# Jharkhand Teacher Eligibility Test (JTET) (JTET) — Shishya exam context

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

## Eligibility & vacancies
- Age: 21–? years (before category relaxation: OBC +3, SC/ST +5)
- Education: 12th with 45% + 2-year D.El.Ed/JBT for Primary; Graduation with B.Ed for Upper Primary
- Note: General category must have passed 10th/12th from Jharkhand school; reserved categories exempt from this
- Official portal: https://jac.jharkhand.gov.in (Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC))

## Key dates
- 2026-07-28 — Result announcement expected
- 2026-07-28 — Result announcement
- 2026-07-30 — Answer key release (expected)
- 2026-08-01 — Document verification begins
- 2026-08-08 — Document verification ends
- 2026-08-11 — Admit card release expected
- 2026-08-20 — Application correction window start
- 2026-08-24 — Admit card release (expected)

## Syllabus outline
### Child Development and Teaching Methods (weight 1)
Assessment, RTE and CCE · Assessment for and of Learning · School-based Assessment and CCE · NEP 2020 and NCF · 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 · Diversity Among Learners · Talented and Creative Learners · Tribal and Disadvantaged Learners · Intelligence, Creativity and Personality · Theories of Intelligence · Creativity · Measurement of Intelligence · Personality · Motivation and Implications · Achievement Motivation · Concept of Motivation · Maslow's Hierarchy · Theories of Learning · Behaviourism · Gestalt and Insight · Piaget and Bruner · Vygotsky

### Language I — Hindi / English (weight 1)
Alankar and Ras · Apathit Padya / Unseen Poem · Apathit Gadya / Unseen Prose · Idioms and Proverbs · Parts of Speech · Pedagogy of Language Development · Acquisition vs Learning · Multilingual Classroom · Evaluation in Language · LSRW Skills · Teaching-Learning Materials · Principles of Language Teaching · Sandhi and Samas · Shabd Bhed / Word Categories · Synonyms and Antonyms · Prefixes and Suffixes · Varnamala / Phonology · Grammar and Sentence Structure

### Language II — Tribal / Regional (weight 1)
Unseen Prose Passages · Idioms and Proverbs · Literature of Lang II · Parts of Speech · Pedagogy of Lang II · Acquisition vs Learning · Multilingual Classroom · Evaluation · LSRW Skills · Principles of Language Teaching · Unseen Poem · Script and Phonology · Synonyms and Antonyms · Tense, Gender, Number and Case · Sentence Structure

### 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 · Error Analysis · Evaluation · Nature of Mathematics · Percentage · Profit, Loss and Discount · Ratio and Proportion · Simple Interest

### Environmental Studies (Paper I) (weight 1)
Environmental Protection · Family and Friends · Food · Culture and Heritage of Jharkhand · Geography of Jharkhand · Minerals and Industry of Jharkhand · 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 · Environment and Ecosystem · Force, Motion and Energy · Heat, Light and Sound · Human Body Systems · Living and Non-living · Matter and its Nature · Plant Life · Statistics and Probability · Trigonometry

### Social Studies (Paper II) (weight 1)
Indian Constitution · Indian Democracy · Local Self-Government · Indian Economy · Environment and Sustainable Development · Earth and the Universe · Geography of Jharkhand · Physical Features of India · Natural Resources · World Geography · Ancient India · History of Jharkhand · Medieval India · Modern India · Tribal Culture of Jharkhand · 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)
# Jharkhand Teacher Eligibility Test (JTET) - Indicative Category-wise Cutoffs

| Category | Expected Cutoff (Indicative) |
|----------|------------------------------|
| General | 90-105 marks (60-70%) |
| EWS | 85-100 marks (57-67%) |
| OBC | 83-98 marks (55-65%) |
| SC | 75-90 marks (50-60%) |
| ST | 75-90 marks (50-60%) |
| PwD | 68-83 marks (45-55%) |

## Guidance Notes

- **Category differential**: General cutoffs typically run 10-15 marks higher than OBC, and 15-20 marks higher than SC/ST categories. The gap reflects reservation policy while maintaining 60% minimum qualifying threshold for unreserved candidates.

- **Cutoff drivers**: Paper difficulty level (varies between Paper-I for Class I-V and Paper-II for Class VI-VIII), number of applicants versus vacancy announcements, and overall candidate performance distribution shift cutoffs by ±5-8 marks annually.

- **Qualifying vs. Selection**: These represent *minimum qualifying scores* for TET certificate eligibility. Actual teacher recruitment cutoffs in subsequent appointment processes are substantially higher and depend on specific district/block vacancy positions.

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