one unseen

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Passage (05 Marks)
2. Questions on comprehension, appreciation from a Poem (05 Marks)

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General Odia

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1. Questions on comprehension, inference & grammar from one unseen
Passage (05 Marks)
2. Questions on comprehension, appreciation from a Poem (05 Marks)

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* General Knowledge and Current Affairs
(10 Marks)
I. Current events of state (Odisha), national and international
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importance
II. History of Odisha/India
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III. Indian and World Geography
IV. Indian Polity
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V. Economic and Social Development

VI. Everyday Science
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*Reasoning Ability (10 Marks)

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General mental ability

I. Logical reasoning and analytic ability
III. Basic numeracy
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IV. Decision making & Problem solving

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Computer Literacy (10 Marks)

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I. Basic computer literacy skills for use of ICT in classrooms

II. Concepts, terminology and operations relating to general computer
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usage
III. Basic hardware of computer
IV. Common applications
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V. Networking and internet

VI. Social networking
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VII. Digital citizenship

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 *Child development, Learning & Curriculum (20 Marks)

Unit 1 : Understanding Child Development

Concept, principles and stages of child development
Characteristics of physical, cognitive, social, emotional and moral

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development in childhood and early adolescence
Significance of heredity and environment in understanding the child

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Factors influencing child development home, school, peer-group
and society

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Understanding the developmental needs of children (age-specific)
Learning and developmental tasks, developmental delays, helping

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children to grow
Unit 2: Understanding Learning Process

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Learning concept and nature, individual differences in learning

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Understanding how child learns learning through observation,
imitation, trial and error, experimentation and experience
Learning as meaning making
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Basic conditions of learning maturation, fatigue, reinforcement,
materials, tasks, organization of materials
Y
Promoting learning motivating learners, facilitating classroom
learning environment, teacher behaviour
E!

Unit 3: Learner in Inclusive Context

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.Meaning of inclusive education; distinction from integrated

education and special education
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Implementation of inclusive education

Education of CWSN types, identification, learning needs, teaching9
strategies and curriculum adaptation
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Education of girl child -issues and strategies to address, initiatives

taken so far
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Education of socio-culturally disadvantaged children

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Unit 4
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.Right to Education (RTE)

Child Right & Child Abuse
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Unit 5 :Curriculum
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Concept and Types - subject centered, child centered, experience

centered, local -specific
Core Curriculum meaning and features
Principles of curriculum construction
Process of curriculum development at the elementary school level
 Unit 6 : Process of Curriculum Transaction
Guiding principles for curricular transaction :NCF 2005
Specifying objectives of curiculum in the learners context
Selection and organization of learning activities and experiences
Skills for classroom transaction questioning skills, communication
skills, blackboard writing skills, providing reinforcement, classroom

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movement

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Unit 7: Approaches to Learning and Teaching
Teacher centred, learner centred and learning centred approaches

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Competency based approach
Activity based approach

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o Activity and its elements
o Characteristics of activity
o Varieties of activity (curricular and other-curricular)

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Constructivist approach to learning

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Major issues associated with each approach
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Y
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(Total Marks 80)
ARTSS STREAM
LANGUAGE I (ODIA/URDU/HINDI/TELUGU/BENGALI) (25 marks)

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(PEDAGOGY-10 marks)

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Unit 1: Learning Odia/Urdu/Hindi/Telugu/Bengali at Upper Primary

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level
Aims and objectives of learning Odia/Urdu/Hindi/Telugu/Bengali as first

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language
Principles of teaching mother tongue
Development of language skills listening, speaking, reading and writing

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Unit 2 Teaching Language
Intensive and extensive reading skills at upper primary level
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Teaching of non-detailed and detailed texts (prose, poetry)
Teaching of composition and creative writing
Teaching of grammar
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Challenges of teaching Odia/Urdu/Hindi/Telugu/Bengali in multi-lingual
context
E!

Unit 3: Assessment of Language

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Assessment of learning Odia/Urdu/Hindi/Tel ugu/Bengali language

listening, speaking, reading and writing
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Planning and designing achievement tests and other tools for assessment
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(CONTENTS-15 marks)
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Unit 4: Elements of Odia/Urdu/Hindi/Telugu/Bengali Language

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Comprehension of two unseen passages (one from prose/drama and other

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from poem) with test items on comprehension, vocabulary and grammar.

Unit 5:Language Items
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Parts of speech noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, conjuction

Formation of word pre-fix and suffix
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Vocabulary spelling and meaning of synonym and antonym

Phrase and idiomm
Unit 6 Contribution of famous literates for development of
Odia/Urdu/Hindi/Telugu/Bengali Language
Odia-Fakir Mohan Senapati, Gangadhar Meher, Radhanath Ray, Surendra
Mohanty, Gopinath Mohanty

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 Urdu Altaf Hussain Hali, Niaz Fatepuri, Ali Sardar Jafri, Amir Khusroo,
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Majrooh Sultanpuri
Hindi Bharatendu Harischandra, Mahavir Prasad Dwivedy, Prem Chand,
Jayashankar Prasad, Surykanta Tripathy Nirala
Bengali Rabindra Nath Tagore, Sarat Chandra Chhatopadhya,
Tarasankar Bandopadhyay, Kzi Nazrul Islam, Bibhuti Bhusan
Bandopadhyay

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Telugu -Srinanthadu, Gurajuda Appa Rao, Kandukuri Veeresalingam,

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Arudra, C.Narayan Reddy

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LANGUAGE II (ENGLISH) (25 marks)

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(PEDAGOGY-10 marks)
Unit 1: Learning English at Upper Primary Level

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Importance of learning English

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Objectives of learning English
Unit 2: Development of English Language SkillIs
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Basic skills of language listening, speaking, reading, writing &
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interdependence of skills
Teaching of prose, poetry and composition
Teaching of creative writing
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Principles of language teaching

Challenges of teaching English as second language at upper primary level
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Unit 3: Assessment of learning English Language

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Assessment of comprehension and language skills listening, speaking,

reading and writing
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(CONTENTS-15 marks)
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Unit 4: Comprehension
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Two unseen passages one from prose/drama and another from poem
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with questions on comprehension, grammar

Unit 5 : Language Items
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Parts of speech, tense, voice change, change of narration, use of article &
use of punctuation mark
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Vocabulary meaning and spelling

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 SOCIAL STUDIES (30 marks)
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Unit 1: Aims and objectives of Teaching Social Studies
Importance of teaching- learning Social Science at Upper Primary Stage
Aims and objectives of teaching learning Social Science

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Specific objectives of teaching learning Social Science

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Unit 2 : Methods and Approaches

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Methods: Survey, field work/ trips, project & group work
Approaches Activity based, theme-based

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Unit 3: Evaluation in Social Science
Tools and techniques for assessment of learning in Social Science
Diagnostic assessment and remedial teaching

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(CONTENTS-20 marks)
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Unit-4: History and Political Science
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Methods of historical studies, social, economic and political conditioned of
Sultanate, Moghul and British period
Slave, Khiligi, Tughlaq, Lodi Dynasty
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East India Company, British Crown, Impact of British rules, Ancient

Period, Kharabela, Ashoka
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Soma, Ganga, Surya, fall of Odisha, Odisha under Moghuls

Nationalist movement in India
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Development of Nationalism in India and Europe

Unit 5: Political Science
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Indian Constitution
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Human Rights
Governance at Central, State and Local level
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Political Parties and Pressure group

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Unit 6: Geography
Odisha Geography physical features, climate, agriculture and industry
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Natural resources land, water, forest & wild animals, minerals

Atmosphere, biosphere and hydrosphere
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Earth crust, internal structure, landscape hills & mountains, platue,

plains, rivers
Temperature zones of earth

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MATHEMATICS (30 marks)
(PEDAGOoGY-10 marks)
Unit 1: Mathematics at Upper Primary Stage

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Nature of Mathematics Iogical, systematic, abstractions, pattern,
mathematical language

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Aims and objectives of teaching Mathematics
Specific objectives of teaching Mathematics

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Unit 2: Methods and Approaches to Teaching -Learning Mathematics

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Methods Induction, deduction, analysis and synthesis
Approaches Constructivist and Activity -based
Unit 3: Evaluation in Mathematics

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Formal and informal evaluation
Error analysis
.Remedial and enrichment programmes
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(CONTENTS-20 marks)
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Unit 4: Number systems
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Number System (focus on real and rational numbers)

Properties in different number systems
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Unit 5: Algebra
TI

Basic concepts terms, co-efficient, powers

Algebraic equations and their applications with one variable
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Polynomials operations in polynomials

Laws of indices
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Identities
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Unit 6: Commercial Arithmetic

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Percentage and its application profit and loss, simple and compound,
interest, banking, rebate
Ratio and proportion
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Variation and its application

Square, square root, cube, cube root of natural numbers
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Unit 7 : Shapes and Spatial Relationship

Triangles and Quadrilaterals
Angles, complementary and supplementary angles, opposite angles,
exterior angles of the triangle
Angle sum property
Parallel Iines and properties relating to parallel lines
Congruency and similarities

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 Mensurations area and circumstance of circle, higher order problems
relating to area of square, triangle, rectangle, parallelogram, trapezium,
Pythagorean theorem

SCIENCE

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(Physical Science-25 marks)
(PEDAGoGY 10 marks)

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Unit 1: Nature of Science

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Aims and objectives of teaching learning science at upper primary stage

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Unit 2: Methods and Approaches
Methods: Observation, Experimentation, Discovery, Project and Problem

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Approaches Integrated approach, constructivists approach

Unit 3 Evaluation in Science

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Tools and techniques for assessing learning in Science
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(CONTENTS 15 marks)
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Unit 4: Physical Science

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Metal, non-metal and metalloid

Elements and compounds
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Symbol, valence and chemical equation

Acid, base and salt
Physical and chemical changes in matters
Y

Force, motion, friction, pressure in solid, liquid & gases

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Electricity and current, chemical effects of electric current

Refraction and reflection of light
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Solar system and planets

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SCIENCE
(Life Science-25 marks)
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(PEDAGOGY 10 marks)
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Unit 1: Nature of Science

Aims and objectives of teaching learning science at upper primary level

Unit 2: Methods and Approaches

Methods: Observation, Experimentation, Discovery, Project and Problem
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solving
Approaches: Integrated approach, constructivists approach

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Tools and techniques for assessing learning in Science

(CONTENTS-15 marks)

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Unit 4: Life Science

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Biological adaptation among living beings
Respiration and transpiration

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Soil and forest resource
Cell structure and function of cell organelle
Micro organisms

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Adolescence in human beinng

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