OTET Syllabus 2023 and Exam Pattern, OTET Paper 1 and 2
Unit 1- Child Development (Focus on Upper Primary School Children)
- Features of Physical, Cognitive, Social, Emotional & Moral development
during pre-adolescence and adolescence - Effect of Heredity and Environment on development
- Needs and problems of adolescents
- Individual differences among learners
Unit 2- Learning
- Learning as meaning-making knowledge and construction
- How children learn – observation, initiation, trial, error, experience
- Learning as a social activity
- Rote learning and meaningful learning
- Factors affecting learning
- Strategies for promoting lessons
- Addressing learners from a diverse backgrounds including disadvantaged
and deprived - Addressing the needs of children with learning difficulties and impairment
- Addressing the talented, creative and specially-abled learners
Unit 3- Curriculum Teaching-Learning Approaches and Evaluation
- Teacher-centred, learner-centred and learning-centred approaches
- Principles of curriculum organization
- Teaching learning aids
- Continuous comprehensive assessment of learning, planning and designing
achievement tests, rating scale, checklist - Test reliability and validity
- Date representation – mean, mode and median and standard deviation
GROUP A (PEDAGOGY)
Unit 1- Learning Odia / Urdu / Hindi / Telugu / Bengali at Upper Primary Level
- Aims and objectives of learning Odia / Urdu / Hindi / Telugu / Bengali as a
first language - Principles of teaching mother tongue
- Development of language skills (speaking, reading, writing and listening)
Unit 2- Teaching Language
- Intensive and Extensive reading skills at the upper primary level
- Teaching of non – detailed and detailed texts (prose, poetry)
- The teaching of composition and creative writing
- Teaching of grammar
- Challenges of teaching Odia / Urdu / Hindi / Telugu / Bengali in multi – lingual
context
Unit 3- Assessment of Language
- Assessment of learning Odia / Urdu / Hindi / Telugu / Bengali language – listening,
speaking, reading and writing - Planning and designing achievement tests and other tools for assessment
GROUP B (CONTENT)
Unit 4- Elements of Odia / Urdu / Hindi / Telugu / Bengali Language
- Comprehension of two unseen passages (one from prose/drama and the other
from the poem) with test items on comprehension, vocabulary and grammar.
Unit 5- Language Items
- Parts of speech (noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjectives, conjunction)
- Formation of words (pre-fix and suffix)
- Vocabulary (spelling and meaning of synonyms and antonyms)
- Phrases and idioms
Unit 6- Contribution of famous literates for development of Odia / Urdu / Hindi / Telugu /
Bengali language
- Odia – Fakir Mohan Senapati, Gangadhar Meher, Radhanath Ray, Surendra Mohanty,
Gopinath Mohanty - Urdu – Altaf Hussain Hali, Niaz Fatepuri, Ali Sardar Jafri, Amir Khusroo, Majrooh
Sultanpuri - Hindi – Bharatendu Harischandra, Mahavir Prasad Dwivedy, Prem Chand,
Jayashankar Prasad, Suryakanta Tripathy Nirala - Bengali – Rabindra Nath Tagore, Sarat Chandra Chhatopadhya, Tarasankar
Bandopadhyay, Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bibhuti Bhusan Bandopadhyay - Telugu – Srinanthadu, Gurajuda Appa Rao, Kandukuri Veeresalingam,
Arudra, C. Narayan Reddy
GROUP A (PEDAGOGY)
Unit 1- Learning English at Upper Primary Level
- Importance of learning English
- The objective of learning English
Unit 2- Development of English Language Skills
- Basic skills of language (listening, speaking, reading, writing), the
interdependence of skills - The teaching of prose, poetry and composition
- The teaching of creative writing
- Principles of language teaching
- Challenges of teaching English as a second language at the upper primary level
Unit 3- Assessment of learning the English Language
- Assessment of comprehension and language skills (listening, speaking, reading
and writing)
GROUP B (CONTENT)
Unit 4- Comprehension
- Two unseen passages (one from prose/drama and another from poem) with
questions on comprehension, grammar)
Unit 5- Language Items
- Parts of speech, tense, voice change and change of narration, use of an article,
use of punctuation mark - Vocabulary – meaning and spelling
GROUP A (PEDAGOGY)
Unit 1- Mathematics at Upper Primary Stage
- Nature of Mathematics – logical, systematic,
abstractions, pattern, mathematical language - Aims and objectives of teaching Mathematics
- Specific objectives of teaching Mathematics
Unit 2- Methods and Approaches to Teaching –
Learning Mathematics
- Methods: induction, deduction, analysis and synthesis
- Approaches: Constructivist and activity-based
Unit 3- Evaluation in Mathematics
- Formal and informal evaluation
- Error analysis
- Remedial and enrichment programmes
GROUP B (CONTENT)
Unit 4- Number System
- Number System (focus on real and rational numbers)
- Properties in different number systems
Unit 5- Algebra
- Basic concepts: terms, coefficient, powers
- Algebraic equations and their applications (with one variable)
- Polynomials – operations in polynomials
- Laws of indices
- Identities
Unit 6- Commercial Arithmetic
- Percentage and its application (profit and loss, simple
and compound, interest, banking, rebate) - Ratio and proportion
- Variation and its application
- Square, square root, cube, cube root of natural numbers
Unit 7- Shapes and Spatial Relationship
- Triangles and Quadrilaterals
- Angles, complementary and supplementary angles,
opposite angles, exterior angles of the triangle - Angle sum property
- Parallel lines and properties relating to parallel lines
- Congruency and similarities
- Menstruations (area and circumference of circle,
higher-order problems relating to area of square,
triangle, rectangle, parallelogram, trapezium,
Pythagorean theorem)
GROUP A (PEDAGOGY)
Unit – 1 : – Nature of Science
- Aims and objectives of teaching-learning science at the upper primary stage
Unit – 2 : – Methods and Approaches
- Methods: Observation, Experimentation, Discovery, Project and Problem – solving
- Approaches: Integrated approach, constructivists approach
Unit – 3 : – Evaluation in Science
- Tools and techniques for assessing learning in Science
GROUP B (CONTENT)
Unit – 4 : – Physical Science
- Metal, non – metal and metalloid
- Elements and compounds
- Symbol, valence and chemical equation
- Acid, base and salt
- The physical and chemical changes in matters
- Force, motion, friction, and pressure in solid, liquid and gases
- Electricity and current chemical effects of electric current
- Refraction and reflection of light
- Solar system and planets
Unit – 5 : – Life Science
- Biological adaptation among living beings
- Respiration and transpiration
- Soil and forest resource
- Cell structure and function of cell organelle
- Micro-organisms
- Adolescence in human beings
GROUP A (PEDAGOGY)
Unit 1- Aims and Objectives of Teaching Social Studies
- Importance of teaching-learning Social Sciences at the upper primary stage
- Aims and objectives of teaching-learning Social Sciences
- Specific objectives of teaching-learning Social Science
Unit 2- Methods and Approaches
- Methods: Survey, fieldwork/trips, project, group work
- Approaches: Activity – based, theme-based
Unit 3- Evaluation in Social Science
- Tools and technique for assessment of learning in Social Science
- Diagnostic assessment and remedial teaching
GROUP B (CONTENT)
Unit 4- History and Political Science
- Methods of historical studies, social, economic and political conditions of the
- sultanate, Moghul and British period
- Slave, Khiligi, Tughlaq, Lodi Dynasty
- East India Company, British Crown, Impact of British rules, Ancient period,
- Kharabela, Ashoka
- Soma, Garganga, Surya, fall of Odisha, Odisha under Moghuls
- The nationalist movement in India
- Development of Nationalism and Europe
Unit 5- Political Science
- Indian Constitution
- Human Rights
- Governance at the Central, State and Local level
- Political Parties and pressure groups
Unit 6- Geography
- Odisha Geography – physical features, climate, agriculture and industry
- Natural resources (land, water, forest and wild animals, minerals)
- Atmosphere, biosphere and hydrosphere
- Earth – crust, internal structure, landscape (hills and mountains, plateau,
- plains, rivers)
- Temperature zones of the earth
