OTET · Syllabus
OTET Syllabus 2027 — every subject & topic
OTET syllabus: 7 subjects (Child Development and Pedagogy, Language I — Odia / Hindi / Telugu / Bengali / Urdu, Language II — English, Mathematics (Paper I), Environmental Studies (Paper I) and 2 more) and 151 topics. Official syllabus and notification: bseodisha.nic.in.
The complete Odisha Teacher Eligibility Test (OTET) syllabus: 7 subjects, 151 topics. 93 topics below link to free study notes. Practise by topic in a topic-wise mock →
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Check the official syllabus / notification — Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha ↗
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- Concept of Development →
Growth and Development · Principles of Development · Heredity and Environment · Dimensions of Development · Adolescence (Paper II)
- Theories of Learning →
Behaviourism · Gestalt and Insight Learning · Piaget — Cognitive Stages · Kohlberg — Moral Development · Vygotsky — Socio-cultural Theory
- Intelligence, Creativity and Personality →
Concept of Intelligence · Measurement of Intelligence · Creativity · Personality
- Individual Differences and Inclusive Education →
Diversity Among Learners · Children with Special Needs · Gifted and Creative Learners · Disadvantaged Learners
- Learning and Pedagogy →
Concept of Learning · Motivation · Problem Solving · Children's Errors as Steps
- Assessment, RTE and CCE →
Assessment for and of Learning · School-based Assessment and CCE · RTE Act 2009
Language I — Odia / Hindi / Telugu / Bengali / Urdu
- Apathit Gadya (Unseen Prose) →
- Apathit Padya (Unseen Poem) →
- Varna and Uchchar →
- Shabd Bhed →
- Sandhi and Samas →
- Prefixes and Suffixes →
- Parts of Speech →
- Tense, Gender, Number and Case →
- Sentence Structure →
- Idioms and Proverbs →
- Alankar and Ras →
- Synonyms and Antonyms →
- Pedagogy of Language Development →
Acquisition vs Learning · Principles of Language Teaching · LSRW Skills · Multilingual Classroom · Teaching-Learning Materials · Evaluation in Language · Remedial Teaching
Language II — English
- Unseen Prose Passages →
- Unseen Poem →
- Parts of Speech →
- Tenses →
- Voice and Narration →
- Articles and Determiners →
- Prepositions →
- Subject-Verb Agreement →
- Modals →
- Sentence Transformation →
- Vocabulary →
- Idioms and Phrases →
- Pedagogy of English →
Acquisition vs Learning · Principles of English Teaching · LSRW Skills · Errors and Disorders · Teaching-Learning Materials · Evaluation in English
Mathematics (Paper I)
- Number System →
- Fractions and Decimals →
- LCM and HCF →
- Percentage →
- Profit, Loss and Discount →
- Simple Interest →
- Ratio and Proportion →
- Geometry →
- Mensuration →
- Measurement →
- Data Handling →
- Money and Time →
- Pedagogy of Mathematics →
Nature of Mathematics · Place of Mathematics in Curriculum · Community Mathematics · Evaluation · Error Analysis and Remedial Teaching
Environmental Studies (Paper I)
- Family and Friends →
- Food →
- Shelter →
- Water →
- Travel and Communication →
- Things We Make and Do →
- Our Body and Health →
- Plants and Animals Around Us →
- Landscape of Odisha →
- Climate of Odisha →
- Natural Resources of Odisha →
- Agriculture and Industry of Odisha →
- Culture and Heritage of Odisha →
- Earth and Universe →
- Environmental Protection →
- Pedagogical Issues in EVS →
Concept and Scope of EVS · EVS as Integrated Subject · Approaches to Teaching EVS · CCE in EVS · Teaching Aids
Mathematics and Science (Paper II)
- Algebra →
- Quadratic Equations →
- Geometry →
- Mensuration →
- Statistics and Probability →
- Trigonometry →
- Living and Non-living →
- Human Body Systems →
- Plant Life →
- Matter and its Nature →
- Acids, Bases and Salts →
- Force, Motion and Energy →
- Heat, Light and Sound →
- Electricity and Magnetism →
- Environment and Ecosystem →
- Pedagogy of Math and Science →
Nature of Math and Science · Methods of Teaching · Lab Work · Evaluation
Social Science (Paper II)
- Ancient India →
- Medieval India →
- Modern India →
- History of Odisha →
- Earth and the Universe →
- Physical Features of India →
- Natural Resources →
- Geography of Odisha →
- World Geography →
- Indian Constitution →
- Indian Democracy →
- Local Self-Government →
- Indian Economy →
- Environment and Sustainable Development →
- Art and Culture of Odisha →
- Pedagogical Issues in Social Science →
Concept and Nature of Social Science · Classroom Processes · Critical Thinking · Primary and Secondary Sources · Project Work and Field Visits · Evaluation
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