UTET Syllabus 2020-2021: Uttarakhand Board of School Examination (UBSE) has indicated the syllabus of Uttarakhand Teacher Eligibility Test UTET 2020-2021 at the official website. Applicants who are going to appear in the Uttarakhand Teacher Eligibility Test 2020-2021 must be aware of the syllabus and format of the examination. In both papers, the topics of Child Development & Pedagogy and Language are common. The duration of the UTET 2020-2021 is of 2 hours and 30 minutes. Know the complete UTET Syllabus 2020-2021 here, learn about the exam pattern and check recommended books for UTET preparations in this article.
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UTET Syllabus 2020-2021
There are two papers in the Uttarakhand Teacher Eligibility Test. The UTET I is for primary school teachers and UTET II is for upper primary school teachers. The UTET Syllabus consists of the descriptive topics and the subject areas from which the question paper is drawn up for the examination. The UTET syllabus is given below.
Exam Conducting Body: Uttarakhand Board of School Examination (UBSE)
Name of Exam: Uttarakhand Teachers Eligibility Test 2020-2021
UTET Syllabus 2020-2021 For Paper I & II
Child Development and Pedagogy
- Child Development
- The definition of creation and its relationship to learning.
- Gender as a social construct, gender-bias, gender roles, and educational practice.
- Principles of the development of children.
- Social world & children (Teachers, Parents, Peers).
- Multi-Dimensional Intelligence.
- Influence of Heredity & Environment.
- Concepts of child-centered and progressive education.
- Critical perspective of the construct of Intelligence.
- Piaget, Kohlberg, and Vygotsky: constructs and critical perspectives.
- Language & Thought.
- Individual differences between learners, recognizing differences based on the diversity of language, caste, class, culture, religion, etc.
- The difference between learning evaluation and learning evaluation; school-based assessment, continuous and systematic assessment: perspective and experience.
- Definition of equal education and awareness of children with special needs
- Addressing learners from varied backgrounds, including affluent and affluent
- Addressing the Talented, Creative, Specially abled Learners
- The Addressing the needs of children with learning difficulties, ‘impairment’ etc
- Learning and Pedagogy
- How children think and learn
- Factors contributing to learning- personal & environmental
- Children’s strategies of learning; learning as a social activity; social context of learning.
- Cognition & Emotions
- Alternative interpretations of children’s development and understanding children’s ‘errors’ as important steps in the learning process.
- Basic processes of teaching and learning
- Motivation and learning
Language I
- Language Comprehension.
- Reading unseen passages – one drama or prose, two passages, with questions of comprehension and one poem, inference, grammar, and verbal capacity (prose passage may be literature, science, discursive or narrative).
- Pedagogy of Language Development.
- Principles of Language Teaching.
- Role of listening and speaking.
- A critical viewpoint on the role of grammar in learning a language for verbal and written communication of ideas.
- Learning and acquisition.
- Communication problems in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, mistakes, and disorders.
- Language Skills.
- Language feature and how children use it as a tool.
- Remedial Teaching.
- Evaluating language: speaking, listening, reading and writing.
Language II (English)
- Comprehension.
- Two unknown narrative passages (discursive or literary or narrative or scientific) with questions of understanding, grammar, and verbal capacity.
- Pedagogy of Language Development.
- Principles of Language Teaching.
- Learning and acquisition.
- The importance of listening and speaking; the importance of language and how children use it as a tool.
- Language Skills.
- The critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally and in written form.
- Remedial Teaching.
- Evaluating language comprehension and competence: speaking, listening, reading and writing.
- Teaching-learning materials: multi-media materials, Textbook, multilingual resource of the classroom.
- Communication problems in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, mistakes, and disorders.
Mathematics
- Geometry.
- Division.
- Multiplication.
- Weight.
- Data Handling.
- Shapes & Spatial Understanding.
- Money.
- LCM &HCF.
- Patterns.
- Numbers.
- Fractions.
- Addition and Subtraction.
- Measurement.
- Decimal.
- Time, Volume.
- Pedagogical issues
- Problems of Teaching.
- Nature of Mathematics/Logical thinking
- Diagnostic and Remedial Teaching.
- Evaluation through formal and informal methods.
- The language of Mathematics.
- Place of Mathematics in Curriculum.
- Community Mathematics.
- Error analysis
Environmental Studies
- Parts of Body (internal & external).
- Habitats, types.
- Health, good habits & personal hygiene.
- Natural Resources.
- Solar System.
- Parts of plants.
- Basic needs.
- Food, resources, and care.
- Water, Air.
- Diseases.
- Our Surroundings.
- Clothes, Dresses & their care.
- Festivals (school, family & national).
- Looking after the trees, plants & animals.
- Living and nonliving.
- Geographical features and changes.
- Days and Nights.
- Disposal of solid waste.
- Community Buildings.
- Transportation, communication, and its development.
- Pollution.
- Local Bodies (Rural & urban).
- Weather & climate.
- First Aid.
- National property.
- Disaster management.
- Pedagogical Issues.
- The significance of EVS & integrated EVS.
- Concept and scope of EVS.
- Approaches to presenting concepts.
- learning Principles.
- Environmental Studies & Environmental Education.
- Scope & relation to Science & Social Science.
- Activities, Problems..
- Experimentation/Practical Work.
- Teaching material/Aids.
Science
- Methods and Approaches.
- Evaluation in Science.
- Life Science.
- Physical Science.
- Nature of Science.
Social Studies
- Methods and Approaches.
- History and Political Science.
- Aims and Objectives of Teaching Social Studies.
- Geography
- Evaluation in Social Science.
- Political Science.
UTET 2020-2021 Exam Pattern
The exam pattern and marking scheme of the Uttarakhand Teacher Eligibility Test is provided below. The UTET examination shall be performed at two separate levels for the primary classes 1 to 5 (UTET-I) and the upper primary classes 6 to 8 (UTET-II).
Type of question: Multiple Choice based questions (MCQs).
Duration of Exam: 2 hours & 30 mins.
Language of Question Paper: Bilingual (Hindi & English).
The table below contains the topics/subjects, the total number of questions from each subject, and marks distribution.
UTET Exam Pattern of Paper I
| Exam Name | Total Number of Questions | Total Marks |
| Child Development and Pedagogy | 30 | 30 |
| Language I | 30 | 30 |
| Language II | 30 | 30 |
| Mathematics | 30 | 30 |
| Environmental Studies | 30 | 30 |
| Total | 150 | 150 |
UTET Exam Pattern of Paper II
| Exam Name | Number of Questions | Total Marks |
| Child Development & Pedagogy (compulsory) | 30 | 30 |
| Language I (compulsory) | 30 | 30 |
| Language II (compulsory) | 30 | 30 |
| For Mathematics and Science teacher – (a) Mathematics and Science | ||
| For Social Science Teacher -(b) Social Science | 60 | 60 |
| For any other teacher: either (a) or (b) |
Recommended Books for UTET Preparation
Candidates should refer to the books recommended below for the preparation of the Uttarakhand Teacher Eligibility Test 2020-2021.
| Books Title | Check Price |
| UTET Success Master Paper-I for Class I-V | Click here |
| 15 Practice Sets – UTET-I Class (I-V) Adhyapak Ke Liye | Click here |
| Model Solved Paper, UTET Paper-I Shikshak, UTET Paper-II Samajik Vigyan | Click here |
| Paryavarniya Adhyayan (Class : I-V) | Click here |
| Ganit (Class : I – V) – Paper 1 Mathematics | Click here |
| Bal Vikas Evam Shikshan Vidhi (Class : I –VIII ) | Click here |
| 15 Practice Sets – UTET-II Class (VI-VIII) | Click here |
| Bhasha – I : Hindi | Click here |
| Vigyan (Class : VI –VIII ) | Click here |
Official Website: ubseonline.uk.gov.in.
