TNTET Exam 2023 - Application Form, Eligibility, Syllabus, Admit Card, Result

Updated on 18th Jul, 2023 by Prabakaran K

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About TNTET 2023

TNTET 2023 - TRB will release the TNTET 2023 notification on the official website - trb.tn.nic.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 of TNTET 2023. Along with or after the TNTET notification 2023, TNTET application form will be released. Candidates will be asked to fill up the TNTET application form within the prescribed date. Those who unable to fill the TNTET applications within the specified dates won't be allowed further to apply for TNTET exam 2023. Before applying for TNTET exam, 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.

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

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 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

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.).
Or, candidates in their last/final year of B.Ed. are also eligible to apply for paper II.

TNTET 2023 Application Process

Mode of Application : Online

TRB will also 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
OBC, General		Online	Female, Male, Transgender	₹ 500
ST, SC, General, OBC, EWS	PWD	Online	Female, Male, Transgender	₹ 250
ST, SC		Online	Female, Male, Transgender	₹ 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-

Child development and pedagogy (relevant to age group 6-11)-Child development: Unit 01

The children’s profile at the beginning of primary education-physical and cognitive
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

Child development and pedagogy (relevant to age group 6-11)-Child development: Unit 02

The children’s profile at the beginning of primary education-social and emotional
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

Child development and pedagogy (relevant to age group 6-11)-Child development: Unit 03

Physical and intellectual development during primary school years (6 to 10 years)
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

Child development and pedagogy (relevant to age group 6-11)-Child development: Unit 04

Social and emotional development during primary school years (6 to 10 years)
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

Child development and pedagogy (relevant to age group 6-11)-Child development: Unit 05

Moral development during primary school years (6 to 10 years)
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+

Child development and pedagogy (relevant to age group 6-11)-Learning: Unit 01

Learning
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

Child development and pedagogy (relevant to age group 6-11)-Learning: Unit 02

Types, levels, and approaches to learning
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

Child development and pedagogy (relevant to age group 6-11)-Learning: Unit 03

Concepts and constructs
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

Child development and pedagogy (relevant to age group 6-11)-Learning: Unit 04

Factors Contributing to Learning
Personal psychological, social, emotional factors, and school related factors, learning style; teaching strategies; media; technology; (i) teaching learning process, (ii) teacher’s personality traits

Child development and pedagogy (relevant to age group 6-11)-Learning: Unit 05

Constructivist Approach to Learning
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

Child development and pedagogy (relevant to age group 6-11)-Learning: Unit 06

Learning and Knowledge
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

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Mathematics-Class-I+

Mathematics-Class-I: Unit 01

Shapes and Figures
Introduction to spatial orientation, introduction to shapes in real objects and its attributes, introduction to elementary shapes, sorting object groups into shapes

Mathematics-Class-I: Unit 02

Numbers
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”

Mathematics-Class-I: Unit 03

Measurements
Introduction to length, mass, volume, comparison of objects using length, mass, volume through non standard units, time, earlier later, shorter, longer, money

Mathematics-Class-I: Unit 04

Patterns
Patterns in shapes, patterns in numbers

Mathematics-Class-I: Unit 05

Study of Data
Handling-simple data (shapes and numbers), organizing simple data (shape and numbers)

Mathematics-Class-II+

Mathematics-Class-II: Unit 01

Shapes and Figures
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

Mathematics-Class-II: Unit 02

Numbers
Writing numbers up to 99, place value and comparing the numbers, addition and subtractions up to 99, multiplication

Mathematics-Class-II: Unit 03

Measurements
Weight, volume (capacity), length (using standard units), time (days, months, years), money (up to RS. 100)

Mathematics-Class-II: Unit 04

Patterns
Patterns in shapes, patterns in numbers, block patterns

Mathematics-Class-II: Unit 05

Study of Data
Simple data (shapes and numbers), organizing simple data (shapes and numbers)

Mathematics-Class-III+

Mathematics-Class-III: Unit 01

Shapes and Figures
Creating 2-D shapes, tangram, introduction to map, drawing 3-D objects

Mathematics-Class-III: Unit 02

Numbers
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

Mathematics-Class-III: Unit 03

Measurements
Length (using standard units-cm., m.,), weight (using non-standard), volume (capacity), (using non-standard), time (calendar, hours, min, AM, PM), money (addition, subtraction)

Mathematics-Class-III: Unit 04

Fractional numbers
Introduction of fraction

Mathematics-Class-III: Unit 05

Patterns
Pattern in geometrical shapes, pattern in numbers

Mathematics-Class-III: Unit 06

Study of Data
Tally marks for simple data, pictographs for simple data

Mathematics-Class-IV+

Mathematics-Class-IV: Unit 01

Shapes and Figures
Circle, introduction to perimeter and area, reflection, and symmetry

Mathematics-Class-IV: Unit 02

Numbers
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

Mathematics-Class-IV: Unit 03

Measurements
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

Mathematics-Class-IV: Unit 04

Fractional numbers
Compare fractions, equivalent fraction, addition and subtraction of like fraction

Mathematics-Class-IV: Unit 05

Patterns
Pattern in numbers (multiplication and division), pattern in geometry (symmetry)

Mathematics-Class-IV: Unit 06

Study of Data
Pictograph

Mathematics-Class-V+

Mathematics-Class-V: Unit 01

Shapes and Figures
Drawing 3-D shapes from 2-D shapes, shapes types of angle

Mathematics-Class-V: Unit 02

Numbers
Numbers up to 10,00,00, place value and comparing numbers, four operations, factors and multiples, mental arithmetic

Mathematics-Class-V: Unit 03

Measurements
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

Mathematics-Class-V: Unit 04

Fractional numbers
Types of fractions, comparing of fraction, addition and subtraction of unlike fraction, introduction of decimals

Mathematics-Class-V: Unit 05

Patterns
Pattern in square numbers, pattern in tiles

Mathematics-Class-V: Unit 06

Study of Data
Table the data, pictograph

Environmental studies-Class I+

Environmental studies-Class I: Unit 01

Plants
Plant kingdom: The tree as a habitat to many birds, animals insects, plants and flowers around the child

Environmental studies-Class I: Unit 02

Animals and birds
Animals: Animals, birds insects around the child, protection of animals

Environmental studies-Class I: Unit 03

Small Creatures Around the children

Environmental studies-Class I: Unit 04

Day and Night
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

Environmental studies-Class I: Unit 05

Water
Water and air: On a rainy day, air, uses of water

Environmental studies-Class I: Unit 06

Air

Environmental studies-Class I: Unit 07

Food
Food: Types of food, journey of milk, vegetable fair

Environmental studies-Class I: Unit 08

My body
Our body: Five sense organs, exploration of sounds, sounds of birds and animals

Environmental studies-Class I: Unit 09

Keeping Healthy and Clean
Health and hygiene: Daily good habits for hygiene, protection of the sense organs

Environmental studies-Class I: Unit 10

Man, matter, and materials

Environmental studies-Class I: Unit 11

Work

Environmental studies-Class I: Unit 12

Science in everyday
Daily life: Helping family

Environmental studies-Class I: Unit 13

Life
Members: My family, clothing, friends who help use, public places

Environmental studies-Class I: Unit 14

Travelogue
Travel experience: Bus travel, various types of transport system

Environmental Studies-Class-II+

Environmental Studies-Class-II: Unit 01

Plants
World of plants, parts of a plant, different kinds of trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses, climbers and creepers around the child

Environmental Studies-Class-II: Unit 02

Animals and birds
Birds around the child-spotting and describing birds, animals, nests of birds, care of the young ones, food

Environmental Studies-Class-II: Unit 03

Small Creatures Around the children

Environmental Studies-Class-II: Unit 04

Day and Night
Night sky observation sky at a day, directions

Environmental Studies-Class-II: Unit 05

Water
Life in and around water
Sources of water (river, tank, lake) fresh water, sea water

Environmental Studies-Class-II: Unit 06

Air
Air and breath

Environmental Studies-Class-II: Unit 07

Food
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

Environmental Studies-Class-II: Unit 08

My body
Simple body movements running, skipping, playing, gender-male, female, parts of the body, right and left

Environmental Studies-Class-II: Unit 09

Keeping Healthy and Clean
Keeping the surroundings clean classroom, public places, importance of toilets, types and its uses

Environmental Studies-Class-II: Unit 10

Man, matter, and materials
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)

Environmental Studies-Class-II: Unit 11

Work
Push and pull to work

Environmental Studies-Class-II: Unit 12

Science in everyday

Environmental Studies-Class-II: Unit 13

Life

Environmental Studies-Class-II: Unit 14

Travelogue
Along a river (Animals, plants, people, activities and preservation)

Science-Class-III+

Science-Class-III: Unit 01

Plants
World of plants: Parts of a plant, leaves, flowers, type of root, stem, different kinds of fruits and seeds, water plants

Science-Class-III: Unit 02

Animals and birds
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

Science-Class-III: Unit 03

Small Creatures Around the children
Names of the small creatures around the children, habitat water, soil, garden, in the home, morphology, food, movement

Science-Class-III: Unit 04

Day and Night
Earth and moon, phases of moon, about the moon, full moon, new moon, day and night formation

Science-Class-III: Unit 05

Water
Use of water, potable water, prevention of water borne diseases, pollution and its prevention, water pollution and mosquito breeding

Science-Class-III: Unit 06

Air
Kinds of winds

Science-Class-III: Unit 07

Food
Ingredients of food eaten, sources of food, having a nutritious meal-(balanced diet) food groups, nutrients, food eaten in different places

Science-Class-III: Unit 08

My body
Skin, muscles, bones, joints, teeth, hair

Science-Class-III: Unit 09

Keeping Healthy and Clean
Food for good health, health and exercise, eye exercises for better vision

Science-Class-III: Unit 10

Man, matter, and materials
Three states of matter (examples)

Science-Class-III: Unit 11

Work
Tools to work (different kinds of tools and their design for use ) tools used by the various professionals

Science-Class-III: Unit 12

Science in Everyday Life
Science around as (toys)

Science-Class-III: Unit 13

Travelogue
To a forest (animals, plants, produce from forests), deforestation and its consequences, conservation

Science-Class-IV+

Science-Class-IV: Unit 01

Plants
Edible parts, life cycle (seed to seed), germination, plants in our society (sacred trees, grasses, flowers and festivals, van mahotsav)

Science-Class-IV: Unit 02

Animals and birds
Special senses of animals, care of their young, animal communities

Science-Class-IV: Unit 03

Small Creatures Around the children
Nocturnal insects, life of ants

Science-Class-IV: Unit 04

Day and Night
Solar family, sky at a night

Science-Class-IV: Unit 05

Water
Too much and too little rain droughts, floods, conserving water, tapping water-traditional water harvesting structures, water scarcity, difficulties people experience in procuring water

Science-Class-IV: Unit 06

Air
Air is a mixture of gases, constituents of air

Science-Class-IV: Unit 07

Food
Raw and cooked food, food in illness, utensils used in cooking, cooking practices, food hygiene

Science-Class-IV: Unit 08

My body
Over view of the internal organs of the human body, digestion of food

Science-Class-IV: Unit 09

Keeping Healthy and Clean
Personal safety (at home, on the road, in school and common places.)

Science-Class-IV: Unit 10

Man, matter, and materials
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

Science-Class-IV: Unit 11

Work
Energy and work (relationship between energy, force and movement)

Science-Class-IV: Unit 12

Science in Everyday Life
Need based science innovations (example printing machines. Telephones, computer), science question

Science-Class-IV: Unit 13

Travelogue
To a farm (animals, plants, people, growing a crop), don’t harm animals, environment cleanliness

Science-Class-V+

Science-Class-V: Unit 01

Plants
Web of life pollination, dispersal of seeds plants as primary producers

Science-Class-V: Unit 02

Animals and birds
Diminishing spaces for animals, sanctuaries, prevention of cruelty to animals

Science-Class-V: Unit 03

Small Creatures Around the children
Life cycle of a butterfly, bee

Science-Class-V: Unit 04

Day and Night
Space, space travel

Science-Class-V: Unit 05

Water
Understanding some properties of water, water for all

Science-Class-V: Unit 06

Air
Understanding some properties of air, uses of air

Science-Class-V: Unit 07

Food
Preservation and spoilage of food, kitchen safety

Science-Class-V: Unit 08

My body
Brain, sense organs

Science-Class-V: Unit 09

Keeping Healthy and Clean
Spread and prevention of a disease, avoiding public places, using a toilet, knowing the nearest health centers

Science-Class-V: Unit 10

Man, matter, and materials
Properties of materials, different kinds of houses-variation with climate

Science-Class-V: Unit 11

Work
Renewable sources of energy, non renewable sources of energy uses and applications of energy conserving energy

Science-Class-V: Unit 12

Science in Everyday Life
Biography of a scientist

Science-Class-V: Unit 13

Travelogue
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+

Social science-Class-III: Unit 01

My family, my neighbours, my school
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

Social science-Class-III: Unit 02

Mapping my route to school
Shops/ other landmarks and people I meet, light and shade, left and right, pavement/ paths, accompanying people

Social science-Class-III: Unit 03

To experientially and graphically understand the four main directions
To have a clear orientation to left and right, relating the directions
Improvise some simple sketching activity

Social science-Class-III: Unit 04

To be safe on the roads
Observing the traffic rules
To be safe while boarding and alighting from the vehicles
Safe pedalling to school; knowing the important signs

Social science-Class-III: Unit 05

Public and community services
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

Social science-Class-III: Unit 06

Kinds of transport
To know the important places to visit in one’s area

Social science-Class-III: Unit 07

Where food is cultivated
Links between what we eat, types of food grain and different land types; relating between history, culture and food basics of healthy food

Social science-Class-III: Unit 08

Understanding pupil’s local district
Looking at and plotting hills, rivers, lakes, important touring places, etc in a district map
To understand the culture of the people

Social science-Class-III: Unit 09

Physical features of Tamil Nadu
It’s background-flora and fauna linking the life with the geo-physical features of the state

Social science-Class-III: Unit 10

Learning about and appreciating different common birds across Tamil Nadu
Becoming sensitive to their life understanding the importance of birds

Social science-Class-IV (Geography, Civics, and History)+

Social science-Class-IV (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 01

Description of planets
Sun satellite, stars asteroids, meteoroids, comets

Social science-Class-IV (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 02

Understanding Earth’s rhythms
Seasons, day, night, weather, moon-through simple explanations

Social science-Class-IV (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 03

Dealing with basic geography, and simple principles of conservation
Air, water and soil-exploring concepts in each area, and evolving the earth as a resource

Social science-Class-IV (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 04

Sanctuaries

Social science-Class-IV (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 05

Simple facts about the Indian freedom struggle, narrated as a child’s story
The birth of India a nation

Social science-Class-IV (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 06

Physical features of India
The basic facts about India, its states and union territories
National symbols

Social science-Class-IV (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 07

Stories told by a Toda girl, a farmer in Thanjavur, an imigrant coolie story, a roadside fast food shop owner’s story

Social science-Class-IV (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 08

Learning about scientific and technical advancements through a famous inventor
J.C. Bose and one simple experiment invention which changed the course of human history like fire, wheel, and plough

Social science-Class-IV (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 09

Listing a few important constitutional rights and duties
Also what a child is entitled to–basic rights

Social science-Class-IV (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 10

Worshiping the mother Earth, rainfall
Pongal, Deepavali, Dasara, Raksha Bandhan, Holi, melas and carnivals of festivals
Bhuddha poornima, national, spiritual, domestic, cultural festivals

Social science-Class-IV (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 11

Physical safety
Fire, electrical equipment, road, water, simple first aid and safety: Simple activities

Social science-Class-IV (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 12

The basic physical and political facts about Tamil Nadu
Interesting facts about state symbols

Social science-Class-IV (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 13

An explorative journey into music, dance, through people

Social science-Class-IV (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 14

Textiles, handicrafts and arte facts
Kanchipuram, weavers, Mammallapuram sculptors

Social science-Class-V (Geography, Civics, and History)+

Social science-Class-V (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 01

Sangam age, Cheras, Cholas and Pandyas
Important kings-Karikalana: Nedunchezhiyan-II, Cheran Chenguttuvan, Kadiezhuvallalgal, life during Sangam age

Social science-Class-V (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 02

Some famous travellers
A brief account: Eg-Fa-Hein, Hieun Tsang, Vasco da Gama, etc

Social science-Class-V (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 03

Details about the Earth
Physical features and their formation
Globe and maps

Social science-Class-V (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 04

Types of soil, uses of soil, protection of soil

Social science-Class-V (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 05

Types of forests, uses and conservation

Social science-Class-V (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 06

Minerals that are found in India and the regions of their occurrence, the uses of minerals and their conservation

Social science-Class-V (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 07

Ancient and modern space research, history of space research in India

Social science-Class-V (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 08

Achievements of Kalpana Chawla and Sunitha Williams as space travellers

Social science-Class-V (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 09

Brief account of government structure in India
Central government (president, prime minister, lok sabha, rajya sabha), state government (governor, chief minister, legislature), Union territories, judiciary-an introduction

Social science-Class-V (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 10

Local self–government
Panchayat raj, village panchayat, gram sabha, gram panchayat, protecting public property

Social science-Class-V (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 11

To be safe on the roads

Social science-Class-V (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 12

Observing the traffic rules

Social science-Class-V (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 13

To be safe while boarding and alighting from the vehicles

Social science-Class-V (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 14

Safe pedalling to school; knowing the important signs

Social science-Class-V (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 15

Accounts on the four major forts of Tamil Nadu
Gingee fort, Vellore fort, fort St. George, Tarangambadi fort

Social science-Class-V (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 16

Kinds of musical Instruments
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)+

Child development and pedagogy (relevant to age group 11-14): Unit 01

Nature of Educational Psychology
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

Child development and pedagogy (relevant to age group 11-14): Unit 02

Human growth and development
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

Child development and pedagogy (relevant to age group 11-14): Unit 03

Cognitive Development
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

Child development and pedagogy (relevant to age group 11-14): Unit 04

Social, emotional, and moral development
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

Child development and pedagogy (relevant to age group 11-14): Unit 05

Learning
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

Child development and pedagogy (relevant to age group 11-14): Unit 06

Intelligence and Creativity
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

Child development and pedagogy (relevant to age group 11-14): Unit 07

Motivation and Group Dynamics
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

Child development and pedagogy (relevant to age group 11-14): Unit 08

Personality and Assessment
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

Child development and pedagogy (relevant to age group 11-14): Unit 09

Mental health and hygiene
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

Child development and pedagogy (relevant to age group 11-14): Unit 10

Guidance and counselling
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+

English-Class-VI: Unit 01

Listening

English-Class-VI: Unit 02

Speaking

English-Class-VI: Unit 03

Reading

English-Class-VI: Unit 04

Writing

English-Class-VI: Unit 05

Grammar

English-Class-VI: Unit 06

Vocabulary

English-Class-VI: Unit 07

Language functions

English-Class-VII+

English-Class-VII: Unit 01

Listening
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

English-Class-VII: Unit 02

Speaking
Jokes, puzzles, and tongue twisters, incidents in the class, playground, etc, poems from the text, familiar topics

English-Class-VII: Unit 03

Reading
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

English-Class-VII: Unit 04

Writing
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

English-Class-VII: Unit 05

Grammar
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

English-Class-VII: Unit 06

Vocabulary
Guided use of dictionary for unfamiliar words, word formation with prefixes and suffixes, Noun + noun, noun + verb, adjective + noun

English-Class-VII: Unit 07

Language functions
Talks on likes, dislikes, friends, etc., word searches, crosswords, and ‘what’s the good word?’, situations, plays, etc., tabular data

English-Class-VIII+

English-Class-VIII: Unit 01

Listening
Sports commentaries; passage on a familiar theme, words like conduct and ‘conduct; present, and ‘present, poems

English-Class-VIII: Unit 02

Speaking
Jokes, puzzles, and riddles, stories, making telephonic conversations, current news sports relevant contemporary issues

English-Class-VIII: Unit 03

Reading
Poems, stories/ passages with moral values, witty and humorous passages, historical, narrative, mystery passages etc, abridged novels, fiction, books of pupils’ choice

English-Class-VIII: Unit 04

Writing
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

English-Class-VIII: Unit 05

Grammar
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

English-Class-VIII: Unit 06

Vocabulary
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

English-Class-VIII: Unit 07

Language functions
Debates, personal experience, any interesting situation, personal experience, any interesting situation, graphic organisers, pictures, and tabular data

Mathematics-Class-VI+

Mathematics-Class-VI: Unit 01

Number system
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

Mathematics-Class-VI: Unit 02

Measurements
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

Mathematics-Class-VI: Unit 03

Algebra
Introduction to algebra

Mathematics-Class-VI: Unit 04

Life Mathematics
Ratio and proportion

Mathematics-Class-VI: Unit 05

Geometry
Introduction to point, line, ray, segment, and planes, properties of collinear, concurrency, parallel, perpendicular lines, kinds of angles, types of triangle

Mathematics-Class-VI: Unit 06

Data handling
Pictograph, bar graph

Mathematics-Class-VI: Unit 07

Practical geometry
Introduction to geometrical instruments, drawing, and measuring line segments

Mathematics-Class-VII+

Mathematics-Class-VII: Unit 01

Real Number System
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

Mathematics-Class-VII: Unit 02

Algebra
Algebraic expressions, addition and subtraction on expressions, formation of simple expressions with two variables, solving simple linear equations in one variable

Mathematics-Class-VII: Unit 03

Life Mathematics
Ratio and proportion, indirect and direct variation, fraction and decimal into percentage, solving word problem based on percentage, profit and loss, simple interest

Mathematics-Class-VII: Unit 04

Measurements
Circumference of the circle, area: Triangle, quadrilateral, parallelogram, rhombus, trapezium and circle, area of pathway

Mathematics-Class-VII: Unit 05

Geometry
Symmetry-mirror and rotational, line or axis of symmetry, triangles

Mathematics-Class-VII: Unit 06

Practical geometry
Construction of perpendicular bisector and angle bisector, construction of angle using scale and compass, construction of triangles

Mathematics-Class-VII: Unit 07

Data handling
Collection and organization of continuous data, formation of frequency table, mean, median, mode of ungrouped data

Mathematics-Class-VIII+

Mathematics-Class-VIII: Unit 01

Real Number System
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

Mathematics-Class-VIII: Unit 02

Algebra
Algebraic expressions (multiplications and divisions), identities, factorizations, solving linear equations

Mathematics-Class-VIII: Unit 03

Life Mathematics
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

Mathematics-Class-VIII: Unit 04

Measurements
Area and perimeter of semi circle and quadrant, area and perimeter of combined plane figures

Mathematics-Class-VIII: Unit 05

Geometry
Properties of triangles, Congruence of triangles, circles

Mathematics-Class-VIII: Unit 06

Practical geometry
Construction of quadrilaterals: Trapezium, parallelogram, rhombus, rectangle and square, construction of concentric circles

Mathematics-Class-VIII: Unit 07

Graphs
Introduction to Cartesian plane with axes, plotting of points for different kinds of situations, drawing straight lines parallel to coordinate axes

Mathematics-Class-VIII: Unit 08

Data handling
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+

Science-Class-VI: Unit 01

Applied biology
The world of plants: Medicinal plants, plants as food, fiber yielding plants, ornamental plants, timber yielding plants, spices, animals and their uses

Science-Class-VI: Unit 02

Health and hygiene
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

Science-Class-VI: Unit 03

World of Animals
Biodiversity: Different types of organisms, unicellular and multicellular organisms

Science-Class-VI: Unit 04

Life Process
Structural organization of cell: The cell, types of cell, plant, and animal cell comparison, the cell structure and functions

Science-Class-VI: Unit 05

Environmental science-resource, use and management
Our environment: Garbage, disposal of garbage, vermi compositing, pollution-types of pollution, air, water, land, and noise pollution

Science-Class-VI: Unit 06

Matter
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

Science-Class-VI: Unit 07

Exploring Chemical Changes and Formulation
Changes around us: Classification of changes, slow and fast, reversible and, irreversible, desirable and, undesirable, periodic and non periodic, exothermic and endothermic

Science-Class-VI: Unit 08

Exploring the World
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

Science-Class-VI: Unit 09

Matter and Measurement
Measurement: Standard unit of measurement (length, time, and mass ), SI unit, multiples and sub multiples of units

Science-Class-VI: Unit 10

Forces and Movement
Motion: Moving things around us, types of motion, linear and circular, uniform and non uniform, science today, robot

Science-Class-VI: Unit 11

Exploring Energy
Types of energy: Sources of energy, electricity, chemical, mechanical and solar energy

Science-Class-VI: Unit 12

Exploring Phenomena
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+

Science-Class-VII: Unit 01

Applied biology
Animals in daily life: Uses of animals, animal products (food, clothing, etc), animal fibers, sericulture, apiculture, poultry, animal protection and maintenance

Science-Class-VII: Unit 02

Health and hygiene
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

Science-Class-VII: Unit 03

My body
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

Science-Class-VII: Unit 04

World of Plants
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

Science-Class-VII: Unit 05

World of Animals
Basis of classification: Need for classification, the 5 kingdom classification, binomial nomenclature

Science-Class-VII: Unit 06

Life Process
Respiration in plants and animals: Need for respiration, respiration in human being, respiration in animals, respiration in plants

Science-Class-VII: Unit 07

Environmental science-ecology
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

Science-Class-VII: Unit 08

Environmental science-resource, use, and management
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

Science-Class-VII: Unit 09

Matter
Matter in our surroundings: Physical nature of matter, characteristics of particles of matter, states of matter-effect of temperature on solid, liquid and gas

Science-Class-VII: Unit 10

Exploring Chemical Changes and Formulation
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)

Science-Class-VII: Unit 11

Exploring the World
Combustion and flame: Combustion and its type, fire control, flame and its structure, efficiency of fuels, fuels and environment

Science-Class-VII: Unit 12

Matter and Measurement
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

Science-Class-VII: Unit 13

Forces and Movement
Motion: Speed, measuring speed and units of speed, distance, time graph, velocity, acceleration, science today, adventures in sports, like a bird flies

Science-Class-VII: Unit 14

Exploring Energy
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

Science-Class-VII: Unit 15

Exploring Phenomena
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+

Science-Class-VIII: Unit 01

Applied biology
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

Science-Class-VIII: Unit 02

Health and hygiene
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

Science-Class-VIII: Unit 03

My body
Body movements: Human body and its movements, joints and types of joints, skeleton, movements of animals (earthworm, cockroach, birds, fish, and snakes)

Science-Class-VIII: Unit 04

World of Plants
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

Science-Class-VIII: Unit 05

World of Animals
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

Science-Class-VIII: Unit 06

Life Process
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

Science-Class-VIII: Unit 07

Environmental science-ecology
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

Science-Class-VIII: Unit 08

Environmental science-resource use and management
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

Science-Class-VIII: Unit 09

Matter
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

Science-Class-VIII: Unit 10

Atomic structure
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

Science-Class-VIII: Unit 11

Exploring the World
Coal and petroleum: Coal, types of coal, petroleum, occurrence and refining, natural gas, natural resources, limitation, science today

Science-Class-VIII: Unit 12

Matter and Measurement
Measurement: SI system of units, temperature, electric current, amount of substance, luminous intensity, angle, solid angle

Science-Class-VIII: Unit 13

Forces and Movement
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

Science-Class-VIII: Unit 14

Exploring Energy
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

Science-Class-VIII: Unit 15

Exploring Phenomena
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+

History-Class-VI: Unit 01

Pre-historic Period
Hunting, gatherers, living together, villages, agriculture, (neo-lithic culture) sites in India and in Tamil Nadu specifically-Adhichanallur, Thiruvallur, and Thandikudi

History-Class-VI: Unit 02

Indus valley civilization
Harapan civilization and its Dravidian features

History-Class-VI: Unit 03

Ancient Land of Thamizhagam
Pre-historic land of Tamils, the lemurian continent, first, middle and third sangam of Tamil-historic period in Tamizhagam-Cheras, Cholas, and Pandiyas

History-Class-VI: Unit 04

Vedic period
Early Vedic period, later Vedic period, political, social life of the people, food, dress, ornaments, religion-status of women, education etc

History-Class-VI: Unit 05

Jainism and Buddhism
Rise of Janism and Buddhism
The causes for the rise
The teachings of lord Buddha and lord Mahavira

History-Class-VI: Unit 06

Rise of Empires
Mahajanapadas, the Mauryan Empire, Chandra Gupta Maurya-Ashoka, the administration, inscriptions of Ashoka

History-Class-VI: Unit 07

Kushana Empire
Kanishka, contribution and relevance, Gupta Empire, Chandra Gupta-I, Harsha empire-role and contribution

History-Class-VII+

History-Class-VII: Unit 01

Pre-historic Period
Hunting, gatherers, living together, villages, agriculture, (neo-lithic culture) sites in India and in Tamil Nadu specifically-Adhichanallur, Thiruvallur, and Thandikudi

History-Class-VII: Unit 02

Indus valley civilization
Harapan civilization and its Dravidian features

History-Class-VII: Unit 03

Ancient Land of Thamizhagam
Pre-historic land of Tamils, the lemurian continent, first, middle and third sangam of Tamil-historic period in Tamizhagam-Cheras, Cholas, and Pandiyas

History-Class-VII: Unit 04

Vedic period
Early Vedic period, later Vedic period, political, social life of the people, food, dress, ornaments, religion-status of women, education, etc

History-Class-VII: Unit 05

Jainism and Buddhism
Rise of Janism and Buddhism
The causes for the rise
The teachings of lord Buddha and lord Mahavira

History-Class-VII: Unit 06

Rise of Empires
Mahajanapadas, the Mauryan Empire, Chandra Gupta Maurya-Ashoka, the administration, inscriptions of Ashoka

History-Class-VII: Unit 07

Kushana Empire
Kanishka, contribution and relevance, Gupta Empire, Chandra Gupta I, Harsha Empire-role and contribution

History-Class-VIII+

History-Class-VIII: Unit 01

The great Mughals
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

History-Class-VIII: Unit 02

Rise of the marathas
Shivaji, administration, successors, Peshwa rule, Nadir Shah, Ahmad Shah Abdali invasions, third battle of Panipat

History-Class-VIII: Unit 03

Advent of the Europeans
Portuguese, Dutch, English, Danish, French conflict between the English and the French, causes for the success of the British

History-Class-VIII: Unit 04

Anglo-French struggle
The first carnatic war, second carnatic war third carnatic war the first anglo, Mysore war

History-Class-VIII: Unit 05

Rule of the English
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

History-Class-VIII: Unit 06

The Nayak rule 1773 to 1857 in Tamil country
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

History-Class-VIII: Unit 07

Vellore mutiny

Geography-Class-VI+

Geography-Class-VI: Unit 01

Earth and Solar System
Structure of solar system, sun planets, size, orbits, composition 7 planets, unique position of earth in the solar system

Geography-Class-VI: Unit 02

Earth-day and night
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+

Geography-Class-VII: Unit 01

The earth
Its structure and tectonic movements
Origin of earth, formation of continents and oceans internal process of earth, plate tectonic earthquake and volcanoes

Geography-Class-VII: Unit 02

Changing the face of the lithosphere
Weathering process
Shaping of earth by natural agents-rivers, wind waves, and glaciers

Geography-Class-VII: Unit 03

Weather and climate
Factors determining weather and climate components of the atmosphere-layers of the atmosphere weather elements temperature, pressure, winds, rainfall, clouds, lightning and thunderstorms

Geography-Class-VII: Unit 04

Disaster and disaster management
Natural disasters, volcanoes, earthquakes, landslides, cyclone, floods, droughts, tornadoes and tsunami

Geography-Class-VII: Unit 05

An Introduction to Oceanography
The major oceans-topography of the ocean floor, hydrological cycle, salinity, temperature, waves, ocean currents and tides

Geography-Class-VIII+

Geography-Class-VIII: Unit 01

Resources
Resources and their types-resources and human activity

Geography-Class-VIII: Unit 02

Primary Activity
Types of primary activities-gathering, hunting and fishing, mining-classification of minerals

Geography-Class-VIII: Unit 03

Primary Activity-Agriculture
Agriculture and crops-factors determining agriculture

Geography-Class-VIII: Unit 04

Secondary Activity-Industries
Classification of industries-factors determining development of industries

Geography-Class-VIII: Unit 05

Tertiary Activity-Transport, Trade
Transport, trade, other services

Geography-Class-VIII: Unit 06

Population and Resource
Population growth and distribution population growth and resource depletion-resources and space technology

Civics-Class-VI+

Civics-Class-VI: Unit 01

Family and Society
Society-family, interdependence, social diversity-multiple facets discrimination and difference

Civics-Class-VI: Unit 02

Community and School
Understanding that school as one of the social institutions

Civics-Class-VI: Unit 03

The Local Government
The need for the local self government-Panchayat raj, local bodies, (municipalities, corporations, district administration-village administration, related aspects, functions)

Civics-Class-VI: Unit 04

Democracy
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+

Civics-Class-VII: Unit 01

Our Nation
Location, political administration, and national symbols

Civics-Class-VII: Unit 02

Indian constitution
Salient features

Civics-Class-VII: Unit 03

Political parties
Functions, structures and types-regional and national parties

Civics-Class-VII: Unit 04

United nations organization
Objectives, organs, functions

Civics-Class-VII: Unit 05

Legislations and welfare schemes for children, and women

Civics-Class-VIII+

Civics-Class-VIII: Unit 01

National integration
Unity in diversity, factors promoting national integration, factors affecting national integration

Civics-Class-VIII: Unit 02

Socio-Economic problems
Illiteracy-child labour, unemployment, poverty, population explosion

Civics-Class-VIII: Unit 03

Human Rights and the UNO
Human rights declaration, women’s rights, child rights, national human rights commission, state human rights commission

Civics-Class-VIII: Unit 04

Road safety-rules and regulations

Economics-Class-VI+

Economics-Class-VI: Unit 01

Consumption, production, distribution

Economics-Class-VII+

Economics-Class-VII: Unit 01

Factors of production
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+

Economics-Class-VIII: Unit 01

Money, savings, and investment
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 - (Tamil/Telugu/Malayalam/Kannada/ Urdu)	30	30
3	Language II - English	30	30
4	i) Mathematics and Science Teacher ii) Social Science Teacher or iii) Any other teacher (i or ii)	60	60

TNTET 2023 Admit Card

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.

State	City
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

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Documents Required at Exam

Admit card
Aadhaar card
PAN card
Passport
Driving license

TNTET 2023 Answer Key

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 will have to challenge the 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.

TNTET 2023 Result

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.

TNTET 2023 Cutoff

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

Contacts

04428272455

Relevant Links

Official Website Link Click Here

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Question:When will the TNTET application form 2023 going to be released?

Answer:

TNTET 2023 application form will be released along with or after notification online tentatively on May 2023 at trb.tn.nic.in.

Question:When will the TNTET notification 2023 be released?

Answer:

The TNTET notification 2023 will be released tentatively on May 2023.

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

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am a 2012 B.Tech graduate.. am i eligible to write TNTET 2020

Ketaki Dhotre Student Expert 16th May, 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!

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tntet 2020 paper 1 eligibility criteria

LAKSHMI AMBIKA 4th Feb, 2020

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.

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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??

pdwords Student Expert 25th Jan, 2020

Hello,

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.

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I have completed b. tech ( biotechnology) am I eligible to attend the tntet 2020 exam

Manidipa Kundu Student Expert 23rd Jan, 2020

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.

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I completed ME(ECE) in 2016. Am i eligible for TNTET 2020?

Vamsi Adda 17th Jan, 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	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).
Educational qualification	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.