common numberLanguage, Difference between Nouns and Nouns, Difference between Pronouns and Pronouns, Difference between Adjectives and Adjectives, Difference between Verbs and Verbs, Verbs, Gender, Prefixes and Suffixes, Sentence Formation (Simple, Compound and Compound Sentences), Synonyms, Antonyms, Words with multiple meanings, synonyms, idioms and proverbs, figures of speech, conjunctions, synonyms, antonyms, native and foreign words, compounds, word introduction, reading skills, word power.
Paper II
General Knowledge and Current AffairsAwards, Books and their Authors, Sports, History-Ancient, Medieval and Modern, Geography, Current Affairs, Politics, Economics, Constitution, Indian Art and Culture, Everyday Science, Scientific Research, National/International Organizations/Institutions
ability to reasonVerbal and Non-Verbal Types, Analogies, Similarities, Jurisprudence, Space Visualization, Problem-Solving, Blood Relations, Arithmetical Reasoning, Shape Classification, Logical Reasoning, Mirror Image, Directions, Puzzles and Sitting Arrangements, data adequacy, Coding-Decoding, Ordering and Ranking, Alpha Numeric Symbol Series
computer literacy
Abbreviations, Basic Computer Terminology and Shortcuts, Web Technology, Database Management Systems, Browsers and Search Engines, Internet, General Concepts of Social Networking, Computer Memory or Storage Devices, Computer Software and Hardware, History and Evaluation of Computers, Generation of Computers and Type , operating system
Paper IIIPerspectives on Education and Leadership
(a) Understanding the learner
- Concepts of growth, maturity and development, development theories and debates, development tasks and challenges.
- Areas of development: Physical, cognitive, social-emotional, moral etc., deviations in development and its implications.
- Understanding adolescence: Needs, challenges, and implications for designing institutional supports.
- Role of primary and secondary socialization agencies. Ensuring continuity of home school.
(b) Understanding Teaching Teaching
- Theoretical Perspectives on Learning-Behaviourism, Cognitivism and Constructivism with special reference to their implications:
(i) Role of teacher
(ii) Role of the learner
(iii) Nature of teacher-student relationship
(iv) Selection of teaching methods
(v) Classroom environment
(vi) Understanding of discipline, power etc. - Factors affecting learning and their implications:
(i) Designing classroom instruction,
(ii) planning student activities and,
(iii) Creating learning spaces in school. - Planning and organization of teaching-learning
(i) Concept of curriculum and curriculum, manifest and hidden curriculum
(ii) Foundational literacy and numeracy, early childhood care and education
(iii) Competency based education, experiential education, etc.
(iv) Instructional plans: -Year plan, Unit plan, Lesson plan
(v) Learning materials and resources
(vi) Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for teaching-learning.
(vii) Assessment of learning, for learning and as learning: meaning, objectives and considerations in each plan. - Enhancing teaching learning processes: Classroom observation and feedback, reflection and dialogue as means of creative teaching.
c) Creating a conducive learning environment
- Concepts of diversity, disability and inclusion, implications of disability as a social construct, types of disability-their identification and interventions.
- The concept of school mental health addresses the curative, preventive and promotional dimensions of mental health for all students and staff. Provision of guidance and counselling.
- To develop the school and community as a learning resource.
d) School Organization and Leader-Hip
- Leaders as reflective practitioners, team builders, initiators, coaches and mentors.
- Perspectives on School Leadership: Instructional, Distributed, and Transformational
- Vision making, goal setting and school development planning
- Using school processes and platforms to strengthen teaching-learning – annual calendar, timetable, parent teacher forums, school assemblies, teacher development forums, using achievement data to improve teaching-learning, school self-assessment and improve
- Building partnerships with the community, industry and other neighboring schools and higher education institutions – creating learning communities
e) Perspective in Education
- NEP-2020: Early Childhood Care and Education: Foundations of Learning; Basic literacy and numeracy; Curriculum and pedagogy in schools: Holistic and integrated education; Equitable and Inclusive Education: Learning for All; Competency based learning and education.
- Guiding Principles for the Rights of the Child, Protection of Children’s Rights and Provision for Safe School Environment, Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009,
- To make a historical study of national policies in education with special reference to school education;
- School Curriculum Theories: Perspectives, Learning and Knowledge, Curricular Areas, School Stages – Pedagogy and Assessment.
