SIKKIM TET SYLLABUS 2025:
SIKKIM TET SYLLABUS FOR PHASE I EXAM: (Primary Class)
Child Development and PedagogyChild
- Child Development (Primary School Child)
- Concept of Inclusive education and understanding children with special needs
- Learning and Pedagogy
Language
- Language Comprehension
- Pedagogy of Language Development
Mathematics
- Numbers
- Pedagogical Issues
Environmental Studies
- Science (VI-VIII)
- Social Science: (VI -VIII Social and Political Life, History –Our Pasts, Geography)
- History
- Geography
- Social and Political Life
- Pedagogical Issues
SIKKIM TET SYLLABUS FOR PHASE I EXAM: (Elementary Class):
Child Development and Pedagogy
- Child Development (Primary School Child)
- Concept of Inclusive education and understanding children with special needs
- Learning and Pedagogy
Language
- Language Comprehension
- Pedagogy of Language Development
Mathematics
- Numbers
- Pedagogical Issues
Environmental Studies
- Science (VI-VIII)
- Social Science: (VI-VIII Social and Political Life, History –Our Pasts, Geography)
- History
- Geography
- Social and Political Life
- Pedagogical Issues
Above we have mentioned the syllabus for Sikkim TET in brief. The full details of the syllabus are mentioned Below do give it a look:
Sikkim TET Syllabus For Paper I
Child Development
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The Children’s Profile at the Beginning of Primary Education-Physical and Cognitive
The Children’s Profile at the Beginning of Primary Education—Social and Emotional
Physical & Intellectual Development during Primary School Years (6 to 10 Years)
Social and Emotional Development during Primary School Years (6 to 10 Years)
Moral Development during Primary School Years (6 to 10 Years)
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Learning
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Learning
Types, levels, and approaches to Learning
Concepts and constructs
Factors Contributing to Learning
Constructivist Approach to Learning
Learning and Knowledge language
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English
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Listening
Reading
Speaking
Vocabulary
Writing
Language Functions
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Mathematics
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Numbers
Shapes and Figures
Patterns
Measurements
Study of Data
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Environmental Studies and Science
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Plants
Animals & Birds
Small Creatures Around the children
Day and Night
Water
Air
Food
My Body
Keeping Healthy and Clean
Man, Matter, and Materials
Work
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Child Development and Pedagogy:
- Child development: Concept of development and its relationship with learning, Principles of the development of children, Influence of Heredity & Environment.
- Socialization processes: Social world & children (Teacher, Parents, Peers)
- Concepts of child-centered and progressive education: Piaget, Kohlberg and Vygotsky, constructs and critical perspectives., Critical perspective of the construct of Intelligence, Multi-Dimensional Intelligence, Language & Thought.
- Gender as a social construct: gender roles, gender-bias and educational practice, Individual differences among learners, understanding differences based on diversity of language, caste, gender, community, religion, etc.
- The distinction between Assessment for learning and assessment of learning: School-Based Assessment, Continuous & Comprehensive Evaluation., perspective, and practice, Formulating appropriate questions for assessing readiness levels of learners, for enhancing learning and critical thinking in the classroom and for assessing learner achievement.
- Concept of Inclusive education and understanding children with special needs: Addressing learners from diverse backgrounds including disadvantaged and deprived. Addressing the needs of children with learning difficulties, ‘impairment’ etc., addressing the Talented, Creative, Specially abled Learners
- Learning and Pedagogy: How children think and learn; how and why children ‘fail’ to achieve success in school performance.
- Basic processes of teaching and learning: children’s strategies of learning, learning as a social activity and social context of learning, Child as a problem solver and a ‘scientific investigator.
- Alternative conceptions of learning in children: understanding children’s ‘errors’ as significant steps in the learning process. Cognition & Emotions, Motivation, and learning, Factors contributing to learning – personal & environmental.
Sikkim TET Syllabus in Language I:
- Language Comprehension Reading unseen passages – Answering the question based on the given unseen passage. (Prose, Drama or Poetry.)
- Pedagogy of Language Development: Learning and acquisition, Principles of Language Teaching, Role of listening and speaking, the function of language and how children use it as a tool. A critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally and in written form. Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom and Language Skills.
- Teaching-learning materials: Textbook, multimedia materials, multilingual resource of the classroom, Remedial Teaching
Sikkim TET Syllabus Language – II:
- Language Comprehension Reading unseen passages – Answering the question based on the given unseen passage. (Prose, Drama or Poetry.)
- Pedagogy of Language Development: Learning and acquisition, Principles of Language Teaching, Role of listening and speaking, the function of language and how children use it as a tool. A critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally and in written form. Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom and Language Skills.
- Teaching-learning materials: Textbook, multimedia materials, multilingual resource of the classroom, Remedial Teaching.
Content of Mathematics For Sikkim TET Exam :
- Geometrical figures & the knowledge of space
- 3-D Geometrical figures
- Numbers
- Fractions
- Mathematical operations on numbers and algebraic expressions
- Measurements- Weight, time, and volume
- Data handling & Measures of central tendency
- Ratio and proportion
- Mathematics in daily life
- Lines & angles
- Polygons
- Basic algebra – Linear equations & Identities
- Nature of Mathematics/Logical thinking; understanding children’s thinking and reasoning patterns and strategies of making meaning and learning, Place of Mathematics in Curriculum, Language of Mathematics, Community Mathematics, Evaluation through formal and informal methods, Problems of Teaching, Error analysis and related aspects of learning and teaching, Diagnostic and Remedial Teaching.
Environmental Science Syllabus of Sikkim TET:
Our Environment:
Major components of the environment, types of ecosystem, life diversity and its features, food chain, and nature balancing factors, Food web, ecological Pyramids, Plant and animal species, factors of Biodensity, Tropic levels, Types of pollution, reasons-effects- remedial measures, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gasses, sustainable development and its maintenance, waste management measures.
Environment movements (Related to state and national level), Important Environment activists, state and national award-winning literature and writers related to the environment, major environmental phenomena, types of ecological conservation.
Living world:
Life processes, classification of organisms. How do organisms reproduce? Cell, Tissues, organ and organ system.
Sources of Energy:
Solar Energy, Wind Energy, Tidal Energy, Geothermal Energy, Biodegradable wastes, non-biodegradable wastes, Chemicals in our daily life.
Human Health and Hygiene:
Carbohydrates: Types of Monomers, lipids, proteins, Vitamins, Minerals, Deficiencies.
Natural Phenomena:
Motion, Force, Gravitation, Newton’s laws of motion, distance – speed graphs.
How do things work:
Electricity: Definitions of important terminologies, SI units, Numericals.
Pedagogy of Environmental Science:
- Important methods of teaching
- Current teaching-learning interaction. Main features of NCF-2005
- Features and uses of practical methods.
- Values that are to be integrated into the classroom learning process.
- Evaluation methods, existing evaluation methods, and maintenance of records.
Social Studies For Sikkim TET Exam:
- History: When, Where and How, The Earliest Societies, 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: 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: Concept & Nature of Social Science/Social Studies, Classroom Processes, activities, and discourse, Developing Critical thinking, Enquiry/Empirical Evidence, Problems of teaching Social Science/Social Studies, Sources – Primary & Secondary, Project Work, Evaluation.
Sikkim TET Syllabus For Paper II:
Child Development
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Nature of Educational Psychology
Human Growth and Development
Cognitive Development
Social, Emotional, and Moral
Development
Learning
Intelligence and Creativity
Motivation and Group Dynamics
Personality and Assessment
Mental Health and Hygiene
Guidance and Counselling
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English
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Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing
Grammar
Vocabulary
Language Functions
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Mathematics
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Number System
Measurements
Algebra
Life Mathematics
Geometry
Data handling
Practical Geometry
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History
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Pre-historic Period
Indus Valley Civilization
Ancient Land of Thamizhagam
Vedic Period
Jainism and Buddhism
Rise of Empires
Kushan Empire
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Geography
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Resources and their types-Resources and Human Activity
Primary Activity-Types of Primary Activities- Gathering, Hunting and Fishing-Mining-Classification of minerals
Primary Activity - Agriculture-Agriculture and Crops-Factors Determining Agriculture
Secondary Activity -
-Factors Determining Development of Industries
Industries-Classification of Industries
Tertiary Activity-Transport, Trade-Transport-Trade-Other Services
population Growth and Resource Depletion
Population and Resource
Resources and Space Technology
Population Growth and distribution
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Civics
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Welfare and Legislation schemes for Women and Children
Indian Constitution Salient Features
Political Parties Functions, Structures & Types –National and Regional parties
United Nations Organization-Functions Organs–Objectives
Our Nation Location, Legislation and Welfare schemes for Children and Women, National Symbols and
Political Administration
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Sikkim TET Syllabus of Child Development and Pedagogy Subject:
- Child development: Concept of development and its relationship with learning, Principles of the development of children, Influence of Heredity & Environment.
- Socialization processes: children & Social world (Peers, Teacher, Parents)
- Concepts of child-centered and progressive education: Kohlberg, Vygotsky, and Piaget, critical perspectives and constructs., Language & Thought, Multi-Dimensional Intelligence, Critical perspective of the construct of Intelligence.
- Gender as a social construct, Individual differences among learners and educational practice, gender-bias, gender roles, understanding differences based on diversity of religion, gender, caste, community, language, etc.
- The distinction between assessment of learning and assessment for learning: School-Based Assessment, perspective, Continuous & Comprehensive Evaluation., and practice, for enhancing learning and critical thinking in the classroom and for assessing learner achievement, Formulating appropriate questions for assessing readiness levels of learners.
- Concept of Inclusive education and understanding children with special needs addressing learners from diverse backgrounds including disadvantaged and deprived. Addressing the Talented, Addressing the needs of children with learning difficulties, ‘impairment’ etc., Specially abled Learners, Creative.
- Learning and Pedagogy: How and why children ‘fail’ to achieve success in school performance; how children think and learn. Learning as a social activity and social context of learning, basic processes of teaching and learning, children’s strategies of learning, Child as a problem solver, and a ‘scientific investigator’. understanding children’s ‘errors’ as significant steps in the learning process, alternative conceptions of learning in children. Cognition & Emotions, Learning, and motivation, Personal & environmental– factors contributing to learning.
The language I - Sikkim TET Exam Syllabus
- Language Comprehension Reading unseen passages:
- Question Answers based on the given unseen passage. (Poetry, Prose, or Drama.)
- Pedagogy of Language Development:
- Learning and acquisition, Principles of Language Teaching, Role of listening and speaking, the function of language and how children use it as a tool.
- 1A critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally and in written form.
- Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom and Language Skills.
- Teaching-learning materials:
- 1Textbook, multimedia materials, multilingual resource of the classroom, Remedial Teaching III.
The Language II - Sikkim TET Syllabus
1Comprehension:
Two unseen prose passages (discursive or literary or narrative or scientific) with questions on comprehension, grammar, and Verbal Ability.
Mathematics and Science:
Mathematics:
- Arithmetic Progression
- Number system
- Statistics & Probability
- Trigonometry
- Coordinate geometry
- Identifies
- Pair of linear equations in two variables
- Quadratic equations
- Polynomials
- Mensuration
- Triangles
- Quadrilaterals
- Circles
- Area related to circles
- Science
Physics:
- 1Motion: Definitions, Types of motion, Law & Equations of motion. - Laws and numerical.
- Light - Reflection & Refraction
- Lens - Concave, Convex
- 1Mirror - Concave, Convex & Images formed in Spherical mirrors and lens
- 1Electricity and Electric Circuits - Definitions, units, derivations.
- Resistors - Numericals, circuit diagrams.
- 1Magnetism - Definition, Various laws, numerical, AC, DC motors, and generators.
- Natural phenomenon: Eye, Eye defects, TIR, Dispersion.
Chemistry:
- 1Materials & Materials in our daily life – Metals, non-metals. Physical and chemical properties
- 1Acids, Bases, and Salts: Physical and chemical properties.
- Atoms and Molecules: Formulae, Masses, electronic configuration.
- Polymers: Artificial, natural, uses.
- Natural resources: Types and applications.
- 1Chemicals in our daily life: Soaps, detergents, Sweeteners, medicines, Drugs.
Biology:
- Definition of food
- Food and its importance
- Food chain
- Food web
- Food pyramid
- 1Food and its sources - Plant source and animal source implications.
- Food and its constituents:
- Energy-giving food - Carbohydrates & lipids
- Body-building food - Proteins
- 1Body protectors - Vitamins & minerals, Roughage, and water.
Living World: Microorganisms
Plant kingdom: Thallophyta
Animal kingdom:
- Bryophyta
- Pteridophyta
- Gymnosperms
- Angiosperms
- Protista, Protozoa, Fungi Prokaryotic, and Eukaryotes.
Vertebrates:
- Pisces
- Amphibia
- Reptiles
- Aves
- Mammals
Invertebrates:
- Porifera
- Coclenorata
- Platyhelminthes
- Nematoda
- Aanelia
- Arthropoda
- Mollusca
- Echino dermata
- Cell: Plant cell and Animal cell
- Tissues, organ, organ system
Social Studies/Social Sciences:
- 1History: When, Where and How, The Earliest Societies, 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.
- 1Geography: 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.
- 1Social and Political Life: 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.
- 1Pedagogical issues: Concept & Nature of Social Science/Social Studies, Classroom Processes, activities, and discourse, Developing Critical thinking, Enquiry/Empirical Evidence, Problems of teaching Social Science/Social Studies, Sources – Primary & Secondary, Project Work, Current methods of Evaluation.