Jharkhand TET 2024 - Jharkhand Teacher Eligibility Test : Application Form, Exam Date, Eligibility, Syllabus and Exam Pattern

Jharkhand TET 2024 – Jharkhand Teacher Eligibility Test acronym as Jharkhand TET or JAC TET as well as JTET is conducted by Jharkhand Academic Council, Ranchi for determining the eligibility of the candidates for appointment as a teacher at Elementary, Secondary levels in any of the schools recognized by the Department of School Education, Jharkhand.

Jharkhand Teacher Eligibility Test 2024 Important Dates

Date of Notification and Start of Online Registration

• Yet to be announced.

Last Date of Submission of Application Form

• Yet to be announced.

Date of Entrance Exam

• Yet to be announced.

Date of Declaration of Result

• Yet to be announced.

Jharkhand TET 2024 Eligibility

Educational Qualification:

For becoming Teacher for Classes I-V (Primary Stage)

• Aspiring candidates should have passed Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 45% marks and passed or appearing in the final year of a 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever name known). OR
• Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 45% marks and passed or appearing in the final year of 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever name known), in accordance with the NCTE (Recognition Norms and Procedure), Regulations, 2002. OR
• Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in the final year of 4-year Bachelor of Elementary Education (B.El.Ed). OR
• Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in the final year of 2-year Diploma in Education (Special Education). OR
• Graduation and passed or appearing in the final year of a two-year Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever name known).

For becoming Teacher for Classes VI-VIII (Elementary Stage)

• Aspiring candidates should have passed Graduation and passed or appear in the final year of a 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever name known). OR
• Graduation with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in 1-year Bachelor in Education (B.Ed). OR
• Graduation with at least 45% marks and passed or appearing in 1-year Bachelor in Education (B.Ed), in accordance with the NCTE (Recognition Norms and Procedure) Regulations issued from time to time in this regard. OR
• Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in the final year of 4-year Bachelor in Elementary Education (B.El.Ed). OR
• Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in the final year of 4-year B.A B.Sc Ed or B.A Ed / B.Sc Ed. OR
• Graduation with at least 45% marks and passed or appearing in 1-year B.Ed. (Special Education).

Jharkhand TET 2024 Syllabus 

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

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 on 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.
• The 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; enhancing learning and critical thinking in the classroom and 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; 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

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
• 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

IV Mathematics: 30 Questions

Content 25 Questions

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

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
• Water, Air
• Habitats, types
• Clothes dress & 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 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.

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 on 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.
• The 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; enhancing learning and critical thinking in the classroom and 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; the 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, the 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. (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

• Air
• Water
• Structure of Atom
• Molecule
• Metals & Nonmetals
• Acids, Base, Salt
• Carbon
• Compounds
• Change of Matter
• Electric Current and Circuits
• Environmental Concerns; Regional & National
• Effect of population growth & human activities on the environment
• Food
• Cleaning Food
• Components of Food
• Sources of Food
• The World of Living organisms, microorganisms, and diseases
• Food; production & management
• Moving Things People and Ideas
• The Universe
• Force
• Light
• Motion
• Magnets & Magnetism
• Materials and their Daily Use
• Natural Resources
• Natural Phenomena
• Pollution
• Soil
• Sound
• Sources of Energy
• Work & Energy

 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

Jharkhand TET 2024 Pattern

All questions in Jharkhand T will be multiple-choice questions.

Each carries one mark, with four alternatives out of which one answer will be correct.

There shall be no negative marking.

There will be two papers of Jharkhand TET 2024-

• 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.

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 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 a list of prescribed language options in the application form).
• 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 a list of prescribed options in the application form.
• 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 for Mathematics and Science will be 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 Jharkhand 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.

Jharkhand TET Number of Attempts

There is no restriction on the number of attempts a person can take for acquiring a Jharkhand TET Certificate. A person who has qualified Jharkhand TET may also appear again for improving his/her score.

Jharkhand TET Qualifying Marks

Jharkhand TET 2024 Validity

The Validity Period of the Jharkhand TET qualifying certificate for appointment will be seven years from the date of declaration of its result for all categories.

How to apply for Jharkhand TET 2024 Exam?

Prospective candidates can apply online through the official website of Jharkhand Academy Council, i.e., https://jac.jharkhand.gov.in/jac/, and follow the instruction given there.

Jharkhand TET 2024 Exam Dates

Jharkhand TET is normally held in the month of November.

Jharkhand TET 2024 Exam Fee

Jharkhand TET 2024 Test Centres

Jharkhand is conducted in seven districts of the states that have a total of 216 centers.

Jharkhand TET 2024 Contact Details

Jharkhand Academic Council, Ranchi
Gyandeep Campus
Bargawan, Namkum
Ranchi - 834010
Fax No. - 0651-2261999
Enquiry - 0651-6453348, 2261466.
Web: https://jac.jharkhand.gov.in/jac/