The Telangana Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) is a state-level examination conducted by the Telangana Department of School Education. It is designed for the recruitment of eligible teachers for primary classes (1st to 5th grade) and upper primary classes (6th to 8th grade). Candidates planning to take the Telangana State TET exam, scheduled from January 1 to January 20, 2025, should review the TS TET syllabus and prepare accordingly to achieve better results. The details of the TS TET syllabus for 2025 and the exam pattern are discussed in the article below.

TS TET Syllabus 2025 and Exam Pattern

The first step to begin preparation for the TS TET examination is the candidates must know the complete Telangana State Test Syllabus 2025 and Exam Pattern to plan a proper exam strategy for the examination. The TS TET January 2025 will be held in computer-based mode and there will be objective questions from different subjects to check the candidates' knowledge. The TS TET Syllabus 2025 has been summarized below-

TS TET Syllabus 2025: Overview
Exam NameTelangana Teacher Eligibility Test (TS TET-2025)
OrganizationDepartment of School Education
Level of ExamState Level
Mode of ExamOffline
Nature of ExamObjective
No of QuestionsPaper 1- 150
Paper 2- 150
Full MarksPaper 1- 150
Paper 2- 150
Duration of Exam2 hour 30 minutes

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TS TET Exam Pattern 2025

The TS TET Exam 2025 consists of two papers. Paper 1 is for primary level teacher positions, while Paper 2 is for upper primary level teacher positions. Candidates preparing for the exam should familiarize themselves with the exam pattern to gain better clarity. The details of the TS TET Exam pattern for 2025 are outlined below.

TS TET Exam Pattern 2025 for Paper-1

The TS TET 2025 Exam will comprise of the following Subjects in Paper 1:

  1. Mode of Exam- Objective Type.
  2. Maximum Marks- 150 marks
  3. Duration of Test- The time duration of the exam is 2.5 hours.
  4. Marking Scheme- 1 mark shall be awarded to every correct answer.
TS TET Paper–I Exam Pattern 2025
SubjectQuestionsMarksDuration
Child development and Pedagogy30302.5 hours
Language – I (Telugu, Urdu, Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil and Gujarat)3030
Language – II (English)3030
Mathematics3030
Environmental Studies3030
Total150150

TS TET Exam Pattern 2025 for Paper-2

The TS TET  Exam 2025 will comprise of the following Subjects in Paper 2:

  1. Total Marks- 150
  2. Total Question- 150
  3. Time Duration- 2.5 hours
TS TET Paper–II Exam Pattern 2025
SubjectQuestionsMarksDuration
Child development and Pedagogy30302.5 hours
Language – I (Hindi, Urdu, Bangla, Maithili, Bhojpuri, Sanskrit, Arabic, Persian, English)3030
Language – II (English)3030
Science and Mathematics / Social Science6060
Total150150

TS TET Paper 1 Syllabus 2025

Paper 1 of the TS TET Exam 2025 is mainly for the recruitment of teachers from class 1 to class 5. Every correct answer will secure 1 mark whereas a wrong answer will deduct 1 mark. Candidates can check all language syllabus pdf given in the tabular form.

TSTET Paper 1 Syllabus 2025
SubjectsImportant Topics
Child Development and Pedagogy

Development of child

  • Development, Growth & Maturation - Concept & Nature
  • Principles of Development & their Educational Implications
  • Factors Influencing Development - Biological, Psychological, Sociological
  • Dimensions of Development and their interrelationships - Physical & Motor, Cognitive, Emotional, Social, Moral, and Language relating to Infancy, early Childhood, late Childhood, and Adolescence.
  • Understanding Development - Piaget, Kohlberg, Chomsky, Carl Rogers and Erikson
  • Individual differences - Intra & Inter Individual differences in the areas of Attitudes, Aptitude, Interest, Habits, Thinking (Divergent & Convergent), Intelligence and their Assessment
  • Development of Personality - Concept, Factors affecting the development of Personality, Child Rearing Practices, Self-Concept
  • Adjustment, Behavioral problems, Defense Mechanisms, Mental Health
  • Methods and Approaches of Child Development – Introspection, Observation, Interview, Case study, Experimental, Rating Scales, Anecdotal Records, Questionnaire, 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 - Behaviorism (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 learning.
  • Memory & Forgetting
  • Transfer of Learning

Pedagogical Concerns

  • Teaching and its Relationship with Learning and Learners
  • Learners in Contexts: Situating learners 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, Co-operative & Collaborative learning
  • Individual and Group learning: Issues and concerns with respect to organizing learning in the classroom like Study habits, Self-learning and Learning to learn skills
  • Organizing learning in heterogeneous classroom groups - Socio-economic background, Abilities and Interests
  • 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 a good facilitator
  • Learning Resources - Self, Home, School, Play, Community, Technology
  • Classroom Management: Role of the student, teacher, the Leadership style of the teacher, Creation of a non-threatening learning environment, Managing behaviour problems, Guidance & Counseling, Child Abuse, Punishment and its legal implications, Rights of a child, Time Management
  • The 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, 2009
Language-I
  • Telugu
  • Urdu
  • Hindi
  • Bengali
  • Kannada
  • Marathi
  • Tamil
  • Gujarati
Language-II (English)
  • Parts of speech
  • Tenses
  • Types of sentences
  • Prepositions & articles
  • Degrees of comparison
  • Direct and indirect speech
  • Questions and question tags
  • Synonyms Antonyms
  • Active & passive voice
  • Phrasal verbs
  • Reading comprehension
  • Composition
  • Vocabulary
  • Meaning of idiomatic expressions
  • Correction of sentences
  • Sequencing of the sentences in the given paragraph
  • Error identification within a sentence
  • Pedagogy
  • Aspects of English:- (a) English language - History, nature, importance, principles of English as a second language (b) Problems of teaching/learning English
  • Objectives of Teaching English
  • Phonetics
  • Development of Language skills:- (a) Listening, Speaking, Reading & Writing (LSRW), (b) Communicative skills
  • Approaches, Methods, and Techniques of Teaching English
  • Introduction, Definition, and Types of Approaches Methods and Techniques of Teaching English and Remedial Teaching
  • The teaching of structures and vocabulary items
  • Teaching-learning materials in English
  • Lesson Planning
  • Curriculum & Textbooks
  • Evaluation in English language Teaching - CCE
Mathematics
  • Number System
  • Fractions
  • Arithmetic
  • Geometry
  • Measurements
  • Data Applications
  • Algebra
  • Pedagogy
Environmental Studies
  • Family
  • Work & Play
  • Plants and Animals
  • Food
  • Shelter
  • Air
  • Energy
  • Water
  • Body-Health-Cleanliness
  • Mapping
  • History and Culture of India
  • Our country (India)
  • Our state (Telangana)
  • Indian constitution
  • Security – Earth Quakes, Floods, Fire, First Aid, 108, 104 Vehicles
  • Pedagogy
TS TET Paper 1 Syllabus 2025 PDFs
Language/PaperSyllabus PDF
Paper-I UrduClick to Download
Paper-I TeluguClick to Download
Paper-I TamilClick to Download
Paper-I MarathiClick to Download
Paper-I HindiClick to Download
Paper-I GujaratiClick to Download
Paper-I KannadaClick to Download
Paper-I BengaliClick to Download

TS TET Paper 2 Syllabus 2025

Paper 2 of the TS TET Exam 2025 is mainly for the recruitment of teachers from class 6 to class 8. Every correct answer will secure 1 mark whereas a wrong answer will deduct 1 mark. Candidates can check all language syllabus pdf given below.

TS TET Paper Syllabus 2025
Child Development and Pedagogy

Development of child

  • Development, Growth & Maturation - Concept & Nature
  • Principles of Development & their Educational Implications
  • Factors Influencing Development - Biological, Psychological, Sociological
  • Dimensions of Development and their interrelationships - Physical & Motor, Cognitive, Emotional, Social, Moral, Language relating to Infancy, early Childhood, late Childhood, and Adolescence.
  • Understanding Development - Piaget, Kohlberg, Chomsky, Carl Rogers and Erikson
  • Individual differences - Intra & Inter Individual differences in the areas of Attitudes, Aptitude, Interest, Habits, Thinking (Divergent & Convergent), Intelligence and their Assessment
  • Development of Personality - Concept, Factors affecting the development of Personality, Child Rearing Practices, Self-Concept
  • Adjustment, Behavioral problems, Defense Mechanisms, Mental Health
  • Methods and Approaches of Child Development – Introspection, Observation, Interview, Case study, Experimental, Rating Scales, Anecdotal Records, Questionnaire, 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 - Behaviorism (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 learning.
  • Memory & Forgetting
  • Transfer of Learning

Pedagogical Concerns

  • Teaching and its Relationship with Learning and Learners
  • Learners in Contexts: Situating learners 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, Co-operative & Collaborative learning
  • Individual and Group learning: Issues and concerns with respect to organizing learning in the classroom like Study habits, Self-learning and Learning to learn skills
  • Organizing learning in heterogeneous classroom groups - Socio-economic background, Abilities and Interests
  • 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 a good facilitator
  • Learning Resources - Self, Home, School, Play, Community, Technology
  • Classroom Management: Role of the student, teacher, the Leadership style of the teacher, Creation of a non-threatening learning environment, Managing behaviour problems, Guidance & Counseling, Child Abuse, Punishment and its legal implications, Rights of a child, Time Management
  • The 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, 2009
Language-I
  • Telugu
  • Urdu
  • Hindi
  • Kannada
  • Marathi
  • Tamil
  • Gujarati
Language-II English
  • Parts of speech
  • Tenses
  • Types of sentences
  • Prepositions & articles
  • Degrees of comparison
  • Direct and indirect speech
  • Questions and question tags
  • Active & passive voice
  • Verbs
  • Reading comprehension
  • Vocabulary
  • Meaning of idiomatic expressions
  • Correction of sentences
  • Sequencing of the sentences in the given paragraph
  • Error identification within a sentence
  • Conjunction
  • Opposite words
  • Antonyms, Synonyms and Spellings
  • Composition - letter writing - precise writing
  • Pedagogy
Mathematics & Science
  • Number System
  • Trigonometry
  • Arithmetic
  • Sets
  • Geometry
  • Mensuration
  • Data Handling
  • Algebra
  • Pedagogy
Science
  • Natural Resources - Air, Water
  • Our Universe
  • Natural Phenomenon
  • Mechanics - Kinematics, Dynamics
  • Magnetism and Electricity
  • Matter around us
  • Laws of Chemical Combination and Chemical Calculations
  • Atomic Structure
  • Periodic classification and chemical bonding
  • Metallurgy
  • Biology
  • Living World
  • Plant World
  • Animal World
  • Microbes
  • Recent Trends in Biology
  • Pedagogy
Social Studies
  • Diversity on the earth
  • Production – exchange and livelihoods
  • Political Systems and Governance
  • Social organization and inequities
  • Religion and Society
  • Culture and communication
  • Pedagogy
TS TET Paper 2 Syllabus 2025 PDFs
Language/PaperSyllabus PDF  
Paper-II TeluguClick to Download
Paper-II TamilClick to Download
Paper-II MarathiClick to Download
Paper-II KannadaClick to Download
Paper-II UrduClick to Download
Paper-II HindiClick to Download
Paper-II SanskritClick to Download
Paper-II MarathiClick to Download

TS TET 2025 Qualifying Marks

Candidates must attain the minimum qualifying marks to pass the Telangana State Teaching Eligibility Test (TS TET) 2025. As mentioned in the notification pdf, the TS TET Minimum qualifying marks are as follows. 

CategoryMinimum Qualifying Percentage
General60%
BC50%
SC/ ST/ Differently abled (PH)40%
TS TET Syllabus 2025: FAQs

Ans. The TS TET Paper 1 entertains recruitment of teachers for classes 1 to 5 and consists of questions from 5 sections. Each section contains 30 questions of 1 mark each.

Ans. Paper 1 consists of topics from class 1 to 5 whereas paper 2 consists of topics from class 6 to 8. Any candidate can definitely appear for both the papers if one wishes.

Ans. Although the TS TET syllabus is vast, but with proper time management, devotion and consistency one can complete it in 4 months.

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