AP TET 2024 - Andhra Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test : Application Form, Exam Date, Eligibility, Syllabus and Exam Pattern

AP TET 2024 - Andhra Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test acronym as AP TET is conducted by the Department of School Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh in all districts of the State.

AP TET 2024 Important Dates

Date of Notification and Start of Online Registration

• 8th February 2024

Application Period

• 8th to 18th February 2024

Date of Entrance Exam

• 8th to 17th February 2024

Date of Declaration of Result

• 14th March 2024

AP TET 2024 Eligibility

Educational Qualification

• Aspiring candidates at the time of applying for AP TET should be having the minimum qualifications prescribed for a teacher for category I to V classes (Paper-I) and VI to VIII classes (Paper-II) as given below or should be pursuing Teacher Education Course during the respective year or earlier.

For Classes I-V

• For candidates already in possession of Respective Teacher Education Certificates or pursuing the final year of respective Teacher Education Course during the respective year or earlier:
• Intermediate / Senior Secondary (or it's equivalent) with at least 45% marks and pass in or pursuing the final year of 2 - year Diploma in Elementary Education OR
• Intermediate /Senior Secondary (or it's equivalent) with at least 50% marks and pass in or pursuing the final year of 4-year Bachelor of Elementary Education (B.El.Ed) OR
• Intermediate /Senior Secondary (or it's equivalent) with at least 50% marks and pass in or pursuing the final year of 2 - year Diploma in Education (Special Education)

Note:1 Relaxation of 5% or such percentage as permitted by Govt. at the time of admission to Teacher Education Course concerned in minimum qualifying marks at Intermediate / Senior Secondary level is admissible for SC/ST/ Differently abled Candidates.

For Classes VI-VIII

• For candidates already in possession of Respective Teacher Education Certificates or pursuing the final year of Respective Teacher Education Course during 2020-2021 or earlier:
• B.A / B.Sc / B.Com and pass in or pursuing the final year of 2 - year Diploma in Elementary Education. OR
• B.A / B.Sc / B.Com pass with at least 45% marks and pass in or pursuing a 1-year Bachelor in Education (B.Ed) Course. OR
• B.A / B.Sc / B.Com pass with at least 50% marks and pass in or pursuing 1-year B.Ed (Special Education)* Course. OR
• Intermediate /Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and pass in or pursuing the final year of 4-year Bachelor in Elementary Education (B.El.Ed) Course. OR
• Intermediate /Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and pass in or pursuing the final year of 4-year B.Sc. Ed or B.A. Ed Course.

Note: Relaxation of 5% in minimum qualifying marks in Intermediate/Senior Secondary Level is admissible for SC/ST/Differently abled candidates. Also, relaxation of 5% or the quantum of relaxation in terms of the Government Orders given at the time of admission into respective Teacher Education Course in minimum qualifying marks at BA / B.Sc / B.Com is admissible for SC/ST/BC/Differently abled candidates.

If the candidates have not secured the requisite % of marks in Bachelor's Degree (B.A / B.Sc / B.Com / but secured in Post Graduate Degree in relevant school subject she/he will be eligible for applying for Paper-II. The above relaxation of 5% or the percentage permitted by the Government is also applicable in this regard as well for candidates belonging to SC / ST / BC / Difficulty abled candidates.

In addition to the above, candidates possessing Language Pandit Training (LPT) certificate or those pursuing LPT Course during 2020-21 or earlier are also eligible. The qualifications are as follows:

Telugu Pandit: B.A (Telugu Literature) or BA (Oriental Language-Telugu)
Bachelor of Oriental Language Telugu or a graduate degree with optional subject Telugu or MA (Telugu) pass or pursuing Telugu Pandit Training Certificate

Hindi Pandita graduate degree with optional subject Hindi or Bachelor of Oriental Language Hindi or Praveen of Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha or Vidwan of Hindi Prachar Sabha, Hyderabad or any other equivalent recognized qualification in Hindi (BA Standard) by the Government of A.P. or M.A., Hindi pass OR pursuing Hindi Pandit Training Certificate.

Urdu Pandit: BA (Urdu Literature) or BA (Oriental Language Urdu) OR Bachelor of Oriental Language Urdu or Graduate Degree with optional subject Urdu or M.A (Urdu) pass or pursuing Urdu Pandit Training Certificate.

Other Languages (Bengali, Gujarathi, Kannada, Marathi, Oriya, Sanskrit, Tamil): A Graduate Degree in the Language concerned pass or pursuing Pandit Training in the Language concerned or B.Ed with Language concerned as one of the methodologies

Note: A diploma/degree course in teacher education recognized by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) only shall be considered. However, in the case of Diploma in Education (Special Education) and B.Ed (Special Education), a course recognized by the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) only shall be considered.

Note: Intermediate qualification of Board of Intermediate Education of A.P. or Senior  Secondary Education of a Recognized Board only will be considered. So also the Bachelor's Degree of a University Recognized by UGC only will be considered.

AP TET 2024 Syllabus 

AP TET will consist of questions on the topics given below:

Syllabus for Paper I (for classes I to V) Primary Stage

I. Child Development and Pedagogy: 30 Questions

a) Child Development (Primary School Child): 15 Questions

• The concept of development and its relationship with learning
• Principles of the development of children
• Influence of Heredity & Environment
• Socialization processes: Social world & children (Teacher, Parents, 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 & Thought
• Gender as a social construct; gender roles, gender-bias and educational practice
• Individual differences among learners, understanding differences based on
• the diversity of language, caste, gender, community, religion, etc.
• A distinction between Assessment for learning and assessment of learning; School-Based Assessment, Continuous & 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.

b) The concept of Inclusive education and understanding children with special needs: 5 Questions

• 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

c) Learning and Pedagogy: 10 Questions

• 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 & Emotions
• Motivation and learning
• Factors contributing to learning- personal & environmental

II. Language-I: 30 Questions

a) Language Comprehension: 15 Questions

• Reading unseen passages- two passages one prose or drama and one poem with questions on comprehension, inference, grammar and verbal ability (Prose passage may be literary, scientific, narrative or discursive)

b) Pedagogy of Language Development: 15 Questions

• Learning and acquisition
• Principles of Language Teaching
• Role of listening and speaking; a function of language and how children use it as a tool
• The critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally and 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, a multilingual resource for the classroom
• Remedial Teaching

III. Language- II: 30 Questions

a) Comprehension: 15 Questions

• Two unseen prose passages (discursive or literary or narrative or scientific) with questions on comprehension, grammar, and verbal ability

b) Pedagogy of Language Development: 15 Questions

• Learning and acquisition
• Principles of Language Teaching
• Role of listening and speaking; the function of language and how children use it as a tool
• A critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally and 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, a multilingual resource for the classroom
• Remedial Teaching

IV Mathematics: 30 Questions

Content 25 Questions

• Geometry
• Shapes & Spatial Understanding
• Numbers
• Addition and Subtraction
• Multiplication
• Division
• Measurement
• Weight
• Time
• Volume
• Data Handling
• Patterns
• Money
• LCM &HCF
• Decimal
• Fractions

b) Pedagogical issues: 5 Questions

• 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

V. Environmental Studies: 30 Questions

Content: 25 Questions

• Our Surroundings
• Parts of Body (internal & external)
• Natural Resources
• Our Punjab
• Solar System
• Basic Needs
• Food, Resources, and Care
• Air, Water
• Habitats, types
• Clothes, Dresses & their care
• Group Songs
• Festivals (school, family & national)
• Health, good habits & personal hygiene
• Looking after the trees, plants & animals
• Living and nonliving
• Parts of Plants
• Geographical features and changes
• Days and Nights
• Disposal of solid waste
• Local Bodies (Rural & urban)
• Transportation, communication and its development
• Pollution
• National Property
• Weather & Climate
• Community Buildings
• Diseases
• First Aid
• Disaster Management

b) Pedagogical Issues: 5 Questions

• Concept and Scope of EVS
• The significance of EVS integrated EVS
• Environmental Studies & Environmental Education
• learning Principles
• Scope & relation to Science & Social Science
• Approaches to presenting concepts
• Activities
• Experimentation/Practical Work
• Discussion
• CCE
• Teaching Material/Aids
• Problems
• Child Development & Pedagogy

The test items on Child Development and Pedagogy will focus on the educational psychology of teaching and be learning relevant to the age group. They will focus on understanding the characteristics and needs of diverse learners, interaction with learners and the attributes and qualities of a good facilitator of learning.

Syllabus for Paper-II (for classes VI to VIII) Elementary Stage

I. Child Development and Pedagogy: 30 Questions

a) Child Development (Elementary School Child): 15 Questions

• The concept of development and its relationship with learning
• Principles of the development of children
• Influence of Heredity & Environment
• Socialization processes: Social world & children (Teacher, Parents, 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 & Thought
• Gender as a social construct; gender roles, gender-bias and educational practice
• Individual differences among learners, understanding differences based on the diversity of language, caste, gender, community, religion, etc.
• A distinction between Assessment for learning and assessment of learning; School-Based Assessment, Continuous & 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.

b) The concept of Inclusive education and understanding children with special needs:  5 Questions

• 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

c) Learning and Pedagogy: 10 Questions

• 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 & Emotions
• Motivation and learning
• Factors contributing to learning- personal & environmental

II. Language-I: 30 Questions

a) Language Comprehension: 15 Questions

• Reading unseen passages- two passages one prose or drama and one poem with questions on comprehension, inference, grammar and verbal ability (Prose passage may be literary, scientific, narrative or discursive)

b) Pedagogy of Language Development: 15 Questions

• Learning and acquisition
• Principles of Language Teaching
• Role of listening and speaking; a function of language and how children use it as a tool
• The critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally and 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, a multilingual resource for the classroom
• Remedial Teaching

III. Language- II: 30 Questions

a) Comprehension: 15 Questions

• Two unseen prose passages (discursive or literary or narrative or scientific) with questions on comprehension, grammar and verbal ability

b) Pedagogy of Language Development: 15 Questions

• Learning and acquisition
• Principles of Language Teaching
• Role of listening and speaking; a function of language and how children use it as a tool
• A critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally and 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, a multilingual resource for the classroom
• Remedial Teaching

IV. (a) Mathematics and Science: 60 Questions

(i) Mathematics: 30 Questions

Content: 25 Questions

• Number System
• Knowing our Numbers
• Playing with Numbers
• Whole Numbers
• Negative Numbers and Integers
• Fractions
• Exponents; surds, squares, cube, square root, cube root
• Profit & Loss
• Compound Interest
• Discount
• Algebra
• Introduction to Algebra; Algebraic identities, polynomials
• Ratio and Proportion
• Geometry
• Basic geometrical ideas (2-D)
• Understanding Elementary Shapes (2-D and 3-D)
• Symmetry: (reflection)
• Constructions (using Straight edge Scale, protractor, compasses)
• Quadrilateral
• Mensuration; circle, sphere, cone, cylinder, triangles
• Data handling, statistics

b) Pedagogical issues: 5 Questions

• Nature of Mathematics/Logical thinking
• Place of Mathematics in Curriculum
• Language of Mathematics
• Community Mathematics
• Evaluation
• Remedial Teaching
• Problems of Teaching

(ii) Science: 30 Questions

a) Content: 25 Questions

• Food
• Sources of food
• Components of food
• Cleaning food
• Materials
• Materials of daily use
• Air
• Water
• Change of matter
• Structure of Atom
• Molecule
• Compounds
• Metals & Nonmetals
• Carbon
• Soil
• Acids, base, salt
• The World of Living organisms, microorganism,s and diseases
• Food; production & management
• Moving Things People and Ideas
• Effect of population growth & human activities on the environment
• The Universe
• Force
• Motion
• Work & Energy
• Electric current and circuits
• Magnets & magnetism
• Light
• Sound
• Natural Phenomena
• Natural Resources
• Sources of energy
• Environmental concerns; regional & national
• Pollution

 b) Pedagogical issues: 5 Questions

• Nature & Structure of Sciences
• Natural Science/Aims & objectives
• Understanding & Appreciating Science
• Approaches/Integrated Approach
• Observation/Experiment/Discovery(Method of Science)
• Innovation
• Text Material/Aids
• Evaluation- cognitive/psychomotor/effective
• Problems
• Remedial Teaching

V. Social Studies/ Social Sciences: 60 Questions

a) Content: 50 Questions

(i) History: 20 Questions

• 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

(ii) Geography: 15 Questions

• 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

 (iii) Social and Political Life (Civics): 15 Questions

• 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

 c) Pedagogical issues: 10 Questions

• Concept & Nature of Social Science/Social Studies
• Class Room Processes, activities, and discourse
• Developing Critical thinking
• Inquiry/Empirical Evidence
• Problems of teaching Social Science/Social Studies
• Sources - Primary & secondary
• Projects Work
• Evaluation

AP TET 2024 Pattern

All questions in AP TET will be Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs), each carrying one mark, with four alternatives out of which one answer will be correct. There will be no negative marking.

There will be two papers on AP TET

• Paper, I will be for a person who intends to be a teacher for classes I to V.
• Paper, II will be for a person who intends to be a teacher for classes VI to VIII.

A person who intends to be a teacher for both levels (classes I to V and classes VI to VIII) will have to appear in both the papers (Paper I and Paper II).

The pattern of Paper for becoming Teacher for Classes I-V: Primary Teacher

There shall be only one paper consisting of 150 Multiple Choice Questions.

Level of Paper I

The test items on Child Development and Pedagogy will focus on the educational psychology of teaching and be learning relevant to the age group of 6-11 years. They will focus on understanding the characteristics and needs of diverse learners, interaction with learners, and the attributes and qualities of a good facilitator of learning.

The Test items for Language-I will focus on the proficiencies related to the medium of instruction, (as chosen from the list of prescribed language options in the application form).

The Language-II will be from among the prescribed options other than Language-I. A candidate may choose any one language from the available language options and will be required to specify the same in the application form. The test items in language II will also focus on the elements of language, communication, and comprehension abilities.

The test items in Mathematics and Environmental Studies will focus on the concepts, problem-solving abilities, and pedagogical understanding of the subjects. In all these subject areas, the test items will be evenly distributed over different divisions of the syllabus of that subject prescribed for classes: I–V, by the Jharkhand State Government/SCERT.

The questions in the tests for Paper I will be based on the topics prescribed for classes: I–V, but their difficulty standard, as well as linkages, could be up to the secondary stage.

The pattern of paper for becoming a Teacher for Classes VI-VII: Elementary Stage(TGT)

There shall be only one paper consisting of 150 Multiple Choice Questions.

Level of Paper II

The test items on Child Development and Pedagogy will focus on the educational psychology of teaching and learning, relevant to the age group 11-14 years. They will focus on understanding the characteristics, needs and psychology of diverse learners, interaction with learners, and the attributes and qualities of a good facilitator of learning.

The test items for Language-I will focus on the proficiency related to the medium of instruction, as chosen from the list of prescribed options in the application form.

The Language-II will be a language other than Language-I. A candidate may choose any one language from among the available options and as in the specified list in the application form and attempt questions in the one indicated by the candidate in the application form by him. The Test items in Language-II will also focus on the elements of language, communication and comprehension abilities.

The test items in Mathematics and Science and Social Studies will focus on the concepts, problem-solving abilities and pedagogical understanding of these subjects. The test items of Mathematics and Science will be of 30 marks each. The test items will be evenly distributed over different divisions of the syllabus of that subject as prescribed for classes VI-VIII by the State Government/SCERT.

The questions in the tests for Paper II will be based on the topics of the prescribed syllabus of the Jharkhand State for classes VI-VIII but their difficulty standard, as well as linkages, could be up to the senior secondary stage.

AP TET Medium of Examination

The question paper shall be bilingual i.e., it shall be English followed by the Language I chose for all languages except for Sanskrit. For Sanskrit, it shall be Telugu followed by Sanskrit.

How to apply for AP TET 2024 Exam?

Aspiring candidates can apply only online by visiting the AP TET website i.e., http://aptet.cgg.gov.in, and follow the instructions given there.

APTET Exam 2024 Dates

AP TET is normally held in the month of September tentatively.

APTET Exam 2024 Fees

For General / SC / ST / OBC, the fee of the exam is Rs. 500/-.

APTET 2024 Test Centres

APTET will be conducted at 13 districts and centers in Hyderabad, Bangalore and Chennai.

APTET 2024 Contact Details

Department of School Education, AP
APTET Office
Ph: 9505619127, 9505780616, 9505853627
Web: http://cse.ap.gov.in