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• Knowledge of Current Events
• Budget and Five-Year Plan
• History
• Scientific Inventions and Discoveries
• India and its neighbouring countries
• Economy
• Important Financial and Economic News
• Current Affairs – National & International
• Indian Constitution
• Sports
• Culture
• Countries & Capitals
• Geography
• General Politics
• Scientific Research

• History of Education: The Education in Ancient India – Pre-Vedic and Post-Vedic period, Medieval Education, Education in Pre Independent era – Woods Despatch (1854), Hunter Commission (1882), Hartog Committee (1929), Sargent Committee (1944), Education in Post Independent era – Mudaliar Commission (1952-53), Kothari Commission (1964-66), Ishwarbhai Patel committee (1977), NPE-1986, POA1992
• Teacher Empowerment: Need, interventions for empowerment, Professional code of conduct for teachers, Teacher motivation, Professional development of Teachers and Teacher organizations, National / State Level Organizations for Teacher Education, Maintenance of Records and Registers in Schools.
• Educational Concerns in Contemporary India: Democracy and Education, Equality, Equity, Quality in Education, Equality of Educational opportunities, Economics of Education, Education as Human Capital, Education and Human Resource Development, Literacy – Saakshar Bharat Mission, Population Education, Gender – Equality, Equity and Empowerment of Women, Urbanization and migration, Life skills, Adolescence Education, Value Education – Morel Value and Professional Ethics in Education, Health and Physical Education, Inclusive Education – Classroom Management in Inclusive Education, Role of Education because of Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization, Programmes and Projects – APPEP, DPEP, Sarva Siksha Abhiyan,
• National Programme for Education of Girls at Elementary Level (NPEGEL), Rashtriya Madhyamika Siksha Abhiyan(RMSA), Rashtriya Aveshekar Abhiyan (RAA), KGBVs, Model Schools, Incentives and special provisions – Mid Day Meals, Free Books, Scholarship, Awards, Welfare Hostels, Transportation, Current Trends in Education – Badi pelusthondi, Badi ki Vasta, Mavuru – Mana Badi, Vidyanjali, Swacha Patasala, Inspire, Kalavutsav.
• Acts / Rights: Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act – 2009, Right to Information Act – 2005, Child Rights, Human Rights.
• National Curriculum – Framework, 2005: Perspective, Guiding Principles, Learning and Knowledge, Teaching-Learning Process, Assessment, Systemic Reforms.

• Development of Child: Development, Growth & Maturation – Concept & Nature. Principles of development and their education implication. Factors influencing Development – Biological, Psychological, Sociological, emotional. Dimensions of Development and their interrelationship – Physical and motor, Cognitive, Emotional, Social, Moral, and Language relating to Infancy, early Childhood, late Childhood, and Adolescence. Understanding Development – Piaget, Kohlberg, Chomsky, Carl Rogers, Erikson.
• Individual differences: Inter and intraindividual differences, meaning, nature and theories of intelligence with special emphasis on multiple intelligence, IQ, assessment of intelligence, EQ, and Creativity. Attitude, Aptitude, Interest, Habit and its Influence on Intelligence – Classroom implementation.
• Learning: Theories and approaches of learning, learning curves, Factors, Phases, Dimensions of learning, Types of learning, Transfer of learning. Memory, Forgetting, Learning and assessment– Classroom implementation – Children with special needs – Inclusive Education.
• Personality: Nature, characteristics and theories of personality, factors of Personality, Assessment of Personality, Mental health, Adjustment, Stress – nature, Symptoms and management. Emotional intelligence, Management of emotions Classroom implementation.

• Subject Specific.

• Poets, Essayists, Novelists, Dramatists and their works
• Forms of Language – Story, Essay, Letter writing, Editorial, Precis writing, note-making, autobiography and biography
• Pronunciation – Sounds – Use of dictionary
• Parts of Speech
• Tenses
• Types of Sentences
• Articles and Prepositions

• Aspects of English:- (a) English language – History, Nature, Importance, Principles of English as a Second Language (b) Problems of Teaching / Learning English.
• Objectives of Teaching English.
• Phonetics
• Development of Language skills:- (a) Listening, Speaking, Reading & Writing (LSRW) and (b) Communicative skills.
• Approaches, Methods, Techniques of Teaching English: Introduction, Definition and Types of Approaches, Methods and Techniques of Teaching English, Remedial Teaching.
• The teaching of Structures and Vocabulary items.
• Teaching Learning Materials in English
• Lesson Planning
• Curriculum & Textbooks
• Evaluation in the English language

Mathematics- Content

• Arithmetic: Day Day Mathematics, Pre Mathematical concepts – Money and time, Percentage, Interest, Profit and Loss, Time and Work. Ratio and Proportion – Applications of Ratio- Comparing Quantities using proportion -Direct and Inverse proportion
• Number System: Numbers – four fundamental operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication & division) Patterns in Numbers. Knowing Our Numbers-Indian & international systems – Rounding of numbers- Natural numbers – Whole Numbers – Playing With Numbers-divisibility rules & HCF -Integers – Fractions – Decimals -Rational Numbers -Squares, cubes, Square roots, Cube roots
• Geometry: Shapes– Patterns – Basic geometrical ideas – Measures of Lines and Angles – Symmetry – Understanding 3D, 2D Shapes -Representing 3D in 2D-Lines and Angles -Triangle and Its Properties -Congruency of Triangles- -Quadrilaterals – Practical Geometry -Construction of Triangles – Construction of Quadrilaterals – Exploring Geometrical Figures. History of geometry.
• Mensuration:  Spatial understanding -Length – Weight – capacity – Perimeter & Area of Plane Figures (triangle, square, rectangle, rhombus, circle, trapezium, parallelogram) Surface area and volume of cube, cuboid, cylinder.
• Algebra: Introduction to Algebra- Simple Equations- – Algebraic Expressions – Exponents & Powers – Linear Equations in one variable – polynomial – Factorization.
• Statistics: Data handling – Frequency Distribution Tables and Graphs. Grouped data and ungrouped data.

• Nature and Definitions of Mathematics
• Aims, values and instructional objectives of teaching Mathematics
• Methods of Teaching & Remedial Measures in Mathematics
• Instructional Material, TLM and Resource Utilization in Mathematics
• Curriculum, Text Book & Instructional Planning.
• Evaluation and Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation

Science- Content

• Living World – Non-Living and living organisms, life and its characteristics, Family, Members of the family, Changing family structure, Friends, Relations, Works, Games, Different game rules, Our Village, Mapping skills, Shelter, Things we make cloth, Travel, Find the way – direction, from village to Delhi, Public Institutions, House, Construction – Sanitation, Our Places, Our culture. Story of the microbial world, Use full and harmful microorganisms.
• Air – Importance of air, the composition of air, diseases spread through the air and their prevention, air pollution – causes, its impact, and measures to prevent Green House effect. Water – Importance, water resources, tanks, aquatic flora and fauna, Water pollution – causes, impact, measures to prevent, purification of water, drought, floods, Water cycle, Draught Wastewater Treatment. Weather, Climate, Soil our life, rain, floods, Cyclones, disaster management, Habitat, Movements in animals, Production of food from animals and plants, Agricultural operation, Cultivation of Crops, diseases to plants and control, improvement of crop yield storage, Preservation and protection of food and plant products, Classification of living organisms, Branches of Sciences, Recent trends in Science, Hybridization, animal husbandry.
• Life processes – Cell, cell organelles parts of plants and functions. Animals, different types of Animals, Animals base of our life, Our body parts, External and internal parts of our body, Bones, Muscles, Sense organs, and Organ systems in animals. Nutrition in plants and animals, excretion, respiration, reproduction, seed dispersal in plants control and coordination in organisms. Our food, food components, Nutritious food, Health, Cleanliness, Why do we fall ill? A balanced diet, Malnutrition. Midday Meals, food preservation methods, Wastage of food, How we get food, Green Revolution, Food Pyramid, Junk food, First Aid.
• Natural Phenomena – Changes around us separation of substances, fibre to fabric synthetic, atmospheric pressure, Materials, things, measurement of length, area, volume and time, CGS, SI units. Liquids, fibres, Plastics metals and non-metals, matter, Acids and bases. Motion and time – Types of motions – force and friction, Energy, Forms of Energy – Energy resources, Renewable and non-renewable resources, conservation of energy Temperature and its measurement. Electricity, Electric circuits, Current and its effects, Sound, a reflection of light, Shadows, Playing with magnets, friction, force speed, velocity, combustion, fuels and flame. How to measure things, Coal, Petrol, Petroleum products.
• Our Environment – Biodiversity, Diversity in plants and animals, let’s plant, trees, endangered, endemic species, Forest – Tribes – Tribal life – diversity in forests. Different Ecosystems, Ecology, Biomass, Abiotic, Biotic factors, Global Environmental Issues. Global warming, Acid rain, depletion of the Ozone layer. Stars and Solar Systems. River, Lively hood, Atmosphere – wind – safety measures.

• Nature, Scope, History and development of science.
• Aims, Values, Objectives specifications of teaching Science, Academic Standards.
• Methods, approaches and techniques of teaching science.
• Teaching-learning material, Improvised teaching aids.
• Science curriculum, Textbook.
• Assessment and Evaluation
• Science laboratories.
• Planning in science
• Science Teacher
• Science Fairs, Science clubs, Field – trips, and Science museums.

Social Studies- Content

• Theme – I: Diversity on the Earth Reading, Making and Analysis of Maps – different kinds of maps. – Globe – A Model of the Earth – Land Forms of Andhra Pradesh Penamakuru, A Village in the Krishna Delta – Salakamcheruvu, A Village on the Plateau – Kunavaram, Tribal Villages on the Hills -Rain and Rivers-Tanks and Ground Water – Oceans and Fishing – Continents – Europe – Africa – Energy from the Sun – Our Earth-Earth Movements and Seasons – The Polar Regions – Forests: Using and Protecting them – Minerals and Mining. Sun and Planets.
• Theme – II: Production Exchange and Livelihoods From Gathering Food to Growing Food – The Earliest People – Agriculture in Our Times – Trade in Agricultural Produce – Trade in Agricultural Produce – Handicrafts and Handlooms- Industrial Revolution – Production in a Factory – A Paper Mill – Importance of Transport System – Safety measures – Money and Banking – Impact of Technology on Livelihoods – Public Health and the Government.
• Theme -III: Political Systems and Governance Community Decision Making in a Tribe – Emergence of Kingdoms and Republics – First Empires – Democratic Government – Village Panchayats – Local Self – Government in Urban Areas – New Kings and Kingdoms – The Kakatiyas – Emergence of a Regional Kingdom – The Kings of Vijayanagara – Mughal Empire – Establishment of British Empire in India – Landlords and Tenants under the British and the Nizam – National Movement – The Early Phase 1885-1919 – National Movement – The Last Phase 1919-1947 – Freedom Movement in Hyderabad State – The Indian Constitution – Parliament and Central Government – Making of Laws in the State Assembly – Implementation of Laws in the District – Law and Justice.
• Theme -IV: Social Organization and Inequities Diversity in Our Society – Towards Gender Equality -Caste Discrimination and the Struggle for Equalities – Livelihood and Struggles of Urban Workers – Abolition of Zamindari System – Understanding Poverty – Rights Approach to Development
• Theme – V: Religion and Society Religion and Society in Early Times – Devotion and Love towards God – Folk – Religion – Devotional Paths to the Divine – Social and Religious Reform Movements – Understanding Secularism
• Theme -VI: Culture and Communication Language, Writing and Great Books – Sculptures and Buildings – Rulers and Buildings – Performing Arts and Artistes in Modern Times – Film and Print Media – Sports: Nationalism and Commerce. Historical sites – Forts – Our Country – World, Our Constitution, Child Rights. Indian History and Culture.

• Nature, Scope, History and Development of Social.
• Aims, Values, Objectives specifications of teaching Social, Academic Standards.
• Methods, approaches and techniques for teaching Social.
• Teaching-learning material, Improvised teaching aids.
• Social curriculum, Textbook.
• Assessment and Evaluation
• Social laboratories.
• Planning in Social
• Social Teacher
• Fairs, Clubs, Field – trips, museums