Uttar Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test (UPTET) is a very important exam that is conducted to determine the eligibility of aspiring teachers in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The syllabus of UPTET is released along with the official notification. Every year, the UPTET syllabus generally remains unchanged. As you might know, the UPTET exam consists of two papers i.e. Paper – I and Paper – II. The syllabus is different for both papers. To do well in the examination, candidates must go through the syllabus very carefully. In this post, we are going to discuss UPTET Syllabus 2023 along with all the necessary details.
UPTET Syllabus 2023 Main Highlights
The general highlight of the UPTET Syllabus is given below.
| Authority prescribing the syllabus | Uttar Pradesh Basic Education Board (UPBEB) |
| Class level | Up to class 10th |
| Number of papers | 2 (Paper I and Paper II) |
| Number of subjects | 5 in paper I and 4 in paper II |
| Syllabus for Class 1st to 5th | Paper I |
| Syllabus for Class 6th to 8th | Paper II |
| Most important subject in paper I | All subjects are equally important |
| Most important subject in paper II | last section (Mathematics and Science/ Social Studies) |
| Difficulty Level | Moderate |
UPTET Exam Pattern 2023
To fully understand the UPTET Syllabus, Aspirants should know the UPTET Exam Pattern. The pattern of both papers are as follows.
UPTET Paper – I Exam Pattern 2023 (For Class 1st to 5th Teacher)
- Mode of examination – Offline (Pen and Paper based exam)
- Number of questions – 150
- Type of questions – Objective type multiple choice questions
- Language of questions – English and Hindi
- Maximum Marks – 150
- Marking Pattern – Each question will carry 1 mark
- Negative Marking – Not applicable
| Subjects | Number of questions | Maximum marks |
| Child Development and Pedagogy | 30 | 30 |
| Language-I (Hindi) | 30 | 30 |
| Language-II (English/ Urdu/ Sanskrit) | 30 | 30 |
| Mathematics | 30 | 30 |
| Environmental Studies | 30 | 30 |
| Total | 150 questions | 150 marks |
UPTET Paper – II Exam Pattern 2023 (For Class 6th to 8th Teacher)
- Mode of examination – Offline (Pen and Paper based exam)
- Number of questions – 150
- Type of questions – Objective type multiple choice questions
- Language of questions – English and Hindi
- Maximum Marks – 150
- Marking Pattern – Each question will carry 1 mark
- Negative Marking – Not applicable
| Subjects | Number of questions | Maximum marks |
| (i) Child Development & Pedagogy (compulsory for all candidates) | 30 questions | 30 marks |
| (iI) Language-I (Hindi) (compulsory) | 30 questions | 30 marks |
| (iii) Language-II (English/Urdu/Sanskrit) (compulsory) | 30 questions | 30 marks |
| (iv) Mathematics and Science (for Mathematics and Science teacher)
OR (v) Social Studies (for Social Studies/ Social Science teacher) OR Any one of the above (iv)/(v) – for teacher of any other subject | 60 questions | 60 marks |
| Total | 150 questions | 150 marks |
UPTET Syllabus 2023
As mentioned above in this post UPTET 2023 Syllabus is different for both paper – I and paper – II. Let’s discuss the syllabus of both papers in detail.
UPTET Paper – I Syllabus 2023
The syllabus of paper – I is for those candidates who want to be a primary teacher i.e. teacher of class 1st to 5th. Let’s checkout the subject wise syllabus
Child Development and Pedagogy
- 1st Unit – Child Development: Concept of growth and development, Principles and dimensions of development, Factors affection development (especially in the context of family and school) and its relationship with learning, Role of Heredity and Environment.
- 2nd Unit – Learning: Meaning and Concept of learning and its processes, Factors Affecting learning, Theories of learning and its implication, How Children learn and think, Motivation and Implications for Learning
- 3rd Unit – Individual Differences: Meaning, types and factors of Affection, Individual differences, Understanding Individual Differences based on Language, Gender, Community, Caste & Religion. Personality: Concept, and types of personality, Factors responsible for shaping it, its measurement Intelligence: Concept, Theories and its measurement, Multidimensional Intelligence
- 4th Unit – Understanding diverse learning: Backward, Mentally retarded, Gifted, Creative, Disadvantaged and Deprived, Specially-abled. Learning difficulties and Adjustments: Concept and ways of adjustment, Role of teacher in adjustment
- 5th Unit – Teaching: Teaching-learning process, Teaching learning strategies, and methods in the context of National Curriculum Framework 2005. Assessment and Evaluation: Meaning and purposes of Assessment, Measurement, and Evaluation, Comprehensive and Continuous Evaluation, Constriction of Achievement Test, Action Research Right to Education Act, 2009
English
- 1st Unit – Unseen Prose Passage, Synonyms, Antonyms, Spelling, Word-formation, One Word Substitution.
- 2nd Unit – Unseen Prose Passage, Parts of Speech, Tenses Determiners, Change of Degrees.
- 3rd Unit – Framing Question including Wh-questions, Active and Passive Voice, Knowledge of English Sounds and Phonetic Symbols
- 4th Unit – Principles of Teaching English, Methods, and Approaches to English Language Teaching
- 5th Unit – Development of Language Skills Teaching, Learning Materials including Textbooks, Multi-Media Materials, and other resources
- 6th Unit – Comprehensive & Continuous Evaluation, Evaluation of Language Proficiency, English Preparation Tips.
Hindi/ Urdu/ Sanskrit
- Teaching challenges in the classroom
- Remedial teaching to evaluate proficiency in language comprehension
- The material of teaching-learning language Skills
- Reading unseen passages
- Verbal ability
- Principles of language teaching
- The critical aspect of grammar
- Grammar inference acquisition and learning
- Listening role and speaking
Mathematics
- 1st Unit – Indices, Algebraic Expressions, Factors, Equations, Square Roots, Cube Roots
- 2nd Unit – Interest, Ratio and Proportion, Percentage.
- 3rd Unit – Lines and Angles, Plane Figures, Area of Place Figures, Surface Area and Volume
- 4th Unit – Statistics, Graph
- 5th Unit – Nature of Mathematics, Place of Mathematics, Language of Mathematics, Community of Mathematics
- 6th Unit – Evaluation, Remedial Teaching, Problem of Teaching.
Environmental Science
- 1st Unit – Family: Family Personal relationships, nuclear and joint families, social abuses (child marriage, dowry system, child labour, theft); addiction (intoxication, smoking) and it’s personal, social and economic bad effects. Clothes and Habitats: Clothes for different seasons, maintenance of clothes at home, handloom and power loom, habitats of living beings, various types of houses, cleanliness of houses and neighbouring areas, Different types of materials for building houses.
- 2nd Unit – Profession: Profession of your surroundings (stitching clothes, gardening, farming, animal rearing, vegetable vendor etc.), small and cottage industries, major industries of the State, Need for consumer protection, co-operative societies. Public places and Institutions: Public places like school, hospital, post office, bus stand, railway station, Public property (street light, road, bus, train, public buildings etc.), wastage of electricity and water, employment policies, general information about Panchayat, legislative assembly and parliament. Our Culture and Civilization: Fairs and festivals, National festivals, Dresses, food-habits and art and craft of the state, Tourist places and Great personalities of the state.
- 3rd Unit – Transport and Communication: Means of transport and communication, Rules for pedestrians and transport, Effects of means of communication on the lifestyle. Personal Hygiene: External parts of our body and their cleanliness, general information about the internal parts of the body, Balanced diet, and its importance, Common diseases (gastroenteritis, amoebiosis, methemoglobin, anaemia, fluorosis, malaria, dengue) their causes and methods of prevention, Pulse Polio campaign. Living Beings: Levels of organisation of plants and animals, diversity of living organisms, state flower, state tree, state bird, state animal, knowledge of reserve forest and wildlife (national parks, sanctuaries, tiger reserve, world heritage), conservation of species of plants and animals, knowledge of Kharif and Rabi crops
- 4th Unit – Matter and Energy: Common properties of substances (colour, state, ductility, solubility) various types of fuels, types of energy and transformation of one form into another, Applications of energy in daily life, sources of light, common properties of light. Weather and climate: Basic knowledge of air, water, forest, wetlands and deserts, different kind of pollution, renewable and non-renewable resources of energy in the state and concept of their conservation, weather, and climate, water cycle.
- 5th Unit – Concept and scope of Environment Studies: The significance of Environment Studies, Integrated Environment Studies, Environmental Studies & Environmental Education learning Principles, Scope & relation to Science & Social Science, Approaches to presenting concepts.
- 6th Unit – Activities: Experimentation/Practical Work Discussion, Comprehensive and Continuous Evaluation, Teaching material/Aides, Problems of Teaching.
UPTET Paper 2 Syllabus
The syllabus of UPTET paper 2 is for those aspirants who want to be a teacher of class 6th to 8th in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
Child Development
- Child Development (Elementary School Child)
- Concept of Inclusive education and understanding children with special needs
- Learning and Pedagogy
Language – 1
- Language Comprehension
- Pedagogy of Language Development
Language – 2
- Comprehension Pedagogy of Language Development
Mathematics
- Pedagogical issues
- Number System
- Algebra
- Geometry
- Mensuration
- Data Handling
Science
- 1st Unit – Micro-Organism Living Beings, Human Body and Health, Animal Reproduction and Adolescence.
- 2nd Unit – Force and Motion, Heat, Light and Sound
- 3rd Unit – Science and Technology, Solar System
- 4th Unit – Structure of Matter, Chemical Substance
- 5th Unit – Nature & Structure of Science, Natural Science, Understanding the Method of Teaching Science
- 6th Unit – Innovation Text Material/ Aids, Evaluation Problems, Remedial Teaching
Social Studies/ Social Science
- 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, Resource Types like Natural, Human and Agriculture.
- Social and Political Science – Diversity, Government, Local Government, Making a Living, Democracy, State Government, Understanding Media, Unpacking Gender, The Constitution, Parliamentary Government, Social Justice and the Marginalized.
- Pedagogical issues – Concept & Nature of Social Science/Social Studies, Class Room Processes, activities, and discourse, Developing Critical thinking, Enquiry/Empirical Evidence, Problems of teaching, Social Science/Social Studies, Sources – Primary & secondary, Project Work
UPTET 2023 Preparation Books
Given below is the list of best books from which you can prepare for the UPTET 2023 examination.
- Book For UPTET Child Development and Pedagogy – UPTET Child Development and Pedagogy by Kiran Publication.
- Book for UPTET Mathematics – Quantitative Aptitude, RS Aggarwal published by S Chand
- Environmental Studies UPTET Book – Environmental Studies, by Wiley Publication
- UPTET Best Book for English – English Language, by Geeta Sahni of Pearson Publication
- UPTET Best Book for Social Studies – Social Studies, by Disha Publication
- Best Book for UPTET Hindi – ‘Hindi Bhasha’ by Diamond Power Learning