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About TNTET 2023
Teachers recruitment board is yet to release the TNTET 2023 notification on the official website - trb.tn.gov.in. TNTET notification 2023 will be released in online mode. Candidates will be able to check TNTET eligibility, age limit, syllabus, etc. given on the notification. Along with the notification, TNTET 2023 application form will be released. Candidates will be asked to fill up the TNTET application form within the prescribed date. Those who are unable to fill the applications within the specified dates won't be allowed further to apply for TNTET exam. Before applying for examination, candidates will have to check eligibility on the Tamil Nadu TET notification 2023.
Teachers Recruitment Board conducts TNTET exam once a year to recruit eligible teachers for primary and upper primary sections in government schools of Tamil Nadu. The authority takes two papers in the TNTET exam - paper I (class I to V) and paper II (class VI to VIII) in offline mode. Candidates will be able to apply for TNTET 2023 paper I or paper II or both as per their eligibility. Those qualifying the TNTET 2023 examination will be awarded the eligibility certificate now valid for lifetime. After this, candidates will be able to apply in various schools in Tamil Nadu. To know more about TNTET 2023, candidates must read this article.
TNTET 2023 Highlights
Full Exam Name | Tamil Nadu Teacher Eligibility Test |
Short Exam Name | TNTET |
Conducting Body | Teachers Recruitment Board Tamil Nadu |
Exam Level | Intermediate |
Languages | English, Tamil |
Mode of Application | Online |
Application Fee (General) | 500 Rs [Online] |
Mode of Exam | Offline |
TNTET Paper 1 - Duration | 3 Hours +1 More |
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TNTET 2023 Eligibility Criteria
TNTET Paper 1 Eligibility Criteria
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All the aspiring candidates must have completed and passed 10+2/HSC and also must have a Diploma in Education/Diploma in Elementary Education from a recognized institute
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Or, candidates who are in final year and appearing for D.E.Ed. can also apply for TNTET 2023. However, during documents verification candidates will have to provide the D.E.Ed certificate or else they will not be eligible to receive the TET eligibility certificate
TNTET Paper 2 Eligibility Criteria
TNTET Eligibility Criteria 2023 Paper - II
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Candidates who have completed their Bachelor’s degree (B.A/B.Sc. /B.Litt.) with English, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Tamil, Botany, Zoology, Geography and History as their majors or any equivalent degree in any one of the subject from a recognised university and also they must have a Bachelor Degree in Education (B.Ed.).
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Or, candidates in their last/final year of B.Ed. are also eligible to apply for paper II.
Mode of Application : Online
TRB will release the TNTET 2023 application form online on the official website. Applicants will be able to fill and submit the TNTET application form 2023 till the specified date at trb.tn.nic.in. Aspiring candidates meeting eligibility will be able to fill up the TNTET application form 2023 in online mode only.
How to apply for the TNTET application 2023?
The application form of TNTET will be filled in two stages - Registration and Application Form filling for which following steps are given below. Candidates have to register first before applying for the TNTET 2023 exam. Candidates can go through some below steps to complete the registration process.
Registration
- Visit the official website - trb.tn.nic.in.
- Tap on the notification for registration.
- Enter all the required information.
- Submit the form and keep a note of Login ID and Password.
Application Form
After registration, candidates will be required to fill up the TNTET 2023 application form by going through steps given below.
- Log in the official website with the registered ID and password.
- Fill up the TNTET 2023 application form with the required details.
- Upload the scanned image of a passport size photograph and signature.
- Review the application form before final submission.
- Pay the registration fee via Debit Card/Credit Card/Netbanking/UPI.
- Download and take two or three printout for future reference.
Application Fees
Category | Quota | Mode | Gender | Amount |
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OBC, General | Online | Female, Transgender, Male | ₹ 500 | |
ST, SC, OBC, EWS, General | PWD | Online | Female, Transgender, Male | ₹ 250 |
SC, ST | Online | Female, Transgender, Male | ₹ 250 |
TNTET Paper 1 Application Details
Mode of Payment : Net Banking | Credit Card | Debit Card | Other
TNTET Paper 2 Application Details
Mode of Payment : Net Banking | Credit Card | Debit Card | Other
TNTET Paper 1 Syllabus
Child development and pedagogy (relevant to age group 6-11)-Child development
The children’s profile at the beginning of primary education-physical and cognitive |
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Trends in physical growth, hormonal influences on physical growth development of neurons symbolic thinking and limits of logic, sensory motor stage-pre operational stage, language development, influence of home environment |
Attitude of family members on cognitive development of the child-identity status and psychological well being |
The children’s profile at the beginning of primary education-social and emotional |
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Self concept and social awareness-sibling relationships, peer relationship, and play-self awareness, cultural influence on self-concept, corresponding stages of Erickson’s psycho-social development |
Emotional development in a social context affection, sympathy, laughter, anger, sadness, fear, parent-child relationship, emotional well being emotion and health |
Physical and intellectual development during primary school years (6 to 10 years) |
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Physical growth cycles-body proportions, muscles, and fat capacity for attention, and concentration, selective attention, memory strategies, processing speed and capacity, thinking skills |
Cognitive development |
Concrete operational stage, Piaget’s tasks, concept of intelligence as a mental ability |
Development of mental/ intellectual abilities |
Intelligence tests-creativity in primary school children |
Social and emotional development during primary school years (6 to 10 years) |
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Meaning of social development, social expectations, children’s friendships, factors in friendship and choices of companions social acceptance, the desire to belong, peer grouping, effects of schooling on social, emotional, and cultural spheres |
Pattern of emotional development, common emotional patterns, the role of maturation and learning in emotional development how children develop likes, and dislikes to subjects, teachers, school, other students |
Emotional balance impact of media on emotional development |
Moral development during primary school years (6 to 10 years) |
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Meaning of moral development, factors in moral training of children, honesty, generosity, children’s heroes and ideals, meaning of discipline, essentials of discipline, media and their influences on moral development |
Child development and pedagogy (relevant to age group 6-11)-Learning
Learning |
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Dynamic internal process-connecting old knowledge to new information, language learning, acquiring learning habits, learning to adapt to diverse situations in life, nature of learning, learning through interactions |
Types, levels, and approaches to learning |
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Types of learning-learning hierarchy, signal learning stimulus, response learning motor and verbal chain learning, multiple discriminations concept learning, learning rules and problem solving |
Learning levels from imprint to intuition-examples of learning at different levels |
Approaches-behaviorist, cognitivist, and constructivist |
Concepts and constructs |
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Concept, formation, use of materials activities, scheme pictures, real life experiences-construct mental representations of external reality, connecting ideas generated by students due to exposure to peers, media and community-concept mapping |
Factors Contributing to Learning |
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Personal psychological, social, emotional factors, and school related factors, learning style; teaching strategies; media; technology; (i) teaching learning process, (ii) teacher’s personality traits |
Constructivist Approach to Learning |
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Learners construct knowledge for themselves, constructing meaning is learning, focus on the learner not on the lesson taught, personal and social construction of meaning, learning to learn making meaning learning, a social activity, ZPD |
Learning and Knowledge |
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Active learner, nurturing learners’ active and creative activities children’s voices, and experiences, integrating their experiences with school knowledge, right to learn, physical and emotional security for learning |
Conceptual development, continuous process, all children capable of learning, important aspects of learning various ways of learning, cognitive readiness for learning, learning in and outside the school, knowledge and understanding |
Recreating knowledge, manifesto for learning |
Tamil
Telugu
Malayalam
Kannada
Urdu
English
Mathematics-Class-I
Shapes and Figures |
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Introduction to spatial orientation, introduction to shapes in real objects and its attributes, introduction to elementary shapes, sorting object groups into shapes |
Numbers |
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Numbers from 1 to 9, concept of “zero”, numbers from 10 to 20, addition (of single digit numbers whose sum is less than 20), subtraction of numbers without conversion, numbers from 20 to 99, place value as “tens” and “ones” |
Measurements |
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Introduction to length, mass, volume, comparison of objects using length, mass, volume through non standard units, time, earlier later, shorter, longer, money |
Patterns |
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Patterns in shapes, patterns in numbers |
Study of Data |
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Handling-simple data (shapes and numbers), organizing simple data (shape and numbers) |
Mathematics-Class-II
Shapes and Figures |
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Identifying the dimension of shapes in everyday object, introduction to spatial orientation, introduction to shapes of objects in real life and its attributes, introduction to elementary shapes, sorting object groups into shapes |
Numbers |
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Writing numbers up to 99, place value and comparing the numbers, addition and subtractions up to 99, multiplication |
Measurements |
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Weight, volume (capacity), length (using standard units), time (days, months, years), money (up to RS. 100) |
Patterns |
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Patterns in shapes, patterns in numbers, block patterns |
Study of Data |
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Simple data (shapes and numbers), organizing simple data (shapes and numbers) |
Mathematics-Class-III
Shapes and Figures |
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Creating 2-D shapes, tangram, introduction to map, drawing 3-D objects |
Numbers |
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Numbers sequence up to 1000, addition and subtraction with in 1000, multiplication tables (2, 3, 4, 5 and 10), multiplication of 2-digit number by a single digit number, introduction to division by grouping and sharing |
Measurements |
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Length (using standard units-cm., m.,), weight (using non-standard), volume (capacity), (using non-standard), time (calendar, hours, min, AM, PM), money (addition, subtraction) |
Fractional numbers |
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Introduction of fraction |
Patterns |
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Pattern in geometrical shapes, pattern in numbers |
Study of Data |
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Tally marks for simple data, pictographs for simple data |
Mathematics-Class-IV
Shapes and Figures |
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Circle, introduction to perimeter and area, reflection, and symmetry |
Numbers |
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Number sequence up to 10000, comparing numbers, addition and subtraction within 10,000, multiplication (up to 2 digit number by 2 digit number and 3 digit number by single digit number), division: Up to 4 digit number by single digit number |
Measurements |
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Length (m., cm., addition, subtraction, conversion and estimation of distance), weight (Using standard units Kg., gm.,addition subtraction), volume (using standard units Lt., mlt., addition subtraction), time (calendar, clock) |
Money-conversion of rupees to paise, addition, subtraction and multiplication |
Fractional numbers |
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Compare fractions, equivalent fraction, addition and subtraction of like fraction |
Patterns |
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Pattern in numbers (multiplication and division), pattern in geometry (symmetry) |
Study of Data |
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Pictograph |
Mathematics-Class-V
Shapes and Figures |
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Drawing 3-D shapes from 2-D shapes, shapes types of angle |
Numbers |
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Numbers up to 10,00,00, place value and comparing numbers, four operations, factors and multiples, mental arithmetic |
Measurements |
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Conversion of units (mm., cm, m., km., mg., g., kg., ml., lt), four fundamental operation on length, weight and capacity, time (addition, subtraction), money: Four fundamental operations |
Fractional numbers |
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Types of fractions, comparing of fraction, addition and subtraction of unlike fraction, introduction of decimals |
Patterns |
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Pattern in square numbers, pattern in tiles |
Study of Data |
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Table the data, pictograph |
Environmental studies-Class I
Plants |
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Plant kingdom: The tree as a habitat to many birds, animals insects, plants and flowers around the child |
Animals and birds |
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Animals: Animals, birds insects around the child, protection of animals |
Small Creatures Around the children |
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Day and Night |
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Day and night: Rhythms of the day and night life around the child, day and night-sky, animals and people who have different rhythms of life |
Water |
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Water and air: On a rainy day, air, uses of water |
Air |
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Food |
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Food: Types of food, journey of milk, vegetable fair |
My body |
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Our body: Five sense organs, exploration of sounds, sounds of birds and animals |
Keeping Healthy and Clean |
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Health and hygiene: Daily good habits for hygiene, protection of the sense organs |
Man, matter, and materials |
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Work |
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Science in everyday |
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Daily life: Helping family |
Life |
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Members: My family, clothing, friends who help use, public places |
Travelogue |
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Travel experience: Bus travel, various types of transport system |
Environmental Studies-Class-II
Plants |
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World of plants, parts of a plant, different kinds of trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses, climbers and creepers around the child |
Animals and birds |
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Birds around the child-spotting and describing birds, animals, nests of birds, care of the young ones, food |
Small Creatures Around the children |
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Day and Night |
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Night sky observation sky at a day, directions |
Water |
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Life in and around water |
Sources of water (river, tank, lake) fresh water, sea water |
Air |
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Air and breath |
Food |
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Names of the cereals, pulses, greens, millets, vegetables, fruits, dairy products and their preparation, meat of animals, egg, spices, food eaten by people of different ages |
My body |
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Simple body movements running, skipping, playing, gender-male, female, parts of the body, right and left |
Keeping Healthy and Clean |
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Keeping the surroundings clean classroom, public places, importance of toilets, types and its uses |
Man, matter, and materials |
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Things to touch and feel, sand and mud |
A day in the beach, natural resources-wood, stone, sand, clay, metals, water, Indian toys using natural materials (link to people who make them) |
Work |
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Push and pull to work |
Science in everyday |
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Life |
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Travelogue |
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Along a river (Animals, plants, people, activities and preservation) |
Science-Class-III
Plants |
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World of plants: Parts of a plant, leaves, flowers, type of root, stem, different kinds of fruits and seeds, water plants |
Animals and birds |
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Animals in different environments-land, air, on trees, morphology external features, food and mouth parts in relation to the food eaten, herbivore, carnivore, and omnivore, movement, camouflage |
Small Creatures Around the children |
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Names of the small creatures around the children, habitat water, soil, garden, in the home, morphology, food, movement |
Day and Night |
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Earth and moon, phases of moon, about the moon, full moon, new moon, day and night formation |
Water |
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Use of water, potable water, prevention of water borne diseases, pollution and its prevention, water pollution and mosquito breeding |
Air |
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Kinds of winds |
Food |
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Ingredients of food eaten, sources of food, having a nutritious meal-(balanced diet) food groups, nutrients, food eaten in different places |
My body |
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Skin, muscles, bones, joints, teeth, hair |
Keeping Healthy and Clean |
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Food for good health, health and exercise, eye exercises for better vision |
Man, matter, and materials |
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Three states of matter (examples) |
Work |
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Tools to work (different kinds of tools and their design for use ) tools used by the various professionals |
Science in Everyday Life |
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Science around as (toys) |
Travelogue |
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To a forest (animals, plants, produce from forests), deforestation and its consequences, conservation |
Science-Class-IV
Plants |
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Edible parts, life cycle (seed to seed), germination, plants in our society (sacred trees, grasses, flowers and festivals, van mahotsav) |
Animals and birds |
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Special senses of animals, care of their young, animal communities |
Small Creatures Around the children |
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Nocturnal insects, life of ants |
Day and Night |
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Solar family, sky at a night |
Water |
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Too much and too little rain droughts, floods, conserving water, tapping water-traditional water harvesting structures, water scarcity, difficulties people experience in procuring water |
Air |
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Air is a mixture of gases, constituents of air |
Food |
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Raw and cooked food, food in illness, utensils used in cooking, cooking practices, food hygiene |
My body |
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Over view of the internal organs of the human body, digestion of food |
Keeping Healthy and Clean |
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Personal safety (at home, on the road, in school and common places.) |
Man, matter, and materials |
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Transformation of natural resources into materials for use (one example from industry and one from agriculture), generation of waste, kinds of wastes and sources, recycling |
Work |
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Energy and work (relationship between energy, force and movement) |
Science in Everyday Life |
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Need based science innovations (example printing machines. Telephones, computer), science question |
Travelogue |
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To a farm (animals, plants, people, growing a crop), don’t harm animals, environment cleanliness |
Science-Class-V
Plants |
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Web of life pollination, dispersal of seeds plants as primary producers |
Animals and birds |
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Diminishing spaces for animals, sanctuaries, prevention of cruelty to animals |
Small Creatures Around the children |
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Life cycle of a butterfly, bee |
Day and Night |
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Space, space travel |
Water |
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Understanding some properties of water, water for all |
Air |
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Understanding some properties of air, uses of air |
Food |
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Preservation and spoilage of food, kitchen safety |
My body |
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Brain, sense organs |
Keeping Healthy and Clean |
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Spread and prevention of a disease, avoiding public places, using a toilet, knowing the nearest health centers |
Man, matter, and materials |
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Properties of materials, different kinds of houses-variation with climate |
Work |
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Renewable sources of energy, non renewable sources of energy uses and applications of energy conserving energy |
Science in Everyday Life |
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Biography of a scientist |
Travelogue |
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To a botanical sanctuary (edible plants medicinal plants aromatic plants, timber yielding plants, seeds), kinds of flowers (fragrances, dyes flower motifs) |
Social science-Class-III
My family, my neighbours, my school |
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People at home: What is a family?, relationship in a family; what is neighbourhood?, different neighbourhoods, rights and responsibilities in common places, what is school?, pupil at school: HM, teachers, NMS, other helpers and their roles |
Safe and responsible use of environment, classroom, and table manners, waste disposal Using the toilet, punctuality, courtesy |
Mapping my route to school |
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Shops/ other landmarks and people I meet, light and shade, left and right, pavement/ paths, accompanying people |
To experientially and graphically understand the four main directions |
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To have a clear orientation to left and right, relating the directions |
Improvise some simple sketching activity |
To be safe on the roads |
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Observing the traffic rules |
To be safe while boarding and alighting from the vehicles |
Safe pedalling to school; knowing the important signs |
Public and community services |
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Post office, bank, police station, ration shop, PHC or nearest public hospital, water tank and other water services; electricity board; people who function to keep my area/ locality clean and safe |
Kinds of transport |
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To know the important places to visit in one’s area |
Where food is cultivated |
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Links between what we eat, types of food grain and different land types; relating between history, culture and food basics of healthy food |
Understanding pupil’s local district |
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Looking at and plotting hills, rivers, lakes, important touring places, etc in a district map |
To understand the culture of the people |
Physical features of Tamil Nadu |
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It’s background-flora and fauna linking the life with the geo-physical features of the state |
Learning about and appreciating different common birds across Tamil Nadu |
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Becoming sensitive to their life understanding the importance of birds |
Social science-Class-IV (Geography, Civics, and History)
Description of planets |
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Sun satellite, stars asteroids, meteoroids, comets |
Understanding Earth’s rhythms |
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Seasons, day, night, weather, moon-through simple explanations |
Dealing with basic geography, and simple principles of conservation |
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Air, water and soil-exploring concepts in each area, and evolving the earth as a resource |
Sanctuaries |
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Simple facts about the Indian freedom struggle, narrated as a child’s story |
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The birth of India a nation |
Physical features of India |
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The basic facts about India, its states and union territories |
National symbols |
Stories told by a Toda girl, a farmer in Thanjavur, an imigrant coolie story, a roadside fast food shop owner’s story |
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Learning about scientific and technical advancements through a famous inventor |
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J.C. Bose and one simple experiment invention which changed the course of human history like fire, wheel, and plough |
Listing a few important constitutional rights and duties |
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Also what a child is entitled to–basic rights |
Worshiping the mother Earth, rainfall |
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Pongal, Deepavali, Dasara, Raksha Bandhan, Holi, melas and carnivals of festivals |
Bhuddha poornima, national, spiritual, domestic, cultural festivals |
Physical safety |
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Fire, electrical equipment, road, water, simple first aid and safety: Simple activities |
The basic physical and political facts about Tamil Nadu |
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Interesting facts about state symbols |
An explorative journey into music, dance, through people |
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Textiles, handicrafts and arte facts |
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Kanchipuram, weavers, Mammallapuram sculptors |
Social science-Class-V (Geography, Civics, and History)
Sangam age, Cheras, Cholas and Pandyas |
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Important kings-Karikalana: Nedunchezhiyan-II, Cheran Chenguttuvan, Kadiezhuvallalgal, life during Sangam age |
Some famous travellers |
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A brief account: Eg-Fa-Hein, Hieun Tsang, Vasco da Gama, etc |
Details about the Earth |
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Physical features and their formation |
Globe and maps |
Types of soil, uses of soil, protection of soil |
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Types of forests, uses and conservation |
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Minerals that are found in India and the regions of their occurrence, the uses of minerals and their conservation |
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Ancient and modern space research, history of space research in India |
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Achievements of Kalpana Chawla and Sunitha Williams as space travellers |
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Brief account of government structure in India |
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Central government (president, prime minister, lok sabha, rajya sabha), state government (governor, chief minister, legislature), Union territories, judiciary-an introduction |
Local self–government |
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Panchayat raj, village panchayat, gram sabha, gram panchayat, protecting public property |
To be safe on the roads |
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Observing the traffic rules |
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To be safe while boarding and alighting from the vehicles |
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Safe pedalling to school; knowing the important signs |
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Accounts on the four major forts of Tamil Nadu |
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Gingee fort, Vellore fort, fort St. George, Tarangambadi fort |
Kinds of musical Instruments |
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Wind, string, percussion, ancient instruments: Yazh, Parai, Kuzhal, Melam, Nadaswaram, Thavil, Veena Mirudangam and violin, modern instruments: Drum, band, trumpet, piano, saxophone, fiddle. Important exponents-names |
TNTET Paper 2 Syllabus
Child development and pedagogy (relevant to age group 11-14)
Nature of Educational Psychology |
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Definition of psychology, methods of psychology, branches of psychology, educational psychology-definition, nature and scope of educational psychology: The learner, learning process, learning experience, learning environment, teacher and teaching |
Nature and scope of educational psychology: Significance of educational psychology to the teacher |
Human growth and development |
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Interaction of nurture and nature |
Concept, distinction among growth, development, and maturation |
General principles of growth and development-characteristics, dimensions of development-physical, cognitive, emotional, social and moral-phases of development and development tasks-infancy, childhood, and adolescence |
Cognitive Development |
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Cognitive process, attention-factors relating to attention, kinds of attention, inattention, distraction and division of attention, span of attention |
Sensation and perception-factors relating to perception, perceptual errors-concept formation, nature and types of concepts, Piaget’s stages of cognitive development, Bruner’s theory, concept maps-imagery, language and thinking |
Reasoning and problem solving, implications to the teacher |
Social, emotional, and moral development |
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Social development, factors of social development, social maturity, Erikson’s stages of social development, emotional development, meaning, positive and negative emotions, emotional control and maturity, place of emotions in life |
Significance of emotional intelligence, moral development, Kohlberg’s stages of moral development |
Learning |
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Nature and importance of learning, individual differences in learning, learning curves, factors influencing the learning, theories of learning, conditioning: Classical and operant (Pavlov, skinner), trial and error (Thorndike) |
Conditioning: Learning by insight (Kohler), transfer of learning, learning by imitation, levels of learning: Gagne, remembering and forgetting: Curve of forgetting |
Intelligence and Creativity |
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Nature of intelligence, distribution of intelligence, theories of intelligence: Single, two factor and multifactor theories, Guilford’s structure of the intellect, Gardner’s multiple intelligence theory, constancy of IQ, assessment of intelligence |
Theories of intelligence: Users of intelligence tests |
The process of creativity, creativity and intelligence, identification, and promotion of creativity, thinking: Convergent and divergent thinking |
Motivation and Group Dynamics |
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Motivation and learning, kinds of motives, theories of motivation: Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, role of rewards and punishments, level of aspiration, achievement motivation: Techniques of developing achievement motivation |
Achievement motivation: Motivation in the classroom context, competition and cooperation, leadership traits, leadership styles and classroom climate |
Personality and Assessment |
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Meaning and definitions of personality, major determinants of personality, theories of personality-type, trait, type and trait, psychoanalytic, assessment of personality: Projective and non projective techniques, aptitude-concept, types and measurement |
Attitude and interest-concept and measurement, integrated personality |
Mental health and hygiene |
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Concept of mental health and hygiene, conflict and frustration, unrest, adjustment and mal adjustment, causes of maladjustment, defence mechanisms, mental illness |
Juvenile delinquency |
Promotion of mental health of students and teachers |
Guidance and counselling |
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Nature, types and need of guidance and counselling-educational, vocational, and personal |
Identification of children with counselling needs, counselling techniques: Individual and group techniques-guidance for the children with learning difficulties, under achievers and gifted |
Tamil
Telugu
Malayalam
Kannada
Urdu
English-Class-VI
Listening |
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Speaking |
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Reading |
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Writing |
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Grammar |
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Vocabulary |
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Language functions |
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English-Class-VII
Listening |
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Recorded songs, poems, stories, dialogues, etc, same words that differ in meaning in different contexts example: Cry-weep cry-shout aloud, report on-(i) annual day function, (ii) sports day function, etc.; (ii) news report, (iv) weather report, etc |
Speaking |
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Jokes, puzzles, and tongue twisters, incidents in the class, playground, etc, poems from the text, familiar topics |
Reading |
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Simple passages on games, articles on science, nature, moral values, adventure, biographies, jokes etc, passages on topics of general interest, simple comprehension passages depicting celebrations, etc |
Pre reading and post reading questions on simple passages, re-arranging jumbled sentences into a logical sequence, stories inculcating values like friendship, good conduct, etc, poems on simple themes, newspapers, children’s magazines, etc |
Writing |
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Mind maps and graphic organizers, poems, topics of general interest, linkers/ connectives, situations for formal and informal letters, situations for dialogues, short, catchy phrases and sentences, current affairs, general topics |
Grammar |
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Nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, preparations, conjunctions, interjections, articles, past, present, future continuous, would, may, can, will |
Be and Do as main and auxiliary verbs verbs that take objects and those that do not SVO, SVC, SVOO, etc, dividing the sentence into noun and verb groups (that is subject and predicate), phrasal verbs using bring, come, take |
Positive comparative and superlative degrees, the three forms of irregular verbs, full stop, comma, inverted commas, question and exclamatory marks, didn’t, hasn’t, isn’t did, has, is |
Singular subject-singular verb plural subject, verb in the plural each, every, either, neither, etc., transforming sentences from the active to passive and vice versa, sentences of the simple present, past, and future |
Phrase-that is a group of words without a finite verb in it clause, that is a group of words with a finite verb in it |
Vocabulary |
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Guided use of dictionary for unfamiliar words, word formation with prefixes and suffixes, Noun + noun, noun + verb, adjective + noun |
Language functions |
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Talks on likes, dislikes, friends, etc., word searches, crosswords, and ‘what’s the good word?’, situations, plays, etc., tabular data |
English-Class-VIII
Listening |
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Sports commentaries; passage on a familiar theme, words like conduct and ‘conduct; present, and ‘present, poems |
Speaking |
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Jokes, puzzles, and riddles, stories, making telephonic conversations, current news sports relevant contemporary issues |
Reading |
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Poems, stories/ passages with moral values, witty and humorous passages, historical, narrative, mystery passages etc, abridged novels, fiction, books of pupils’ choice |
Writing |
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Answer questions in complete sentences, using proper punctuation, words, phrases, phrasal verbs, etc., simple topics, proverbs, etc., example-(i) cleanliness is next to godliness, (ii) the importance of good manners |
Simple topics, proverbs, personal experiences, etc., topics for letter writing, passages for summarizing, captions for pictures, topics; writing essays on given topics, general topics |
Grammar |
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Simple, complex and compound sentences, simple present, past, and future progressive and perfect forms of tenses, statements and imperatives, transformation of sentences with the progressive and perfect tenses from one voice into the other |
ASVC, SVCA, SVIODOAAA, etc, transformation of sentences from one degree into the other, tags attached to words with negative meaning, such as, ‘hardly, scarcely, rarely, seldom’, etc |
Vocabulary |
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Glossary-other connected words, spellings of mono syllabic, disyllabic and poly syllabic words; spelling of plural nouns, adding plural morphemes-‘es’ and ‘ies’, common abbreviations-HM, SSLC, PTO, PTA, HSS, NSS, NCC, PIN, etc |
Language functions |
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Debates, personal experience, any interesting situation, personal experience, any interesting situation, graphic organisers, pictures, and tabular data |
Mathematics-Class-VI
Number system |
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Numbers up to 8-digits, place value and comparison, whole numbers, test of divisibility for 2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10, 11, factorization, prime number, LCM and HCF, revision: Fraction and decimal numbers, conversion: Decimal to fraction |
Addition, and subtraction of decimal numbers |
Measurements |
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Metric measures, revision of length, weight, volume, measure of time from seconds to minutes, hours, week, year and leap year, perimeter and area of rectangle, right angle triangle |
Algebra |
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Introduction to algebra |
Life Mathematics |
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Ratio and proportion |
Geometry |
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Introduction to point, line, ray, segment, and planes, properties of collinear, concurrency, parallel, perpendicular lines, kinds of angles, types of triangle |
Data handling |
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Pictograph, bar graph |
Practical geometry |
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Introduction to geometrical instruments, drawing, and measuring line segments |
Mathematics-Class-VII
Real Number System |
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Revision: Integers, addition and subtraction on integers, introduction of multiplication and division on integers, properties of integers, introduction to rational numbers, representation of rational numbers on number line |
Four basic operations on rational numbers, fractions, and decimal fractions, powers |
Algebra |
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Algebraic expressions, addition and subtraction on expressions, formation of simple expressions with two variables, solving simple linear equations in one variable |
Life Mathematics |
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Ratio and proportion, indirect and direct variation, fraction and decimal into percentage, solving word problem based on percentage, profit and loss, simple interest |
Measurements |
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Circumference of the circle, area: Triangle, quadrilateral, parallelogram, rhombus, trapezium and circle, area of pathway |
Geometry |
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Symmetry-mirror and rotational, line or axis of symmetry, triangles |
Practical geometry |
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Construction of perpendicular bisector and angle bisector, construction of angle using scale and compass, construction of triangles |
Data handling |
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Collection and organization of continuous data, formation of frequency table, mean, median, mode of ungrouped data |
Mathematics-Class-VIII
Real Number System |
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Revision: Representation on of rational numbers on number line, four properties of rational numbers, simplify expression with three brackets |
Powers: (a) Express the numbers in exponential form with integers as exponent, (b) laws of exponent with integral powers, (c) squares, square roots, cubes, cube roots, (d) playing with numbers, (e) approximation n of numbers |
Algebra |
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Algebraic expressions (multiplications and divisions), identities, factorizations, solving linear equations |
Life Mathematics |
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Revision: Profit, loss, and simple interest, application of percentage, profit and loss, overhead expenses, discount, tax, compound interest, difference between SI and CI, compound variation, time and work problems-simple and direct word problems |
Measurements |
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Area and perimeter of semi circle and quadrant, area and perimeter of combined plane figures |
Geometry |
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Properties of triangles, Congruence of triangles, circles |
Practical geometry |
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Construction of quadrilaterals: Trapezium, parallelogram, rhombus, rectangle and square, construction of concentric circles |
Graphs |
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Introduction to Cartesian plane with axes, plotting of points for different kinds of situations, drawing straight lines parallel to coordinate axes |
Data handling |
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To recall formation of frequency table, drawing histogram and frequency polygon for grouped data, construction of simple pie-chart, measures of central tendency |
Science-Class-VI
Applied biology |
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The world of plants: Medicinal plants, plants as food, fiber yielding plants, ornamental plants, timber yielding plants, spices, animals and their uses |
Health and hygiene |
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Food habits: Food variety-food materials and sources, plant and animal products used as food, nutrition-types of nutrition, food habits of animals, components of food: Nutrients (carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins, fats and minerals) |
Food habits: Components of food-need of various nutrients, balanced diet, deficiency and diseases |
World of Animals |
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Biodiversity: Different types of organisms, unicellular and multicellular organisms |
Life Process |
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Structural organization of cell: The cell, types of cell, plant, and animal cell comparison, the cell structure and functions |
Environmental science-resource, use and management |
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Our environment: Garbage, disposal of garbage, vermi compositing, pollution-types of pollution, air, water, land, and noise pollution |
Matter |
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Separation of substances: Separation and its importance, definition, methods of separation (hand picking, winnowing, sieving, magnetic separation, sedimentation, decantation, filtration, evaporation, condensation and crystallization) |
Separation of substances: Need of separation by more than one method |
Exploring Chemical Changes and Formulation |
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Changes around us: Classification of changes, slow and fast, reversible and, irreversible, desirable and, undesirable, periodic and non periodic, exothermic and endothermic |
Exploring the World |
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Chemistry in everyday life: Synthetic fibers, types and uses, plastics, types and uses of plastics, plastics and environment, glass and uses, cement and uses, soaps, detergents-preparation and uses |
Matter and Measurement |
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Measurement: Standard unit of measurement (length, time, and mass ), SI unit, multiples and sub multiples of units |
Forces and Movement |
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Motion: Moving things around us, types of motion, linear and circular, uniform and non uniform, science today, robot |
Exploring Energy |
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Types of energy: Sources of energy, electricity, chemical, mechanical and solar energy |
Exploring Phenomena |
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Magnetism: Discovery of magnets, magnetic and non-magnetic materials, magnetic poles, preparation of magnets, science today, flying trains |
Light: Sources of light, shadows, path of light, pinhole camera, plane mirrors and reflection |
Science-Class-VII
Applied biology |
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Animals in daily life: Uses of animals, animal products (food, clothing, etc), animal fibers, sericulture, apiculture, poultry, animal protection and maintenance |
Health and hygiene |
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Nutrition in plants and animals: Mode of nutrition in plants, autotrophic and heterotrophic nutrition, photosynthesis, other modes of nutrition in plants, nutrition in animals, nutrition in amoeba, human digestive system, types of teeth, ruminants |
My body |
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Human body-form and function: Brief overview of human body, structure and functions of all the human organ systems, the body and health as understood in the Indian system of health care, diseases, disorders, and preventing diabetes mellitus |
Human body-form and function: Advantages of physical activity, preservation of food, methods of preservation (heating, freezing, drying, and adding preservatives), fast food, its ill effects, science today, irradiated food |
World of Plants |
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Plants-morphology: Characteristics of living things, habitat, various habitats of plants, herbs, shrubs and trees, parts of plant-root, stem, leaves and flowers, modification of roots, stems, leaves, kinds of stem |
Plants-morphology: Movements in plants-observation of plants and trees, recording data, drawing |
World of Animals |
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Basis of classification: Need for classification, the 5 kingdom classification, binomial nomenclature |
Life Process |
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Respiration in plants and animals: Need for respiration, respiration in human being, respiration in animals, respiration in plants |
Environmental science-ecology |
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Ecosystem: Ecosystem (biotic and abiotic factors), food chain, food web, flow of energy, biomes-the different biomes, vegetation and climatic zones, importance of forest, different flora and fauna in the biomes |
Environmental science-resource, use, and management |
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Water-a precious resource: Availability of water, sources of water forms of water, ground water, depletion of water, distribution of water, scarcity of water, water management, rain water harvesting, science today, drinking iceberg |
Water-a precious resource: Desalination of sea water, sweet water on earth |
Matter |
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Matter in our surroundings: Physical nature of matter, characteristics of particles of matter, states of matter-effect of temperature on solid, liquid and gas |
Exploring Chemical Changes and Formulation |
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Matter and its nature: Physical changes (crystallization, melting, evaporation, freezing, and sublimation), chemical changes (rusting of iron, burning and curdling, chemical reaction of baking soda with lemon juice) |
Matter and its nature: Differences between physical and chemical changes, acids, bases and salts, (used in our daily life) natural indicators (no equations), neutralization (in everyday life) |
Exploring the World |
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Combustion and flame: Combustion and its type, fire control, flame and its structure, efficiency of fuels, fuels and environment |
Matter and Measurement |
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Measurement: Idea of derived quantities, area, volume and density of solids and liquids, concept of indirect measurement or estimation example (time-simple pendulum), measuring astronomical distances |
Forces and Movement |
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Motion: Speed, measuring speed and units of speed, distance, time graph, velocity, acceleration, science today, adventures in sports, like a bird flies |
Exploring Energy |
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Electricity and heat: Electric cell, an electric circuit, symbols of electric components, electric switch, conductors and insulators, heating effect of electric current, magnetic effect of electric current, electromagnet, electric bell |
Electricity and heat: Heat, sources of heat (sun, combustion (or) burning, friction, electrical), hot and cold objects, heat and temperature, measuring temperature, clinical and laboratory thermometers |
Exploring Phenomena |
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Light: Reflection, plane mirror (right or left), images of spherical mirrors, sunlight, seven colors, dispersion and synthesis of colors, Newton’s disc |
Science-Class-VIII
Applied biology |
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Crop protection and management: Agricultural practices, basic practices of crop protection, preparation of soil and sowing, irrigation, protection from weeds, harvesting, storage, marketing, rotation of crops, biotechnology in agriculture |
Crop protection and management: Biotechnology in food processing |
Health and hygiene |
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Reaching the age of adolescence: Adolescence and puberty, secondary sexual characters, ductless glands, role of hormones in reproduction, reproductive phase of life in human, sex determination, reproductive health, nutritional needs, personal hygiene |
Reaching the age of adolescence: Prevention and protection from sexual and other abuse, smoking hazards, sprouting, cancer and prevention |
My body |
---|
Body movements: Human body and its movements, joints and types of joints, skeleton, movements of animals (earthworm, cockroach, birds, fish, and snakes) |
World of Plants |
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Pictorial feature of plant kingdom: Fungi, flowering and non flowering, algae, bryophytes, pteridophytes, gymnosperms, angiosperms, monocotyledons, dicotyledons, structure of root, structure of stem, structure of leaf |
World of Animals |
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Micro organisms: Virus, bacteria, algae, fungi and protozoa-uses of microorganisms in medicine, agriculture, industry and daily living-harmful microorganisms, microbes in food preservation, relationship between man and microbes, balances |
Micro organisms: Imbalances and uses |
Life Process |
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Diversity in living organism: Cell as a fundamental unit of life, type of human cells related to functions, structure and function of all organelles in brief, organization, cells, tissues, organs, organ system, homeostasis, cellular respiration |
Diversity in living organism: Metabolism, design of the body, based on function, some examples |
Environmental science-ecology |
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Conservation of plants and animals: Conservation of forest and wild life, deforestation and aforestation, flora and fauna, endangered species, red data book, migration, wildlife sanctuary and national park, threats to biodiversity |
Conservation of plants and animals: Traditional knowledge and people’s initiatives in biodiversity conservation, human wildlife conflicts |
Environmental science-resource use and management |
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Pollution of air, water, and soil: Air pollution, sources of air pollution, water pollution, sources of water pollution, water purification, land pollution, sources of land pollution, science today, bio pole, easily decomposable and reusable plastics |
Matter |
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Elements and compounds around us: Types of pure substances, element, occurrence of elements in nature, elements found in human body, classification of elements based on states (solids, liquids ,gases), classification of elements based on properties |
Elements and compounds around us: Symbol of elements, molecule of an element, compound, characteristics of compounds, classification of compounds, uses of compounds, day to day life, molecule of compound, formula of compound, valency |
Atomic structure |
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Atomic structure: Ancient views of atomic structure, laws of chemical combination, Dalton’s atomic theory, merits, demerits, electrical nature of matter, discovery of fundamental particles, discovery of electrons, properties of cathode rays |
Atomic structure: Discovery of protons, properties of fundamental particles, atomic model, J. J. Thomson’s model of atom, limitation of Thomson model |
Exploring the World |
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Coal and petroleum: Coal, types of coal, petroleum, occurrence and refining, natural gas, natural resources, limitation, science today |
Matter and Measurement |
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Measurement: SI system of units, temperature, electric current, amount of substance, luminous intensity, angle, solid angle |
Forces and Movement |
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Force and pressure definition: State of motion, action of force and its effects, contact forces, non contact forces, magnetic forces, gravitational force, electrostatic force, pressure-pressure exerted by liquids and gases, pressure exerted by air |
Force and pressure definition: Atmospheric pressure, Pascal’s law, friction-factors affecting friction, friction, necessary evil, increasing and reducing friction |
Exploring Energy |
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Electricity and heat: Three kinds of circuit, simple, series and parallel, conduction of electricity in liquids, chemical effects, electric current, applications of chemical effects of electric current, electroplating, electric charges at rest |
Electricity and heat: Types of charges, transfer of charges, story of lightning and thunder lightening, safety, heat-effects of heat, transfer of heat, conduction, convection, and radiation |
Exploring Phenomena |
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Light: Laws of reflection, regular and irregular reflections, multiple reflections, multiple images, refraction (Snell’s law not included), dispersion, using prism, total internal reflection, human eye, image formation, sound |
Light: Sound needs a medium for propagation, sound produced by human, human ear and hearing-amplitude, time period, and frequency of vibration, audible and inaudible sounds, noise-noise pollution, science today, fiber optics |
Light: Sending message by light |
History-Class-VI
Pre-historic Period |
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Hunting, gatherers, living together, villages, agriculture, (neo-lithic culture) sites in India and in Tamil Nadu specifically-Adhichanallur, Thiruvallur, and Thandikudi |
Indus valley civilization |
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Harapan civilization and its Dravidian features |
Ancient Land of Thamizhagam |
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Pre-historic land of Tamils, the lemurian continent, first, middle and third sangam of Tamil-historic period in Tamizhagam-Cheras, Cholas, and Pandiyas |
Vedic period |
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Early Vedic period, later Vedic period, political, social life of the people, food, dress, ornaments, religion-status of women, education etc |
Jainism and Buddhism |
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Rise of Janism and Buddhism |
The causes for the rise |
The teachings of lord Buddha and lord Mahavira |
Rise of Empires |
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Mahajanapadas, the Mauryan Empire, Chandra Gupta Maurya-Ashoka, the administration, inscriptions of Ashoka |
Kushana Empire |
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Kanishka, contribution and relevance, Gupta Empire, Chandra Gupta-I, Harsha empire-role and contribution |
History-Class-VII
Pre-historic Period |
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Hunting, gatherers, living together, villages, agriculture, (neo-lithic culture) sites in India and in Tamil Nadu specifically-Adhichanallur, Thiruvallur, and Thandikudi |
Indus valley civilization |
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Harapan civilization and its Dravidian features |
Ancient Land of Thamizhagam |
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Pre-historic land of Tamils, the lemurian continent, first, middle and third sangam of Tamil-historic period in Tamizhagam-Cheras, Cholas, and Pandiyas |
Vedic period |
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Early Vedic period, later Vedic period, political, social life of the people, food, dress, ornaments, religion-status of women, education, etc |
Jainism and Buddhism |
---|
Rise of Janism and Buddhism |
The causes for the rise |
The teachings of lord Buddha and lord Mahavira |
Rise of Empires |
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Mahajanapadas, the Mauryan Empire, Chandra Gupta Maurya-Ashoka, the administration, inscriptions of Ashoka |
Kushana Empire |
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Kanishka, contribution and relevance, Gupta Empire, Chandra Gupta I, Harsha Empire-role and contribution |
History-Class-VIII
The great Mughals |
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Conditions of India on the eve of Babur’s invasion, Babur, Humayun, Sur-dynasty, Shershah Sur, Akbar, Jahangir, Shajahan, Aurangazeb, administration, art and architecture, causes for the decline of the Mughals |
Rise of the marathas |
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Shivaji, administration, successors, Peshwa rule, Nadir Shah, Ahmad Shah Abdali invasions, third battle of Panipat |
Advent of the Europeans |
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Portuguese, Dutch, English, Danish, French conflict between the English and the French, causes for the success of the British |
Anglo-French struggle |
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The first carnatic war, second carnatic war third carnatic war the first anglo, Mysore war |
Rule of the English |
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East India company, establishment of the British rule in India from 1773 to 1857, Warren Hastings, reforms-impeachment, lord Cornwallis, reforms-permanent revenue settlement, lord Wellesley, subsidiary alliance, marquees of Hastings, lord William Bentinck |
Reforms, Lord Dalhousie, doctrine of lapse, reforms-revolt of 1857, causes and effects |
The Nayak rule 1773 to 1857 in Tamil country |
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The Nayaks rule in Tamil country, Nayaks of Madurai, Vishwantha Nayak, Thuramalai Nayak, Rani Mangammal and Meenakshi, the Nayaks of Thanjavur and Senji-Nayak’s contribution to art and architecture-the Marathas of Tanjore, Poligars revolt |
South Indian rebellion |
Vellore mutiny |
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Geography-Class-VI
Earth and Solar System |
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Structure of solar system, sun planets, size, orbits, composition 7 planets, unique position of earth in the solar system |
Earth-day and night |
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Change of seasons-earth, size, shape-revolution, rotation-day and night, differences in time, seasons, how do they occur? how they affect our daily life? |
Geography-Class-VII
The earth |
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Its structure and tectonic movements |
Origin of earth, formation of continents and oceans internal process of earth, plate tectonic earthquake and volcanoes |
Changing the face of the lithosphere |
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Weathering process |
Shaping of earth by natural agents-rivers, wind waves, and glaciers |
Weather and climate |
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Factors determining weather and climate components of the atmosphere-layers of the atmosphere weather elements temperature, pressure, winds, rainfall, clouds, lightning and thunderstorms |
Disaster and disaster management |
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Natural disasters, volcanoes, earthquakes, landslides, cyclone, floods, droughts, tornadoes and tsunami |
An Introduction to Oceanography |
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The major oceans-topography of the ocean floor, hydrological cycle, salinity, temperature, waves, ocean currents and tides |
Geography-Class-VIII
Resources |
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Resources and their types-resources and human activity |
Primary Activity |
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Types of primary activities-gathering, hunting and fishing, mining-classification of minerals |
Primary Activity-Agriculture |
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Agriculture and crops-factors determining agriculture |
Secondary Activity-Industries |
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Classification of industries-factors determining development of industries |
Tertiary Activity-Transport, Trade |
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Transport, trade, other services |
Population and Resource |
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Population growth and distribution population growth and resource depletion-resources and space technology |
Civics-Class-VI
Family and Society |
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Society-family, interdependence, social diversity-multiple facets discrimination and difference |
Community and School |
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Understanding that school as one of the social institutions |
The Local Government |
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The need for the local self government-Panchayat raj, local bodies, (municipalities, corporations, district administration-village administration, related aspects, functions) |
Democracy |
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Human development, and women empowerment all citizens in a democratic country have equal rights, women power-the capable and noble women DR. Muthulakshmi |
Civics-Class-VII
Our Nation |
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Location, political administration, and national symbols |
Indian constitution |
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Salient features |
Political parties |
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Functions, structures and types-regional and national parties |
United nations organization |
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Objectives, organs, functions |
Legislations and welfare schemes for children, and women |
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Civics-Class-VIII
National integration |
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Unity in diversity, factors promoting national integration, factors affecting national integration |
Socio-Economic problems |
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Illiteracy-child labour, unemployment, poverty, population explosion |
Human Rights and the UNO |
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Human rights declaration, women’s rights, child rights, national human rights commission, state human rights commission |
Road safety-rules and regulations |
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Economics-Class-VI
Consumption, production, distribution |
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Economics-Class-VII
Factors of production |
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Land, labour-division of labour, capital, organization, different sectors of the economy, primary sector, secondary sector, tertiary sector and their contribution to the development of the country |
Economics-Class-VIII
Money, savings, and investment |
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Barter system, medium of exchange, definition of money, value of money-nature of money, functions of money-economic significance of money, importance of money, savings and investment |
TNTET 2023 Exam Pattern
TNTET Paper 1 Exam Pattern
TNTET Exam Pattern - Paper I (Class I to V)
S No. |
Subjects |
Number of questions |
Total marks |
1 |
Child Development and Pedagogy (for 6-11 age group) |
30 |
30 |
2 |
Mathematics |
30 |
30 |
3 |
Environmental Studies |
30 |
30 |
4 |
Language I (Tamil/Telugu/Malayalam/Kannada/Urdu) |
30 |
30 |
5 |
Language II (English) |
30 |
30 |
TNTET Paper 2 Exam Pattern
TNTET Exam Pattern 2023 - Paper II (Class VI to VIII)
S No. |
Subjects |
Number of questions |
Total marks |
1 |
Child Development and Pedagogy (for 11-14 age group) |
30 |
30 |
2 |
Language I -
|
30 |
30 |
3 |
Language II - English |
30 |
30 |
4 |
i) Mathematics and Science
ii) Social Science Teacher or iii) Any other teacher (i or ii) |
60 |
60 |
Teachers Recruitment Board will release the TNTET 2023 admit card in online mode. Candidates will be able to download their admit card 2023 from the official website by entering their registration/roll number and date of birth/password. The admit card of TNTET 2023 contains details such as name, venue of the exam, the timing of the exam, photograph etc. Also, candidates must carry at least one photo ID along with the TNTET admit card.
TNTET 2023 Exam Centers
State | City |
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Tamil Nadu | Thuckalay |
Kuzhithurai | |
Nagercoil | |
Cheranmahadevi | |
Tenkasi | |
Tirunelveli | |
Kovilpatti | |
Thoothukudi | |
Paramakudi | |
Ramanathapuram | |
Devakottai | |
Sivagangai | |
Aruppukkottai | |
Srivilliputhur | |
Virudhunagar | |
Uthamapalayam | |
Periyakulam | |
Usilampatti | |
Melur | |
Madurai | |
Palani | |
Dindigul | |
Gudalur | |
Coonoor | |
Tiruppur | |
Pollachi | |
Coimbatore | |
Gobichettipalayam | |
Erode | |
Sankari | |
Salem | |
Namakkal | |
Hosur | |
Dharmapuri | |
Krishnagiri | |
Aranthangi | |
Pudukkottai | |
Karur | |
Ariyalur | |
Udayarpalayam | |
Perambalur | |
Musiri | |
Lalgudi | |
Tiruchirappalli | |
Mayiladuthurai | |
Nagapattinam | |
Tiruvarur | |
Pattukkottai | |
Kumbakonam | |
Thanjavur | |
Kallakurichi | |
Tindivanam | |
Villupuram | |
Virudhachalam | |
Cuddalore | |
Cheyyar | |
Tiruvannamalai | |
Tirupattur | |
Vellore | |
Chengalpattu | |
Kancheepuram | |
Ponneri | |
Thiruvallur | |
Chennai |
Documents Required at Exam
- Admit card
- Aadhaar card
- PAN card
- Passport
- Driving license
After the conduction of the TNTET 2023 exam, initially, the Teachers Recruitment Board will release the provisional answer key of TNTET 2023 before the announcement of the result while the final answer key will be published once the examination authorities evaluate the challenged answer keys. Candidates can challenge the TNTET answer key within 5 days from the date of release.
With the help of TNTET answer key 2023, candidates will be able to check the correct responses to the questions asked in the entrance exam. Based on the correct and incorrect answers, candidates will also be able to calculate their probable marks secured in TNTET 2023 exam.
Teachers Recruitment Board will announce the TNTET result 2023 for both the papers in online mode. The result of TNTET 2023 will contain details like name, category, total marks and subject-wise marks. Candidates qualifying the exam will get the TET eligibility certificate valid for lifetime.
To qualify the TNTET 2023 exam, candidates will have to secure the minimum qualifying marks that will be decided by the Teachers Recruitment Board. The exam authorities will release the qualifying cutoff marks for all the candidates. The factors that will be considered while deciding the cutoff of TNTET are availability of seats, number of applicants and previous years’ cutoff trends. The qualifying marks for General category is 60% whereas BC, BC(M), MBC/DNC SC (A), SC/ST and PwD candidates will be given 5% relaxation.
General Information
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Question: How many attempts for the TNTET exam?
Answer:
There is no limits on the number of attempts for the TNTET 2023 exam. As long as the candidate meets the eligibility criteria, they can give as many attempts as they want.
Question: What is the TET exam for Tamilnadu 2023?
Answer:
The TNTET exam is an exam conducted for candidates interested to become teachers in the state of Tamil Nadu. Qualifying the exam will make the candidates eligible to apply for government and private schools in Tamil Nadu.
Question: What is the qualification for TNTET?
Answer:
Graduation with at least 50 per cent marks who have passed or appearing in the final year of B.Ed are eligible to appear in the TNTET exam 2023.
Question: When will the TNTET notification 2023 be released?
Answer:
The TNTET notification 2023 is yet to be released on the official website.
Question: What is the TNTET application form fee?
Answer:
TNTET 2023 application form fee is Rs 500 for General and OBC applicants and Rs 250 for others.
Questions related to TNTET
am a 2012 B.Tech graduate.. am i eligible to write TNTET 2020
Dear,
There is no upper age limit. As you are a graduate then the criteria for you is-You must hold Graduation degree and have passed or appearing in final year of 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education or Graduation with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of Bachelor of Education (B.Ed). You can fill online application form of TNTET from May 2020. All applicants will be able to fill the application form in online mode till April 2020. You must meet the eligibility criteria before they start filling the TNTET application form.
For more updates kindly visit:
https://competition.careers360.com/articles/tntet
Hope this helps!
tntet 2020 paper 1 eligibility criteria
Hello Sheik,
candidates can apply for TNTET paper 1 or paper2 or both as per the eligibility.
for TNTET paper1:
-
All the aspiring candidates must have completed and passed 10+2/HSC and also must have a Diploma in Education/Diploma in Elementary Education from a recognized institute
-
Or, candidates who are in final year and appearing for D.E.Ed. can also apply for TNTET 2019. However, during documents verification candidates will have to provide the D.E.Ed certificate or else they will not be eligible to receive the TET eligibility certificate
for further reference i am providing you the link:
https://competition.careers360.com/exams/tntet
Hope it helps.
All the best.
Hello team, Would like to understand the tet process.. Im seeing so many people who had completed there btech /be and try to know that whether they can eligible to apply for exam.. As per my understanding, they can apply only if they completed b. ed along with be/btech.. Maelum this correct??
Yes, it's imperative to do teacher's training program whether it's BEd or DEd for a candidate to be in teaching profession whether it's through CTET or State Level TETs. It doesn't matter whether your degree in discipline of science, commerce, technical, management etc.
Along with being a graduate from a recognized University, BEd or DEd is important.
I have completed b. tech ( biotechnology) am I eligible to attend the tntet 2020 exam
hi,
see the eligibility criteria differs to paper wise ,
for paper 1, candidate need to have bed in nursery tearchers training or diploma in elementary education,
for paper 2, candidate need to have a graduation degree in ba/bsc/b.lit degree with the subjects of tamil, English, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, History and Geography with 10+2+3 pattern from a recognized university.
I completed ME(ECE) in 2016. Am i eligible for TNTET 2020?
DEAR ASPIRANT,
Yes dear u are eligible to apply for tntet 2020. u can check the eligibility criteria from the below. if u want to know more about tntet2020 u can check the link https://competition.careers360.com/articles/tntet#TNTET-2020-Eligibility-Criteria
Parameters
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Eligibility |
Nationality |
Indian |
Age limit |
No upper age limit |
Educational qualification |
Paper I: Candidates must have passed Higher Secondary with at least 50% marks and have passed or appearing in final year of 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education. Or Must have passed Higher Secondary with not less than 45% marks and have passed or appearing in final year of 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education in accordance with the NCTE (Recognition Norms and Procedure), Regulations, 2002. Or Candidates must have passed Higher Secondary with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 4-year Bachelor in Elementary Education (B.El.Ed.). Or Higher Secondary with not less than 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 2- year Diploma in Education (Special Education). Or Candidates must hold Graduation degree and have passed or appearing in final year of 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education. Or Graduation with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of Bachelor of Education (B.Ed). |
Paper II: Candidates must be Graduates and have passed or appearing in final year of 2 year Diploma in Elementary Education. Or Must hold a Graduation degree with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of Bachelor in Education (B.Ed.) Or Graduation with not less than 45% marks and have passed or appearing in final year of Bachelor in Education (B.Ed.), as per NCTE (Recognition Norms and Procedure) Regulations. Or Must have passed Higher Secondary with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 4-year Bachelor in Elementary Education (B.El.Ed.). Or Higher Secondary with not less than 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 4-year B.A/B.Sc. Ed or B.A. Ed./B.Sc. Ed. Or Must be a Graduate with at least 50% marks and have passed or appearing in final year of B.Ed. (Special Education). Or Any candidate who has qualified B.Ed. programme, recognized by the NCTE is also eligible to appear in TET. |