# Assam Teacher Eligibility Test (Assam TET) (Assam TET) — Shishya exam context

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## Exam pattern
- Category: STATE_LEVEL · state: AS
- Questions: 150 · Total marks: 150 · Marks per question: 1
- Duration: 150 minutes
- Negative marking: none
- Languages offered: EN

## Eligibility & vacancies
- Age: 18–38 years (before category relaxation: OBC +3, SC/ST +5)
- Education: Graduate degree with 50% marks plus B.Ed or D.El.Ed (relaxation available until 2015 notification provisions)
- Approximate annual vacancies: 9,717
- Note: Permanent resident of Assam required; exam has LP (Paper 1: Classes 1-5) and UP (Paper 2: Classes 6-8) levels; focuses heavily on Child Development & Pedagogy, Languages, and subject pedagogy
- Official portal: https://madhyamik.assam.gov.in (Directorate of Secondary Education (DSE), Assam)

## Key dates
- 2026-07-26 — Result announcement (tentative)
- 2026-08-02 — Result announcement (expected)
- 2026-08-06 — Result declaration (expected)
- 2026-08-09 — Result announcement (expected)
- 2026-08-10 — Result announcement (expected)
- 2026-08-17 — Expected result declaration
- 2026-08-25 — Result declaration (expected)
- 2026-08-30 — Result (expected)

## Syllabus outline
### Child Development and Pedagogy (weight 1)
Assessment, RTE and CCE · Assessment for and of Learning · School-based Assessment and CCE · RTE Act 2009 · Concept of Development · Adolescence (Paper II) · Growth and Development · Dimensions of Development · Heredity and Environment · Principles of Development · Individual Differences and Inclusive Education · Children with Special Needs · Disadvantaged Learners · Diversity Among Learners · Talented Learners · Intelligence and Personality · Theories of Intelligence · Creativity · Measurement of Intelligence · Personality · Learning and Pedagogy · Children's Errors as Steps · Motivation in Learning · Problem Solving · Concept of Learning · Theories of Learning · Behaviourism · Gestalt and Insight · Piaget and Bruner · Vygotsky

### Language I — Assamese / Bengali / Bodo / Hindi / English (weight 1)
Assamese-Specific Topics · Bodo-Specific Topics · Unseen Poem · Unseen Prose Passage · Idioms and Proverbs · Literature of Lang I · Parts of Speech · Pedagogy of Language Development · Acquisition vs Learning · Multilingual Classroom · Evaluation · LSRW Skills · Teaching-Learning Materials · Principles of Language Teaching · Sandhi and Samas · Synonyms and Antonyms · Tense, Gender, Number and Case · Prefixes and Suffixes · Sentence Structure · Varnamala / Phonology

### Language II — English / Hindi / Assamese / Bengali (weight 1)
Articles and Prepositions · Unseen Prose Passages · Idioms and Phrases · Parts of Speech · Pedagogy of Lang II · Acquisition vs Learning · Evaluation · LSRW Skills · Teaching-Learning Materials · Principles of Lang II Teaching · Unseen Poem · Subject-Verb Agreement · Tenses · Sentence Transformation · Vocabulary · Voice and Narration

### Mathematics (Paper I) (weight 1)
Data Handling · Fractions and Decimals · Geometry · LCM and HCF · Measurement · Mensuration · Money and Time · Number System · Pedagogy of Mathematics · Community Mathematics · Place of Mathematics in Curriculum · Error Analysis · Evaluation · Nature of Mathematics · Percentage · Profit, Loss and Discount · Ratio and Proportion · Simple Interest

### Environmental Studies (Paper I) (weight 1)
Ethnic Communities of Assam · Culture and Heritage of Assam · Geography of Assam · Environmental Protection · Family and Friends · Food · Our Body and Health · Pedagogical Issues in EVS · Approaches to Teaching EVS · CCE in EVS · EVS as Integrated Subject · Concept and Scope of EVS · Teaching Aids · Plants and Animals Around Us · Shelter · Earth and Universe · Things We Make and Do · Travel and Communication · Water

### Mathematics and Science (Paper II) (weight 1)
Algebra · Geometry · Mensuration · Pedagogy of Math and Science · Evaluation · Lab Work · Methods of Teaching · Nature of Math and Science · Quadratic Equations · Acids, Bases and Salts · Electricity and Magnetism · Fibre and Fabric · Force, Motion and Energy · Heat, Light and Sound · Living World and Cells · Metals and Non-metals · Microorganisms · Nutrition · Physical and Chemical Change · Pollution and Environment · Respiration and Reproduction · Transportation in Animals and Plants · Statistics and Probability · Trigonometry

### Social Studies (Paper II) (weight 1)
Culture of Assam · Indian Constitution · Indian Democracy · Local Self-Government · Budget, GDP and Economic Planning · Environment and Sustainable Development · Geography of Assam · Earth and the Universe · Physical Features of India · Natural Resources · World Geography · Ancient India · History of Assam · Medieval India · Modern India · Social Reform Movements · Pedagogical Issues in Social Studies · Classroom Processes · Evaluation · Concept and Nature of Social Studies · Project Work and Field Visits · Primary and Secondary Sources · Critical Thinking

## Expected cutoffs (category-wise)
| Category | Expected Cutoff (Indicative) |
|----------|------------------------------|
| General | 90-96 marks (60-64%) |
| EWS | 85-91 marks (57-61%) |
| OBC | 83-89 marks (55-59%) |
| SC | 78-84 marks (52-56%) |
| ST | 75-81 marks (50-54%) |
| PwD | 70-76 marks (47-51%) |

**Guidance:**
- **Category differentials**: General-OBC gap typically ranges 5-7 marks; General-SC/ST gap around 12-15 marks, reflecting reservation policy in Assam's teacher recruitment framework.
- **Year-to-year shifts**: Cutoffs fluctuate based on vacancy notifications, paper difficulty, and candidate performance distribution. High competition in urban districts can push General category cutoffs toward the upper range (63-64%), while rural posts may settle at lower thresholds.
- **Qualifying vs. Selection**: These cutoffs represent minimum qualifying marks for TET certificate eligibility. Actual appointment cutoffs in subsequent recruitment drives are substantially higher (often 75-80%+ for General category), depending on post-specific merit lists.

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