Andhra Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test (AP TET), is a state-level examination is conducted by the Department of School Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh, in all 13 Districts of the state. It is an entrance examination conducted to shortlist candidates for the post of a teacher in all schools in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The teacher is assigned in various Government/ ZP/ MP/ Municipal/ Recognised Private Aided & Private Unaided schools for Class I to Class VIII.
APTET is conducted every year in the month of May. It is an online examination i.e., Computer-based Test (CBT).
APTET 2021- Highlights
| Exam Name | Andhra Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test (APTET) |
| Conducting Body | Department of School Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh |
| Level | State-level |
| Category | PRT, PGT, TGT Teacher |
| Frequency | Once a Year (In the month of May) |
| Mode | Online – Computer-based Test (CBT) |
| Question Type | Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) |
| Sections | Paper I
Paper II (Paper-II (a) Paper-II (b)) |
| Total Marks | 150 for Each Section |
| Duration | 2 hours 30 minutes for each Paper |
| Medium | Bilingual (English and Telugu/ Sanskrit) |
| Official Website | https://aptet.apcfss.in/ |
Aspirants can download the APTET Syllabus 2021 pdf from the official website.
APTET consists of 2 papers:
- Paper I for a person who intends to be a teacher for Classes I to V
- Paper II for a person who intends to be a teacher for Classes VI to VIII
- Paper II- A
- Paper II- B
Exam Pattern of Paper-I (Classes I to V)
| Subjects | No. of Questions | Marks |
| Child Development and Pedagogy | 30 | 30 |
| Language-I | 30 | 30 |
| Language-II | 30 | 30 |
| Mathematics | 30 | 30 |
| Environmental Studies | 30 | 30 |
Exam Pattern of Paper-II (A)
| Subjects | No. of Questions | Marks |
| Child Development and Pedagogy | 30 | 30 |
| Language-I | 30 | 30 |
| Language-II | 30 | 30 |
| For Mathematics and Science Teachers (and) For Social Studies Teacher | 60 | 60 |
Test Pattern of Paper-II (B)
| Subjects | No. of Questions | Marks |
| Child Development and Pedagogy | 30 | 30 |
| Language-I | 10 | 10 |
| Language-II | 10 | 10 |
| Physical Education (Content) | 100 | 100 |
| Incentive Marks for Meritorious Sports Candidates | 30 | 30 |
AP TET Syllabus 2021
I. CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND PEDAGOGY (Marks: 30)
- DEVELOPMENT OF CHILD
- Development, Growth & Maturation — Concept & Nature
- Principles of development and their education implication
- Factors influencing Development — Biological, Psychological, Sociological, emotional
- Dimensions of Development and their interrelationships — Physical & Motor, Cognitive, Emotional, Social, Moral, Language relating to Infancy, early Childhood, late Child hood,
- Understanding Development — Piaget, Kohlberg, Chomsky, Carl Rogers, Erikson
- Individual differences — Infra & Inter Individual differences in the areas of Attitudes, Aptitude, Interest, Habits, Intelligence and their Assessment
- Development of Personality — Concept, Factors effecting development of personality, self-concept
- Adjustment, Behavioural problems, Mental Health, Defense mechanism
- Methods and Approaches of Child Development — Introspection, Observation, Interview, Case study, Experimental, Cross sectional and Longitudinal
- Developmental tasks and Hazards
- UNDERSTANDING LEARNING
- Concept, Nature of Learning — input — process — outcome
- Factors of Learning — Personal and Environmental Approaches to Learning and their applicability—Behaviourism (Skinner, Pavlov, Thorndike), Constructivism (Piaget, Vygotsky), Gestalt (Kohler, Koffka) and Observational (Bandura)
- Dimensions of Learning — Cognitive, Affective and Performance
- Motivation and Sustenance —its role in
- Memory & Forgetting
- Transfer of Learning
- PEDAGOGICALCONCERNS
- Teaching and its relationship with learning and learner Learners in Contexts: Situating learner in the socio-political and cultural context – Children from diverse contexts—Children with Special Needs (CWSN), Inclusive Education
- Understanding of pedagogic methods — Enquiry based learning, Project based learning, Survey, Observation and Activity based learning, Cooperative and collaborative learning
- Individual and Group learning: Issues and concerns with respect to organizing learning in class room like Study habits, Self-learning and learning to learn skills
- Organizing learning in heterogeneous class room groups — Socio-economic background, Abilities and Interest
- Paradigms of organizing Learning-Teacher centric, Subject centric and Learner centric Theory of instruction – Bruner
- Teaching as Planned activity — Elements of Planning
- Phases of Teaching — Pre active, Interactive and Post active
- General and Subject related skills, competencies required in teaching and attributes of good facilitator
- Learning resources — Self, Home, School, Community, Technology
- Class room Management: Role of student, teacher, Leadership style of teacher, Creation of nonthreatening learning environment, Managing behaviour problems, Guidance & Counselling, Punishment and its legal implications, Rights of a child, Time
- Distinction between Assessment for Learning & Assessment of Learning, School based Assessment, Continuous & Comprehensive Evaluation: Perspective & Practice
- Understanding teaching & learning in the context of NCF, 2005 & Right to Education Act.
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Language I (Hindi)
- रचनाकार/ रचनाएँ विषयवस्तु, चरित्र-चित्रण, भाषा शैलीआदि.
- साहित्यिक विधाएँ और उनकी विशेषताएँ.
- भाषा तत्त्व और व्याकरण (i) शब्द विचार : उपसर्ग- प्रत्यय (ii) शब्द भेद (iii) लिंग, वचन, कारक, काल (iv) शब्द रूपान्तर (v) शब्द- अर्थ, भिन्न- भिन्न अर्थ, पर्यावाची शब्द और विलोम शब्द (vi) शब्द परिचय- तत्सम, तदभव, देशज और विदेशी (vii) वाक्य संरचना, भेद (viii) वाच्य- समास (ix) मुहावरे- लोक्पतियाँ, कहावतें.
- भाषा- अर्थ और स्वरुप.
माध्यमिक स्तर पर हिन्दी शिक्षण के उद्देश्य
भाषा की समस्या- त्रिभाषा- सूत्र. - आदर्श हिन्दी- अध्यापक के गुण
अच्छे शिक्षण की विशेषताएँ
भाषा: शिक्षण की सामान्य सिद्धान्त, सूत्र, प्रणालियाँ और विधियाँ - शिक्षण में भाषा- कौशलों का महत्व
भाषा कौशलों का विकास सुनना : ध्वनि की उत्पत्ति, ध्वनि- श्रवन और पारस्परिक संबंध बोलना : सब्दोच्चारण, वकयंत्र, शुध्दोचारण का अभ्यास, मौखिक अभिव्यक्ति, पाठशाला में वार्तालाप का अभ्यास पढना : विशेषताएँ, वाचन के प्रकार, वाचन संबंधी दोष और उपचार लिखना : महत्व, नियम, विधियाँ, प्रकार, अक्षरक्रियास
भाषा- कौशलों का समन्वय - शिक्षण उद्देष्यों का वर्गीकरण
न्यूनतम अधिगम- स्तर
पाठ – योजना (गद्य, पद्य, व्याकरण, रचना, पत्र-लेखन)
इकाई – योजना
शिक्षण – उपकरण - पाठ्यक्रम
पाठ्यपुस्तक
पुस्तकालय
भाषा सहगामी क्रियाएँ - मुल्याकान की धारणा
उत्तम परीक्षा की विशेषताएँ
उपलब्ध परीक्षा
निरंतर समग्र मुल्यांकन
उद्देश्य आधारित मुल्यांकन
उपचारात्मक और निदंतामक शिक्षण
Language — II English (Content and Methodology) (Marks: 30)
Content (Marks: 24)
- Parts of Speech
- Tenses
- Active voice & Passive voice
- Prepositions and Articles
- Degrees of comparison
- Clauses
- Verbs — Main Verbs — Auxiliary Verbs – Presale Verbs
- Adverbs — Types of Adverbs
- Conjunction — coordinating conjunction — subordinating
- Direct and Indirect speech
- Questions and question tags
- Types of sentences — simple, compound and complex — synthesis of sentences
- Phrases — uses of
- Composition — letter writing —précis writing
- Reading Comprehension
- Vocabulary — Antonyms, Synonyms and
- Correction of
Methodology (Marks: 06)
- Aspects of English
- Objectives of teaching
- Development of Language skills:
- Listening, Speaking, Reading & Writing (LSRW).
- Communicative skills — Imparting values through
- Approaches, Methods, Techniques of teaching English:
- Introduction, definition & types of Approaches
- Methods &Techniques of teaching English
(b) Remedial teaching.
- Teaching learning materials in
- Lesson
- Curriculum & Textbooks — Importance and its Evaluation in English
MATHEMATICS (Marks: 30)
CONTENT (Marks: 24)
- Number system: Natural Numbers, Whole numbers, Integers, Rational numbers place value, comparison, fundamental mathematical operations; Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division, Indian Currency, Prime and Composite numbers, Prime factors, Lowest Common Multiple (LCM) and Greatest Common Divisor (GCD), Square, Square root, Cube, Cube roots of numbers, Pythagorean triplets
- Fractions: Concept of fractions, proper fractions, improper fractions, mixed fractions, decimal fractions, comparison, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division of fractions and decimal fractions. Use of fractions in daily life. Rational Numbers; definition, four fundamental operations; properties of numbers (N, W, Z and Q), Representation of N,W,Z and Q on number line, Terminating and Non-Terminating Decimals (Recurring and Non – Recurring).
- Arithmetic:Unitary method, Averages, Ratio & Proportion, Percentages, Profit and Loss, discount, simple interest, compound interest, Direct and Indirect proportion, Time and Work, Time and Distance, Tax (VAT).
- Geometry: Basic ideas of geometry (2D & 3D shapes), types of angles, construction and measurement of lines and angles, Triangles, types of triangles, Properties of Triangles, Congruence, Criteria of congruencies of triangles (SAS, SSS, ASA, RHS), Quadrilaterals, types of quadrilaterals, construction of triangles and quadrilaterals, Patterns with geometrical shapes, Representing 3D Shapes in 2D Shapes, Euler’s relation, Properties of Parallelogram, Trapezium, Rhombus, Rectangle, Square and Kite, Concept of Circles, Symmetry, Reflection and Rotation, Line of
- Measurements: Length, Area, Weight, Capacity, Time and their Standard Units, Surface Area and volume of a cube and a cuboids, Perimeter and area of triangle, quadrilateral, parallelogram, rectangle, Rhombus, Square and Trapezium. Circumference & Area of a circle, Area of Circular path, Polygons Area of sector in a
- Data Applications: Introduction to Data, Data Presentation, Preparation of Frequency distribution table, Bar Graph, Pictograph, Histogram, Mean, Median and Mode of ungrouped data, Cumulative Frequency Distribution Table, Frequency Polygon, Frequency Curve and Cumulative Frequency
- Algebra: Introduction to Algebra, Basic terminology – Constant, Variable, Expression, Polynomial, Identity and equations, solving linear equation in one variable, Exponents and
Methodology (Marks: 06)
- Meaning, Nature and Definitions of Mathematics
- Correlation with other school subjects and daily
- Aims, values and instructional objectives of teaching Mathematics, Academic Standards
- Child Centred and Activity Based Approaches in Teaching Mathematics
- Methods of Teaching & Remedial measures in Mathematics
- Instructional Material, TLM and Resource Utilization in Mathematics
- Curriculum, Text Book & Instructional Planning
- Evaluation and tools of evaluation and Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation
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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES (Marks:30)
CONTENT (Marks: 24)
- My Family – My Family – Family tree, migration, changing structures of family – nuclear and joint families,
- Work & Play – Occupations, Child labor, Games – Local, National and International, Marshal Arts, Effects of games on respiration and breathing, fairs,
- Plants and Animals-Plants & animals in our surroundings, Plant & Animal products, parts of a plant, photosynthesis, parts of a flower, pollination, fertilization, fruits, seeds. Wild & cultivated plants, wild & domestic animals their food, arrangement of teeth in
- Our Food – Different types of food, storage of grains and vegetables, storage of food, Food -animal husbandry, Nutrients of food, deficiency
- Shelter – Need, different types of houses, electrical appliances – their use, social life in ants and honey bees, Animals shelter –
- Air – Importance of air, composition of air, atmospheric pressure, diseases spread through air and their prevention, air pollution – causes, its impact, and measures to prevent, Green House
- Energy – Renewable, Non-renewable, Future
- Water – Importance, water resources, tanks, aquatic flora and fauna, measurement of liquids, Water pollution – causes, impact, measures to prevent, purification of water, drought,
- Our Body – Health – Cleanliness – External, Internal parts of our body, Bones, Muscles, Sense organs, Digestion, Respiration, Nervous system, Excretory system, Circulatory system, First
- Mapping – Direction, Mandal, District, State, India
- History and culture of India – Evolution of Man, Pre-historic period, Indian culture and Heritage, Civilization, Medieval period culture, Ancient monuments, Religious movements: Jainism, Buddhism, Bhakti movement, Great personalities, Indian freedom movement, Modern
- Our country (India) – Location, Area, Physical features, Climate, Natural resources, Continents and Oceans, Historical places in India,
- Our State – Culture, State Government, Gram Panchayat, Mandal Parishad, Municipality, Municipal Corporation, Local Emergency services, our state symbols, Livelihood, Civilization – Impact of
- Indian constitution – Preamble, Major concepts, Fundamental rights, Fundamental duties, Child Rights
- Safety & Security – Earth Quakes, Floods, Fire, First Aid, 108, 104 Vehicles
PEDAGOGY (Marks: 6)
- Concept and scope of Environmental Studies (Science & Social Studies)
- Aims & Objectives of teaching Environmental Studies (Science & Social Studies) Academic Standards of Teaching EVS
- Relation to Science and Social Studies
- Curriculum and its transactional process – Teaching Methodology
- Teaching Learning Material (TLM)
- Evaluation procedures