ODISHA TEACHER ELIGIBILITY TEST (OTET) – (Paper II) – Syllabus

ODISHA TEACHER ELIGIBILITY TEST (OTET) – (Paper II)

Course Syllabus Overview

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ODISHA TEACHER ELIGIBILITY TEST (OTET) – 2025 SYLLABUS STRUCTURE (Paper – II)

📘 OTET 2025 – Paper II (Full Syllabus)

Subjects & Marks Distribution:

  • Child Development & Pedagogy – 30 Marks
  • Language-I (Odia / Urdu / Hindi / Telugu / Bengali) – 30 Marks
  • Language-II (English) – 30 Marks
  • Optional (Choose One):
    • Mathematics & Science – 60 Marks
    • Social Studies – 60 Marks

Total:

  • Total Questions – 150
  • Total Marks – 150

📚 SECTION A : CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND PEDAGOGY

Unit – I : Child Development
  • Physical, Cognitive, Social, Emotional & Moral Development
  • Development during Pre-adolescence & Adolescence
  • Effect of Heredity and Environment
  • Needs and Problems of Adolescents
  • Individual Differences among Learners
Unit – II : Learning
  • Learning as knowledge construction
  • How children learn – observation, imitation, trial & error
  • Learning as social activity
  • Rote learning vs Meaningful learning
  • Factors affecting learning
  • Teaching strategies
  • Inclusive education (diverse & disadvantaged learners)
  • Children with learning disabilities
  • Gifted and creative learners
Unit – III : Curriculum & Evaluation
  • Teacher-centered & learner-centered approaches
  • Curriculum organization principles
  • Teaching-learning aids
  • Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE)
  • Achievement tests & assessment tools
  • Reliability & validity of tests
  • Mean, Median, Mode & Standard Deviation

📚 SECTION B : LANGUAGE I

GROUP A (PEDAGOGY)
Unit – 1 : Learning Language
  • Aims & objectives of first language
  • Teaching mother tongue
  • Development of speaking, reading, writing, listening
Unit – 2 : Teaching Language
  • Intensive & Extensive reading
  • Teaching prose & poetry
  • Creative writing
  • Grammar teaching
  • Multilingual classroom challenges
Unit – 3 : Assessment
  • Assessment of language skills
  • Designing achievement tests
GROUP B (CONTENT)
Unit – 4 : Comprehension
  • Unseen passages (Prose & Poem)
Unit – 5 : Language Items
  • Parts of speech
  • Prefix & Suffix
  • Synonyms & Antonyms
  • Phrases & Idioms
Unit – 6 : Famous Writers
  • Odia – Fakir Mohan Senapati, Gangadhar Meher
  • Hindi – Premchand, Nirala
  • Bengali – Rabindranath Tagore
  • Urdu – Amir Khusro
  • Telugu – Gurajada Appa Rao

📚 SECTION C : LANGUAGE II (ENGLISH)

GROUP A (PEDAGOGY)
  • Importance & objectives of English
  • Language skills (LSRW)
  • Teaching prose, poetry & writing
  • Challenges of second language learning
GROUP B (CONTENT)
  • Unseen passages
  • Grammar – tense, voice, narration
  • Articles & punctuation
  • Vocabulary & spelling

📚 SECTION D : MATHEMATICS (Optional)

GROUP A (PEDAGOGY)
  • Nature of Mathematics
  • Teaching objectives
  • Methods – induction, deduction
  • Constructivist approach
  • Evaluation & error analysis
GROUP B (CONTENT)
  • Number System
  • Algebra & Polynomials
  • Commercial Arithmetic (Profit, SI, CI)
  • Ratio & Proportion
  • Geometry & Mensuration
  • Pythagorean Theorem

📚 SECTION E : SCIENCE (Optional)

GROUP A (PEDAGOGY)
  • Nature of Science
  • Teaching methods – experiment & discovery
  • Evaluation techniques
GROUP B (CONTENT)
  • Physical Science – metals, electricity, light
  • Life Science – cell, respiration, microorganisms
  • Human adolescence

📚 SECTION F : SOCIAL STUDIES (Optional)

GROUP A (PEDAGOGY)
  • Aims of Social Science teaching
  • Methods – survey, project work
  • Evaluation & remedial teaching
GROUP B (CONTENT)
  • History – Mughal, British, Odisha history
  • Political Science – Constitution, Governance
  • Geography – Odisha, Resources, Earth structure

📝 Exam Pattern

  • MCQ Type Questions
  • 4 Options, 1 Correct Answer
  • No Negative Marking