Uttar Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test (UPTET) is an eligibility exam to teach in primary (Classes 1 to 5) and upper primary (Classes 6-8) schools in Uttar Pradesh. The exam takes place once a year and has two parts. Both exams are of equal marks, 150 each with +1 for each correct answer, but no negative marking for non-MCQ questions.
Candidates preparing for UPTET must know the complete syllabus for the exam because without knowing the syllabus, one cannot start the preparation.
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UPTET Syllabus 2023
Candidates preparing for the UPTET exam should know the syllabus of both papers. Without knowing the proper syllabus, it is not possible to ace good marks.
Candidates who want to appear in the primary level exam should learn UPTET paper- 1 syllabus, and those preparing for the upper primary level should check for UPTET 2 syllabus. The details of the syllabus for both are given in this article. Check out the UPTET syllabus 2023 for Paper 1 and Paper 2.
UPTET Paper 1 Syllabus
Paper -1 covers topics from NCERT books for classes 1 to 5. It consists of chapters from five subjects, mandatory for the candidates preparing for UPTET paper -1. The syllabus of UPTET paper 1 is easy to prepare as it consists of subjects – CDP (Child Development and Pedagogy), EVS, Language 1, Language 2, and Math’s.
Here are the details of each subject with topics of the UPTET Paper 1 syllabus. Check them before preparation.
Child Development and Pedagogy
Child development
- What is the meaning of child development?
- What is the Necessity and scope of child development,
- What are the stages of child development,
- mental development,
- emotional development,
- physical development,
- What is the basis of child development?
- What are the factors influencing child development – inheritance, environment (Family, social, school, communication medium)
Inclusive education
- Equipment, materials, methods, TLM, and observations required for inclusion
- Crucial tools and techniques for testing the learning of inclusive children
- Special teaching methods for including children. Such as – Braille script etc.
- Educational inclusion- its meaning, types, resolution,
- Guidance and Counseling for Inclusive Children – Meaning, Purpose, Type, Methods, Requirements, and Area
- District hospital
- Importance of Trained Diet Mentors in District Education and Training Institute
- Supervision and inspection system
- Community and school support committee
- Government and NGOs
- Departments / Institutions supporting consultation
- What is the importance of guidance and counseling in child learning
Learning and teaching
- Thinking and learning mentality of children and the reasons behind their failure.
- Sense and feelings
- Children as problem solvers and scientific investigators.
- What are the alternative concepts of learning in children
- understanding child errors
- Learning and teaching, l
- Learning strategies for children,
- Social Activity- Learning
- the social context of Learning
Meaning and Principles of Learning
- What is the meaning of learning, its affecting factors, and Influential methods of learning
- Rules of learning – rules of learning of Thorndike and their importance in learning
- Principles of Learning and their utility in Classroom Teaching
- What are the principles of Thorndike’s attempt and error,
- What is Pavlov’s relation theory of feedback,
- What is Skinner’s action learning theory,
- What is Kohler’s theory of understanding
- What is the Vygotsky’s Theory of Learning
Teaching and learning methods
- principles of teaching,
- Meaning and purpose of teaching, communication,
- sources of teaching,
- Teaching skills
- teaching methods, new ways of teaching (approach),
UPTET Paper 1 Syllabus -(Math’s)
- Geometry – Geometric shapes and pages, angles, triangles, circles
- Area – Rectangle, Square
- Addition, subtraction, property, division of decimals
- Addition, subtraction, property, division of fractions
- Unitary rule
- Calendar
- Profit loss
- Perimeter – Triangle, import, square, quadrilateral
- Percent
- Simple interest
- Money (money – money)
- Measurement – time, weight, capacity, length, and temperature
- Railway or bus timetable
- Figures
- Presentation and formulation of data
- Volume, held – cube, cavity
UPTET Syllabus Language 2 (English/Urdu/Sanskrit)
Language 2 focuses on concepts and comprehension skills. Candidates have to choose one language (Sanskrit, Urdu, or Sanskrit) for language 2.
UPTET Paper 1 Syllabus- English
- Identifying the subject and predicate in the sentences
- Unseen Passage
- Parts of speech
- Kinds of nouns, adverbs, verbs, adjectives, conjunction, pronoun
- Types of tenses- Past, present and future, Continuous, perfect
- Articles
- Punctuation
- Reported Speech
- Active and Passive Voice
- Singular and Plural Gender
- Word Formation
UPTET Syllabus – Sanskrit Paper 1
- Nouns
- Unseen passage
- Unexplained feminine
- Unexplained neuter
- Postpartum feminine
- Postpartum masculine
- Incessant
- Sandi – Treaty of simple words and their separation
- Numbers
- Gender
- vowel, vowel type
- substitution, type of consonant
- anusvara,
- nasal consonant
- Poets and writers
- Pronouns
- Verb
UPTET Syllabus 2023 -(EVS)
- Accommodation
- Trees and plants
- Family
- Food, health, and hygiene
- Our environment
- Fair
- Water
- Traffic and communication
- Individuals involved in the local profession
- Sports and sportsmanship
- Forests, rivers, plains, plateaus, and oceans in India
- Stones, Mountains, Forests, rivers
- Constitution of India
- Learning the Governance system –
- Nagar-panchayat
- district panchayat
- municipality
- municipal corporation
- local self-government
- village-panchayat
- District Administration
- judiciary, executive
- state governance
- administrative
- National
- The National symbols
- voting
- National unity.
- What is the need for the environment?
- What is the need for environmental protection?
- What is the importance & utility of environmental protection?
- What is our social responsibility towards the environment?
- Learning the schemes made for environmental protection
UPTET Paper 2 Syllabus
UPTET paper 2 is for those candidates who want to become teachers of upper primary classes. The syllabus for UPTET Paper 2 covers NCERT of classes 6 to 10. Therefore, candidates have to prepare well on topics covered in the books to score well in UPTET paper 2, as paper 2 is comparatively tougher than paper 1.
UPTET Paper 2 Syllabus – (Math & Science)
Mathematics
- Natural numbers
- whole numbers
- Rational numbers
- Integer
- parenthesis
- least common multiple
- Highest common factor
- Square root
- Cube root
- Identities
- Algebra
- – Ratio
- Proportion
- Percentage
- Profit and Loss
- Simple Interest
- Compound Interest
- Tax
- Barter System
Science
- Everyday Science
- Discoveries
- Anthropology
- Technology
- Fibers and Textiles (complete process)
- Living and non-living things
- Fauna – classification of living organisms
- Flora and Fauna
- Changes in animals and plants related to adaption
- Structure of animals and function of different organs
- The classification of Microorganisms
UPTET Syllabus 2023 – (Social Studies)
- History
- Civics
- Geography
- Environmental Studies
- Home Science
- Physical Education and Sports
- Music
- Horticulture and Fruit Conservation