UPTET Syllabus 2024: Paper 1 & 2, Books

UPTET syllabus 2024 is set by the authorities and will be displayed in the noitfication. UPTET syllabus will be simple, and the questions will be asked from the subjects studied by the applicants in the school. Going through the syllabus will let you strategize well for the preparation.

UPTET 2024 examination will be conducted in two parts. Paper 1 for primary teachers for Class 1 to Class 5 and Paper 2 for post-primary teachers for classes 6 and 8.

UPTET Paper-I Syllabus

UPTET Paper 1 syllabus mainly covers Teaching Methodology & Pedagogy, Languages (Hindi & English/Urdu/Sanskrit), Mathematics and Environmental Studies. This exam is for the candidates who are aspiring to be primary teachers.

Child Development and Pedagogy

UPTET 2024 topics under Child development and Pedagogy is mentioned below in the tabular structure.

UPTET 2024 Paper 1 Unit-Wise Child Development and Pedagogy Syllabus

Units	Topics
Unit 1:	Child Development: Concept of growth and development, Principles and dimensions of development, Factors affection development (especially in the context of family and school) and its relationship with learning, Role of Heredity and Environment.
Unit 2:	Learning: Meaning and Concept of learning and its processes, Factors Affecting learning, Theories of learning and its implication, How Children learn and think, Motivation and Implications for Learning
Unit 3:	Individual Differences: Meaning, types and factors of Affection, Individual differences, Understanding Individual Differences based on Language, Gender, Community, Caste & ReligionPersonality: Concept, and types of personality, Factors responsible for shaping it, its measurementIntelligence: Concept, Theories and its measurement, Multidimensional Intelligence
Unit 4:	Understanding diverse learning: Backward, Mentally retarded, Gifted, Creative, Disadvantaged and Deprived, Specially-abledLearning difficulties and Adjustments: Concept and ways of adjustment, Role of teacher in adjustment
Unit 5:	Teaching: Teaching-learning process, Teaching learning strategies, and methods in the context of National Curriculum Framework 2005Assessment and Evaluation: Meaning and purposes of Assessment, Measurement, and Evaluation, Comprehensive and Continuous Evaluation, Constriction of Achievement Test, Action Research Right to Education Act, 2009

English

Topics under English is mentioned below in the tabular structure.

UPTET 2024 Paper 1 Unit-Wise English Syllabus

Units	Topics
Unit 1:	Unseen Prose Passage Synonyms Antonyms Spelling Word-formation One Word Substitution
Unit 2:	Unseen Prose Passage Parts of Speech Tenses Determiners Change of Degrees
Unit 3:	Framing Question including Wh-questions Active and Passive Voice Knowledge of English Sounds and Phonetic Symbols
Unit 4:	Principles of Teaching English Methods, and Approaches to English Language Teaching
Unit 5:	Development of Language Skills Teaching Learning Materials including Textbooks Multi-Media Materials, and other resources
Unit 6:	Comprehensive & Continuous Evaluation Evaluation of Language Proficiency English Preparation Tips

Mathematics

Topics under Mathematics is mentioned below in the tabular structure.

UPTET 2024 Paper 1 Unit - Wise Mathematic Syllabus

Units	Topics
Unit 1:	Indices Algebraic Expressions Factors, Equations Square Roots Cube Roots
Unit 2:	Interest Ratio and Proportion Percentage
Unit 3:	Lines and Angles Plane Figures Area of Place Figures Surface Area and Volume
Unit 4:	Statistics Graph
Unit 5:	Nature of Mathematics Place of Mathematics Language of Mathematics Community of Mathematics
Unit 6:	Evaluation Remedial Teaching Problem of Teaching

Environmental Studies

Topics under Environmental Studies is mentioned below in the tabular structure.

UPTET 2024 Paper 1 Unit - Wise Environmental Studies

Units	Topics
Unit 1:	Family: Family Personal relationships, nuclear and joint families, social abuses (child marriage, dowry system, child labour, theft); addiction (intoxication, smoking) and it's personal, social and economic bad effects Clothes and Habitats: Clothes for different seasons, maintenance of clothes at home, handloom and power loom, habitats of living beings, various types of houses, cleanliness of houses and neighbouring areas, Different types of materials for building houses
Unit 2:	Profession: Profession of your surroundings (stitching clothes, gardening, farming, animal rearing, vegetable vendor etc.), small and cottage industries, major industries of the State, Need for consumer protection, co-operative societies Public places and Institutions: Public places like school, hospital, post office, bus stand, railway station, Public property (street light, road, bus, train, public buildings etc.), wastage of electricity and water, employment policies, general information about Panchayat, legislative assembly and parliament Our Culture and Civilization: Fairs and festivals, National festivals, Dresses, food-habits and art and craft of the state, Tourist places and Great personalities of the state
Unit 3:	Transport and Communication: Means of transport and communication, Rules for pedestrians and transport, Effects of means of communication on the lifestyle Personal Hygiene: External parts of our body and their cleanliness, general information about the internal parts of the body, Balanced diet, and its importance, Common diseases (gastroenteritis, amoebiosis, methemoglobin, anaemia, fluorosis, malaria, dengue) their causes and methods of prevention, Pulse Polio campaign Living Beings: Levels of organisation of plants and animals, diversity of living organisms, state flower, state tree, state bird, state animal, knowledge of reserve forest and wildlife (national parks, sanctuaries, tiger reserve, world heritage), conservation of species of plants and animals, knowledge of Kharif and Rabi crops
Unit 4:	Matter and Energy: Common properties of substances (colour, state, ductility, solubility) various types of fuels, types of energy and transformation of one form into another, Applications of energy in daily life, sources of light, common properties of light Weather and climate: Basic knowledge of air, water, forest, wetlands and deserts, different kind of pollution, renewable and non-renewable resources of energy in the state and concept of their conservation, weather, and climate, water cycle
Unit 5:	Concept and scope of Environment Studies: The significance of Environment Studies, Integrated Environment Studies, Environmental Studies & Environmental Education learning Principles, Scope & relation to Science & Social Science, Approaches to presenting concepts
Unit 6:	Activities: Experimentation/Practical Work Discussion, Comprehensive and Continuous Evaluation, Teaching material/Aides, Problems of Teaching

Hindi/Urdu/Sanskrit

Topics under Hindu/Urdu/Sanskrit is mentioned below in the tabular structure.

• Reading unseen passages
• Verbal ability
• Grammar inference acquisition and learning
• Listening role and speaking
• Principles of language teaching
• The critical aspect of grammar
• Teaching challenges in the classroom
• Remedial teaching to evaluate proficiency in language comprehension
• The material of teaching-learning language Skills

UPTET Paper-II Syllabus

UPTET Paper 2 syllabus focuses on topics like Child Development, Learning & Pedagogy, Languages (Hindi & English/Urdu/Sanskrit), Mathematics & Science or Social Studies & Social Science. This paper is for the candidates who are aspiring to be Post Primary teachers.

Child Development and Pedagogy

• Child Development (Elementary School Child)
• Concept of Inclusive education and understanding children with special needs
• Learning and Pedagogy

Language-1

• Language Comprehension
• Pedagogy of Language Development

Language-2

• Comprehension Pedagogy of Language Development

Mathematics

• Pedagogical issues
• Number System
• Algebra
• Geometry
• Mensuration
• Data Handling

Social Studies/Social Science

History:

• When, Where and How
• The Earliest Societies
• The First Farmers and Herders
• The First Cities, Early States
• New Ideas
• The First Empire
• Contacts with Distant lands
• Political Developments
• Culture and Science
• New Kings and Kingdoms
• Sultans of Delhi, Architecture, Creation of an Empire
• Social Change, Regional Cultures
• The Establishment of Company Power
• Rural Life and Society
• Colonialism and Tribal Societies
• The Revolt of 1857 – 58
• Women and reform
• Challenging the Caste System
• The Nationalist Movement
• India After Independence

Geography:

• Geography as a social study and as a science
• Planet Earth in the solar system
• Globe
• Environment in its totality
• Natural and human environment
• Air, Water, Human Environment
• Settlement, transport and communication
• Resource Types like Natural, Human and Agriculture

Social and Political Science

• Diversity
• Government
• Local Government
• Making a Living
• Democracy
• State Government
• Understanding Media
• Unpacking Gender
• The Constitution
• Parliamentary Government
• Social Justice and the Marginalized.

Pedagogical issues

• Concept & Nature of Social Science/Social Studies
• Class Room Processes, activities, and discourse
• Developing Critical thinking
• Enquiry/Empirical Evidence
• Problems of teaching
• Social Science/Social Studies
• Sources – Primary & secondary, Project Work

Science

UPTET Topics under Science is mentioned below in the tabular structure.

UPTET 2024 Unit - Wise Paper 2 Science Syllabus

Units	Topics
Unit 1:	Micro-Organism Living Beings Human Body and Health Animal Reproduction and Adolescence
Unit 2:	Force and Motion Heat Light and Sound
Unit 3:	Science and Technology Solar System
Unit 4:	Structure of Matter Chemical Substance
Unit 5:	Nature & Structure of Science Natural Science Understanding the Method of Teaching Science
Unit 6:	Innovation Text Material/Aids Evaluation Problems Remedial Teaching

UPTET Preparation Books

The following books can be referred for preparing for the exam: 

UPTET Preparation Books

Name of the Book	Written by	Published by
UPTET (Paper-II) Upper Primary Level for Social Studies Teachers Guide	R.Gupta's	Ramesh publishing home
UPTET (Paper-II) Class VI-VIII Science/Maths – Hindi	RP.Singh	Unique Publishers
UPTET Uttar Pradesh Teachers' Eligibility Test (Paper-II) Class 6-8 Maths and Science	-	Arihant
UPTET (Paper-II) Class VI-VIII Social Studies/Social Science	RP.Singh	Unique Publishers

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