Punjab State Teacher Eligibility Test TET exam is conducted by State Council of Educational Research & Training, Punjab for appointing the candidates on Teacher Post in Primary Stage and Elementary Stage.

Punjab TET exam Eligibility Criteria-

For Primary Stage Teacher (Class I-V):

Candidates should have Senior Secondary or its equivalent with at least 50% marks & passed or appearing in final year of 4-year Bachelor of Elementary Education or appearing in final year of 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education.

For Elementary Stage Teacher (Class VI-VIII):

Graduation with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in 1-year Bachelor in Education (B. Ed) or appearing in final year of 2-year Diploma I Elementary Education.

Application Fees:

For SC/ST candidates for one paper Rs.300/- and for both papers 600/-

For all the General/ OBC candidates for one paper Rs.600/- and for both papers Rs.1200/-

Punjab TET Exam Syllabus-

Punjab TET Exam Syllabus 2016 consists of the following subjects for paper-I:

Child Development and Pedagogy:

Child Development.
Concept of Inclusive education and understanding children with special needs.
Learning and Pedagogy.

Language I (Punjab):

Verbal ability.
Grammar.
Inference.
Reading unseen passages.
Language Comprehension.
Pedagogy of Language Development.

Language II (compulsory):

Comprehension.
Grammar.
Inference.
Reading unseen passages.
Language Comprehension.
Pedagogy of Language Development.

PSTET Syllabus for Mathematics:

Geometry.
Shapes & Spatial Understanding.
Numbers.
Addition and Subtraction.
Multiplication.
Division.
Measurement.
Weight.
Time.
Volume.
Data Handling.
Patterns.
Money.
LCM & HCF.
Decimal Fractions.
Pedagogical issue

PSTET Syllabus 2016 pdf for Environmental Studies:

Our Surroundings.
Parts of Body (internal & external).
Natural Resources.
Our Punjab.
Solar System.
Basic needs.
Food, resources and care.
Water .
Air.
Habitats, types.
Clothes, dresses & 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.

Punjab TET Exam Syllabus 2016 consists of the following subjects for paper-II:
Mathematics:

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.
Mensurations; circle, sphere, cone, cylinder, triangles.
Data handling, statistics.

Punjab TET Syllabus for Science:

Food.
Sources of food.
Components of food.
Cleaning food.
Materials.
Materials of daily use.
Air.
Water.
Change of matter.
Structure of Atom.
Molecule.
Compounds.
Metals & Nonmetals.
Carbon.
Soil.
Acids, base, salt.
The World of the Living organisms, micro organism and diseases.
Food; production & management.
Moving Things People and Ideas.
Effect of population growth & human activities in environment.
The Universe.
Force.
Motion.
Work & Energy.
Electric current and circuits.
Magnets & magnetism.
Light.
Soun.
Natural Phenomena.
Natural Resources.
Sources of energy.
Environmental concerns; regional & national.
Pollution.
Pedagogical issues.

Punjab TET Syllabus Social Studies/ Social Sciences:
History:

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.

Geography:

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.

Social and Political Life (Civics):

Diversity.
Government.
Local Government.
Making a Living.
Democracy.
State Government.
Understanding Media.
Unpacking Gender.
The Constitution.
Parliamentary Government.
The Judiciary.
Social Justice and the Marginalized.
Pedagogical issues.