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PSTET 2024 Exam - Dates, Registration, Admit card, Syllabus, Answer Key, Result, Cut Off

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Updated on 12th December, 2024 by Team Careers360

About PSTET 2024

The Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) is expected to conduct the PSTET 2024 exam on May 26, 2024. PSEB has released the PSTET 2024 notification on the official website. Candidates should check the official PSTET notification and eligibility criteria before applying for the exam to see if they meet the necessary qualifications.

Punjab State Education Board (PSEB) conducts PSTET in offline mode to determine the eligibility of candidates as Teachers in classes 1 to 8. PSTET is conducted for two papers – Paper 1 and 2. Paper 1 is conducted for the primary stage for those who wish to become teachers from class 1 to 5 while paper 2 is conducted for the elementary stage for all those who wish to become teachers in classes 6 to 8. Candidates can also take the test for both papers – paper 1 and 2 if they wish to teach in classes I to VIII. In order to apply for PSTET, candidates must have completed their graduation degree with at least 50% marks. Only those candidates qualify PSTET and secure the category wise overall cut off marks determined by the exam conducting authority.

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PSTET 2024 Highlights

Full Exam Name
Punjab State Teachers Eligibility Test
Short Exam Name
PSTET
Conducting Body
State Council of Educational Research & Training, Punjab
Frequency Of Conduct
Once a year
Exam Level
State Level Exam
Languages
English +1 more
Mode Of Application
online
Application Fee
Online : 600
Mode Of Exam
offline
Exam Duration
PS TET Paper 1:2 Hours 30 Minutes +1 more

PSTET Important Dates

PSTET Punjab State Teachers Eligibility Test (session 2024)

10 Dec' 2024 - 15 Dec' 2024 . OnlineOn Going
Answer Key Date
Objection to provisional answer key
01 Jan' 2025 - 01 Jan' 2025 . OnlineTentative
Result Date
16 Oct' 2024 - 16 Oct' 2024 . Online
Advertisement Date
16 Oct' 2024 - 07 Nov' 2024 . Online
Application Date
Extended
05 Nov' 2024 - 08 Nov' 2024 . Online
Application Correction Date

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PSTET Eligibility Criteria

In order to fill the application form of PSTET, candidates must meet the eligibility criteria determined by the exam conducting authority. PSTET eligibility criteria is determined by taking age and educational qualification of the candidates into consideration. The eligibility criteria of PSTET is determined for both the primary stage of teachers and the elementary stage.

PSTET Eligibility Criteria - Age 

There is no upper age limit in order to apply for PSTET

For primary stage (for teachers in class 1 to 5)

  • Candidates must have passed 12th class with minimum 50% and 4 year of elementary education training.

                                                              Or 

  • Graduation and passed or appearing in final year of two year Diploma in Elementary Education.

                                                               Or 

  • Senior Secondary with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 2-year Diploma in Education.


For elementary stage (for teachers in class 6 to 8)


  • Candidates must be a graduate and have passed/appearing in final year of 2 years Diploma in Elementary Education.

                                                                 Or

  • Graduation with not less than 50% marks and passed/appearing in 1st year of B.Ed.

                                                                 Or 

  • Graduation with at least 45% marks and passed/appearing in 1st year of B.Ed as per NCTE 

                                                                 Or

  • Must have passed Senior Secondary with not less than 50% marks and passed/appearing in the final year of 4 years B.El.Ed.

                                                                  Or

  • Senior Secondary with at least 50% and passed/appearing in the final year of 4 years B.A/B.Sc.Ed or B.A. Ed/B.Sc.Ed.

                                                                 Or

  • Must hold a Graduation Degree with at least 50% marks and passed/appearing in 1st year of B.Ed. (Special Education)

PSTET Application Form

PSTET application form can be filled by the candidates in online mode. Before filling the application form of PSTET, candidates must meet the eligibility criteria. PSTET application form must be filled along with the payment of the prescribed application fees. The exam conducting authority does not accept any application form without the payment of the application fee.

The table below contains the prescribed application fee of PSTET as per the category of the candidates.

Category

Application fee (for paper 1 & 2)

For both papers 1 & 2

General/OBC

Rs. 600

Rs. 1200

SC/ST/PWD

Rs. 300

Rs. 600

In order to pay the application fee, candidates can use various payment gateways like Credit card/Debit card/Master/Visa.

Steps of filling PSTET Application Form

In order to fill the application form of PSTET, candidates can follow the steps given below.

Step 1: Registration

Step 2: Uploading photo 

Step 3: Payment of application fee

Step 4: Final Submission

After filling the application and final submission, candidates must take a print out of the PSTET application form and the application fee receipt.

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Documents Required at Exam PSTET 2024

Punjab State Teachers Eligibility Test 2024

  • Admit card
  • aadhaar card
  • PAN card
  • Passport
  • Driving license
  • Employee ID card
  • College/university ID card
  • Voter ID card

PSTET 2024 Exam Centers

StateCity
Punjab
Ludhiana
Amritsar
Jalandhar
Patiala
Mohali

PS TET Paper 1

PSEB releases the exam pattern of PSTET. Candidates are suggested to go through the exam pattern of PSTET to get information about the mode of the exam, time duration, marks distribution, total questions, marking scheme, etc. Along with the exam pattern, candidates must also refer to the PSTET syllabus so that they can start preparing for the exam. 

 PSTET Exam Pattern


  • Paper I of PSTET will be held in offline mode.

  • Medium of PSTET exam will be bilingual (Hindi & English).

  • Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) will be asked.

  • Paper I will contain 150 marks each.

  • 2 hours 30 minutes will be allotted to complete paper I


PSTET Exam Pattern - Paper I (From classes I to V)

Sections

No. of Questions

Marks

Child Development and Pedagogy

30

30

Language I        

30

30

Language II   

30

30

Mathematics       

30

30

Environmental Studies 

30

30

Total      

150

150

PS TET Paper 2

PSTET Exam Pattern - Paper II (From classes VI to VIII)

Sections

No. of Questions

Marks

Child Development & Pedagogy

30

30

Language-I

30

30

Language-II

30

30

Mathematics and Science (For maths and Science teachers)

60

60

Social Science (For Social Studies/Social Science Teacher)

60

60

Total

150

150


PSTET Exam Pattern - Paper II

  • Paper II of PSTET will be held in offline mode.

  • Paper  II will be conducted in both Hindi and English.
  • Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) will be asked.

  • There will be 150 questions of 1 mark each.

  • 2 hours 30 minutes will be allotted for paper II of PSTET 2023.

Marking Scheme: A total of 150 questions of 1 marks each will be asked in both paper I and II. No marks will be deducted for any wrong response given by the candidates.

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PSTET 2024 Syllabus

PSTET PS TET Paper 1 Syllabus

Child development and pedagogy: Unit 01


Child development (primary school child)
  • Concept of development and its relationship with learning
  • Principles of the development of children
  • Influence of heredity and environment
  • Socialization processes: Social world and children (teachers, parents, and peers)
  • Piaget, Kohlberg, and Vygotsky: Constructs and critical perspectives
  • Concepts of child-centered and progressive education
  • Critical perspective of the construct of intelligence
  • Multi dimensional intelligence
  • Language and thought
  • Gender as a social construct: Gender roles, gender-bias, and educational practice
  • Individual differences among learners, understanding differences based on diversity of language, caste, gender, community, and religion etc
  • Distinction between assessment for learning and assessment of learning; school-based assessment, continuous and comprehensive evaluation: Perspective and practice
  • Formulating appropriate questions for assessing readiness levels of learners; for enhancing learning and critical thinking in the classroom, and for assessing learner achievement

Child development and pedagogy: Unit 02


Concept of inclusive education and understanding children with special needs
  • Addressing learners from diverse backgrounds including disadvantaged and deprived
  • Addressing the needs of children with learning difficulties, impairment etc
  • Addressing the talented, creative, specially abled learners

Child development and pedagogy: Unit 03


Learning and pedagogy
  • How children think and learn; how and why children 'fail' to achieve success in school performance
  • Basic processes of teaching and learning; children's strategies of learning; learning as a social activity; social context of learning
  • Child as a problem solver and a 'scientific investigator'
  • Alternative conceptions of learning in children, understanding children's 'errors' as significant steps in the learning process
  • Cognition and emotions
  • Motivation and learning
  • Factors contributing to learning-personal and environmental

Punjabi: Unit 01


Language comprehension
  • Reading unseen passage-two passages: One prose/ drama and one poem

Punjabi: Unit 02


Pedagogy of language development
  • Learning and acquisition
  • Principles of language teaching
  • Role of listening and speaking; function of language and how children use it as a tool
  • Critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally or in written form
  • Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors, and disorders
  • Language skills
  • Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: Speaking, listening, reading, and writing
  • Teaching-learning materials: textbook, multi-media materials, multilingual resource of the classroom
  • Remedial teaching

English: Unit 01


Comprehension
  • Two unseen prose passages (discursive/ literary/ narrative/ scientific)

English: Unit 02


Pedagogy of language development
  • Learning and acquisition
  • Principles of language teaching
  • Role of listening and speaking; function of language and how children use it as a tool
  • Critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally or in written form
  • Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors, and disorders
  • Language skills
  • Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: Listening, speaking, reading, and writing
  • Teaching-learning materials: textbook, multi-media materials, multilingual resource of the classroom
  • Remedial teaching

Mathematics: Unit 01


Geometry

    Mathematics: Unit 03


    Solids around us

      Mathematics: Unit 04


      Numbers

        Mathematics: Unit 05


        Addition and subtraction

          Mathematics: Unit 06


          Multiplication

            Mathematics: Unit 07


            Division

              Mathematics: Unit 08


              Measurement

                Mathematics: Unit 09


                Weight

                  Mathematics: Unit 10


                  Time

                    Mathematics: Unit 11


                    Volume

                      Mathematics: Unit 12


                      Data handling

                        Mathematics: Unit 13


                        Patterns

                          Mathematics: Unit 14


                          Money

                            Mathematics: Unit 15


                            Pedagogical issues
                            • Nature of mathematics/ logical thinking; understanding children's thinking and reasoning patterns and strategies of making meaning, and learning
                            • Place of mathematics in curriculum
                            • Language of mathematics
                            • Community mathematics
                            • Evaluation through formal and informal methods
                            • Problems of teaching
                            • Error analysis and related aspects of learning, and teaching
                            • Diagnostic and remedial teaching

                            Environmental studies: Unit 01


                            Family and friends
                            • Relationships
                            • Work and play
                            • Animals
                            • Plants

                            Environmental studies: Unit 02


                            Food

                              Environmental studies: Unit 03


                              Shelter

                                Environmental studies: Unit 04


                                Water

                                  Environmental studies: Unit 05


                                  Travel

                                    Environmental studies: Unit 06


                                    Things we make and do

                                      Environmental studies: Unit 07


                                      Pedagogical issues
                                      • Concept and scope of EVS
                                      • Significance of EVS, integrated EVS
                                      • Environmental studies and environmental education
                                      • Learning principles
                                      • Scope and relation to science, and social science
                                      • Approaches of presenting concepts
                                      • Activities
                                      • Experimentation/ practical work
                                      • Discussion
                                      • Cce
                                      • Teaching material/ aids
                                      • Problems of teaching
                                      PSTET PS TET Paper 2 Syllabus

                                      Child development and pedagogy: Unit 01


                                      Child development (elementary school child)
                                      • Concept of development and its relationship with learning
                                      • Principles of the development of child
                                      • Influence of heredity and environment
                                      • Socialization processes: Social world and children (teachers, parents, and peers)
                                      • Piaget, Kohlberg, and Vygotsky: Constructs and critical perspectives
                                      • Concepts of child-centered and progressive education
                                      • Critical perspective of the construct of intelligence
                                      • Multi dimensional intelligence
                                      • Language and thought
                                      • Gender as a social construct: Gender roles, gender-bias, and educational practice
                                      • Individual differences among learners, understanding differences based on diversity of language, caste, gender, community, and religion etc
                                      • Distinction between assessment for learning and assessment of learning; school-based assessment, continuous and comprehensive evaluation: Perspective and practice
                                      • Formulating appropriate questions for assessing readiness levels of learners; for enhancing learning and critical thinking in the classroom, and for assessing learner achievement

                                      Child development and pedagogy: Unit 02


                                      Concept of inclusive education and understanding children with special needs
                                      • Addressing learners from diverse backgrounds including disadvantaged and deprived
                                      • Addressing the needs of children with learning difficulties, impairment etc
                                      • Addressing the talented, creative, specially abled learners

                                      Child development and pedagogy: Unit 03


                                      Learning and pedagogy
                                      • How children think and learn; how and why children 'fail' to achieve success in school performance
                                      • Basic processes of teaching and learning; children's strategies of learning; learning as a social activity; social context of learning
                                      • Child as a problem solver and a 'scientific investigator'
                                      • Alternative conceptions of learning in children, understanding children's 'errors' as significant steps in the learning process
                                      • Cognition and emotions
                                      • Motivation and learning
                                      • Factors contributing to learning-personal and environmental

                                      Punjabi: Unit 01


                                      Language comprehension
                                      • Reading unseen passage-two passages: One prose/ drama and one poem

                                      Punjabi: Unit 02


                                      Pedagogy of language development
                                      • Learning and acquisition
                                      • Principles of language teaching
                                      • Role of listening and speaking; function of language and how children use it as a tool
                                      • Critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally or in written form
                                      • Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors, and disorders
                                      • Language skills
                                      • Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: Listening, speaking, reading, and writing
                                      • Teaching-learning materials: textbook, multi-media materials, multilingual resource of the classroom
                                      • Remedial teaching

                                      English: Unit 01


                                      Comprehension
                                      • Two unseen prose passages (discursive/ literary/ narrative/ scientific)

                                      English: Unit 02


                                      Pedagogy of language development
                                      • Learning and acquisition
                                      • Principles of language teaching
                                      • Role of listening and speaking; function of language and how children use it as a tool
                                      • Critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally or in written form
                                      • Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors, and disorders
                                      • Language skills
                                      • Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: Listening, speaking, reading, and writing
                                      • Teaching-learning materials: textbook, multi-media materials, multilingual resource of the classroom
                                      • Remedial teaching

                                      Mathematics: Unit 01


                                      Number system
                                      • Knowing our numbers
                                      • Playing with numbers
                                      • Whole numbers
                                      • Negative numbers and integers
                                      • Fractions

                                      Mathematics: Unit 02


                                      Algebra
                                      • Introduction to algebra
                                      • Ratio and proportion

                                      Mathematics: Unit 03


                                      Geometry
                                      • Basic geometrical ideas (2-D)
                                      • Understanding elementary shapes (2-D and 3-D)
                                      • Symmetry: (reflection)
                                      • Construction (using straight edge scale, protractor, compasses)

                                      Mathematics: Unit 04


                                      Mensuration
                                      • Data handling

                                      Mathematics: Unit 05


                                      Pedagogical issues
                                      • Nature of mathematics/ logical thinking
                                      • Place of mathematics in curriculum
                                      • Language of mathematics
                                      • Community mathematics
                                      • Evaluation
                                      • Remedial teaching
                                      • Problems of teaching

                                      Science: Unit 01


                                      Food
                                      • Sources of food
                                      • Components of food
                                      • Cleaning food

                                      Science: Unit 02


                                      Materials
                                      • Materials of daily use

                                      Science: Unit 03


                                      The world of the living

                                        Science: Unit 05


                                        How things work
                                        • Electric currents and circuits
                                        • Magnets

                                        Science: Unit 06


                                        Natural phenomena

                                          Science: Unit 07


                                          Natural resources

                                            Science: Unit 08


                                            Pedagogical issues
                                            • Nature and structure of sciences
                                            • Natural science/ aims and objectives
                                            • Understanding and appreciating science
                                            • Approaches/ integrated approach
                                            • Observation/ experiment/ discovery (method of science)
                                            • Innovation
                                            • Text material/ aids
                                            • Evaluation-cognitive/ psychomotor/ affective
                                            • Problems
                                            • Remedial teaching

                                            Social studies/ social science: Unit 01


                                            History
                                            • When, where, and how
                                            • The earliest societies
                                            • The first farmers and herders
                                            • The first cities
                                            • Early states
                                            • New ideas
                                            • The first empire
                                            • Contacts with distant lands
                                            • Political developments
                                            • Culture and science
                                            • New kings and kingdoms
                                            • Sultans of Delhi
                                            • Architecture
                                            • Creation of an empire
                                            • Social change
                                            • Regional cultures
                                            • The establishment of company power
                                            • Rural life and society
                                            • Colonialism and tribal societies
                                            • The revolt of 1857-58
                                            • Women and reform
                                            • Challenging the caste system
                                            • The nationalist movement
                                            • India after independence

                                            Social studies/ social science: Unit 02


                                            Geography
                                            • Geography as a social study and as a science
                                            • Planet: Earth in the solar system
                                            • Globe
                                            • Environment in its totality: natural and human environment
                                            • Air
                                            • Water
                                            • Human environment: Settlement, transport, and communication
                                            • Resources: types-natural and human
                                            • Agriculture

                                            Social studies/ social science: Unit 03


                                            Social and political life
                                            • Diversity
                                            • Government
                                            • Local government
                                            • Making a living
                                            • Democracy
                                            • State government
                                            • Understanding media
                                            • Unpacking gender
                                            • The constitution
                                            • Parliamentary government
                                            • The judiciary
                                            • Social justice and the marginalised

                                            Social studies/ social science: Unit 04


                                            Pedagogical issues
                                            • Concept and nature of social science/ social studies
                                            • Class room processes, activities, and discourse
                                            • Developing critical thinking
                                            • Enquiry/ empirical evidence
                                            • Problems of teaching social science/ social studies
                                            • Sources-primary and secondary
                                            • Projects work
                                            • Evaluation

                                            Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) releases the admit card of PSTET in online mode. All the eligible candidates who fill the application form successfully can download PSTET admit card in online mode.

                                            PSTET admit card are issued for both papers I and II. Candidates can download the admit card of PSTET by using their application number and date of birth. PSTET admit card has details like the candidate’s name, date and time of exam, venue etc. 

                                            It is important for the candidates to carry the admit card of PSTET to the exam centre along with one of the prescribed ID proofs - aadhaar card, voter card, PAN card, passport, and driving license. It must be kept in mind that no candidate is allowed to appear for the exam without the admit card. 

                                            The official answer key of PSTET is released by the examination authority after the exam is held. Candidates can go through PSTET answer key to check all the correct answers for the exam conducted. By referring to the PSTET answer key, candidates will be able to calculate their expected marks and predict their probability to qualify the exam. The answer key of PSTET are released for both papers – paper I and II for all sets of question booklet given to the candidates on the examination day.

                                            Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) announces PSTET result. The examination authority declares the result of PSTET in online mode. The result of PSTET is released in PDF format for both papers – Paper I and II. 

                                            The result of PSTET includes the application number, roll number, category, name, and marks obtained by the qualified candidates. PSTET result is declared on the basis of category wise cut off marks obtained by the candidates in the examination. 

                                            Along with the declaration of result, the exam conducting authority also releases the category-wise cutoff marks for PSTET. Cut off of PSTET is the minimum marks that the candidates must score to qualify the examination. 

                                            The result of PSTET are based on the cut off marks scored by the candidates. Candidates must score equal to or more than the cut off marks to be determined by the examination authority according to their category. 

                                            There are three factors which are taken into consideration while determining the cut off of PSTET . These factors are:

                                            • Availability of vacancies

                                            • Total number of candidates appeared in PSTET exam.

                                            • Difficulty level of the exam

                                            General Information

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                                            Frequently Asked Questions

                                            1. Is PSTET conducted every year?

                                            PSTET is a yearly exam conducted once every year.

                                            2. What is the PSTET mode of exam?

                                            PSTET exam is conducted in offline mode.

                                            3. What is the PTET exam 2024 in Punjab?

                                            PSTET is a state-level examination conducted for the recruitment of teachers in primary and elementary schools across Punjab.

                                            4. Is PSTET valid for lifetime?

                                            Yes, PSTET is valid for lifetime.

                                            5. What is the age limit for PSTET 2024?

                                            Candidates must be at least 18 years old to apply for the PSTET 2024. The examination however has no upper age restriction.  

                                            Questions related to PSTET

                                            Have a question related to PSTET ?

                                            Hey,

                                            The examination is almost here, so now you cannot do any corrections for sure. So contact the helpdesk or visit the nearest exam centre if you know any. Tell them about your problem. Also, take your birth certificate or any other proof with you when you visit them.

                                            Though, your application may also get rejected since you had a chance to make corrections during correction window that opened in November. So now, just try to contact the helpdesk and see if it helps.

                                            Hope this helps!

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