Mizoram TET 2026 Syllabus

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APPENDIX – I

STRUCTURE AND CONTENT OF SYLLABUS
(Paper I and Paper II)

SYLLABUS FOR TEACHER ELIGIBILITY TEST
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PAPER I : PRIMARY STAGE
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30 questions
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(a) Child development

1. Perspective in development
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3. Social and Emotional Development
 Personality development (Freud)
 Psycho-social development (Erikson)
 Attachment : Bowl by, Ainsworth
 Development of Emotions; Functions of emotions and the ability to regulate them.
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5. Context of socialization.
 Concept of socialization
 Parenting styles
 School culture
 Peer influence
 Competition, conflict and cooperation
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(b) Concept of inclusive education & understanding children with special needs
1. Inclusive Education
 Concept of Inclusive Education
 Forms of inclusion and exclusion
 Addressing inequality and diversity in Indian classroom; pedagogical and curriculum
concerns

2. Children with special needs
 Identification, assessment and intervention of disability
 Approaches and skills for teaching children with special needs.

3. Gender, School and Society
 Social construction of masculinity and femininity
 Working towards gender equality in the classroom

Part II
(a) Teaching & Learning Process

 Behaviourism & Constructivism and their educational implications
 Factors affecting learning
 Motivation for learning
 Evaluation
– Concept, Process & Purpose of Evaluation & Assessment
– Evaluation & Measurement
– Continuous and comprehensive evaluation
– Tools & Techniques of evaluation

(b) Teaching Aptitude

 Factors affecting teaching
 Methods & Techniques of teaching; Learner centered teaching strategies
 Classroom management skills : Planning and implementation
 Qualities of a good facilitator
– Emotional maturity
– Balanced personality
– Attitude
– Values
– Professional ethics
– Conduct rules
 Inculcating democratic ideals and moral value.

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2. MIZO
Part I-a zawhna awm tur zat  10 questions
Part II-a zawhna awm tur zat  20 questions
A vaia zawhna awm tur zat  30 questions

Part I : Lehkha chhiar hriat thiam leh hriat thiam loh enna tur thuziak
(unseen passage)
(i) Thu pakhat (one unseen passage)
(ii) Hla pakhat (one unseen poem)

A chunga mite atang khian heng ang zawhnate hi buatsaih tur a ni :
(i) Hriat thiam leh thiam loh enna tur zawhnate
(Comprehension question)
(ii) Grammar zawhnate

Part II : Pedagogy of Mizo language learning :
(i) Mother tongue/First language : A awmzia leh pawimawhnate
(ii) Primary School-a Mizo tawng zirtirnain a tumte (aims & objectives)
(iii) Mizo tawng zirtirtu tha nihna leh thiam tur (characteristics & qualities)
(iv) Tawng thiamnain a ken palite - Ngaihthlak thiamna, Tawng thiamna,
Chhiar thiamna leh Ziak thiamna
(v) Heng zirtirnain a tum leh zirtir dan :
- Thu (prose)
- Hla ( nursery rhyme & poem)
- Grammar
- Thu ziak dan (writing composition)
- Thumal (vocabulary)
- Drama
(vi) Lesson Plan : A pawimawhna leh plan dan chi hrang hrang
(vii) Mizo tawng hman dik lohte
(viii) Mizo tawng ziah zawm leh zawm lohturte
(ix) Tawng upate
(x) Mizo tawng zirtir nana teaching aids tangkainate leh hman tangkai theih te
(xi) Mizo tawng zirtir nana teaching aids hman tangkai theihte
(xii) Learner assessment
(xiii) Classroom activities :
- Role play
- Dramatisation
- Recitation
- Discussion
- Debate
- Group Work
- Pair Work
- Project Work

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No. of questions in Part I  15 questions
No. of questions in Part II  15 questions
Total number of questions  30 questions
Part 1 : Language Comprehension
Reading unseen passages – two passages (One prose or drama and one poem) with
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4. Four Language Skills
5. Objectives and method of teaching
• Prose • Poetry • Vocabulary • Grammar
6. Lesson Planning
7. English Usage
8. Idioms and Phrases
9. Importance of Teaching Aids in Teaching English
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Assessment :
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2. Responding to content and form
3. Using portfolios for subjective assessment
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4. ENGLISH
No. of questions in Part I  15 questions
No. of questions in Part II  15 questions
Total number of questions  30 questions

PART 1 : Language Proficiency
1. Reading unseen passages – one passage (One prose or drama or one poem) with
questions on comprehension, inference, grammar and verbal ability. (Prose passage may
be literary, scientific, narrative or discursive)
2. Four Language Skills
3. Grammar
4. Vocabulary
Part 2 : Pedagogy of Language Development
a) Issues on Teaching English
1. Teaching English as a second language and foreign language : developmental, socio-
economic and psychological factors, key factors affecting second language acquisition.
2. Nature of Language
b) Approaches and Methods of Teaching English
1. Different approaches to the teaching of English :
i. Behaviouristic Approach
ii. Structural Approach
iii. Cognitive Approach
iv. Constructivist Approach
v. Communicative Approach
2. Different methods and techniques of teaching English :
i. Grammar translation method
ii. Audio lingual method
iii. Direct Method
iv. Bilingual Method
c) Planning
i) Unit planning and Lesson planning
ii) English across the curriculum
iii) Preparation and use of low cost teaching aids
d) Teaching Strategies
i) Four Skills : Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing
ii) Grammar
e) Developing and Assessing
i) Listening Skill
ii) Speaking Skill
iii) Reading Skill
iv) Writing Skill
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5. MATHEMATICS
No. of questions in Part I  15 questions
No. of questions in Part II  15 questions
Total number of questions  30 questions

Part I : Contents
(i) Geometry
(ii) Shapes & Spatial Understanding
(iii) Solids around us
(iv) Numbers
(v) Addition and Subtraction
(vi) Multiplication
(vii) Division
(viii) Measurement
(ix) Weight
(x) Time
(xi) Volume
(xii) Data Handling
(xiii) Patterns
(xiv) Money

Part II : Pedagogical issues
• Nature of Mathematics/Logical thinking; understanding children’s thinking
and reasoning patterns and strategies of making meaning and learning
• Aims and objectives of teaching mathematics in Primary Schools
• Place of Mathematics in Curriculum
• Language of Mathematics
• Methods and techniques of teaching mathematics at primary stage
• Instructional materials in mathematics, their importance and improvisation
• Problems of teaching mathematics
• Assessment in mathematics
• Concept and purpose
• Techniques of assessment
• Assessment tools
- Diagnostic and Remedial Teaching
- Planning for teaching mathematics
• Annual Plan, Unit Plan, Lesson Plan
- Mathematical reasoning
- Communicating mathematics

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No. of questions in Part II  15 questions
Total number of questions  30 questions

Part I : Contents
(i) Family and Friends
- Relationships
- Work and Play
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(vi) Things we do and make

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1. Concept and Scope of EVS
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 Preconception and Alternative Conception in children.
4. Classroom transaction
 Methods and techniques of teaching EVS :observation, activities, discussion, group
work, field visits, projects, survey experimentation
 Process Skills in EVS : observation, classification, analysis, communication,
measurement, prediction, expression and inference.
 Different types of Teaching Learning Materials for teaching EVS.
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PAPER II (for classes V to VIII) : MIDDLE STAGE
SYLLABUS FOR TEACHER ELIGIBILITY TEST

Paper – II (MIDDLE STAGE)

1. CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND PEDAGOGY
No. of questions in Part I  18 questions
No. of questions in Part II  12 questions
Total number of questions  30 questions

Part I
(a) Child development
1. Perspective in development
 Factors affecting child development
 Naturalistic Observations : Interviews, Anecdotal records, Narratives
2. Physical – Motor Development
 Growth and maturation
 Gross and fine motor development skills in infancy and pre-school children
3. Social and Emotional Development
 Personality development (Freud)
 Psycho-social development (Erikson)
 Attachment : Bowlby, Ainsworth
 Development of Emotions; Functions of emotions and the ability to regulate them.
4. Childhood
 Childhood in the modern world. How poverty, globalization and adult culture
effect the child.
 Commonalities and diversities within the notion of childhood
5. Context of socialization
 Concept of socialization
 Parenting styles
 School culture
 Peer influence
 Competition, conflict and cooperation
(b) Concept of inclusive education & understanding children with special needs
1. Inclusive Education
 Concept of Inclusive Education
 Forms of inclusion and exclusion
 Addressing inequality and diversity in Indian classroom; pedagogical and curriculum
concerns
2. Children with special needs
 Identification, assessment and intervention of disability
 Approaches and skills for teaching children with special needs.
3. Gender, School and Society
 Social construction of masculinity and femininity
 Working towards gender equality in the classroom
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Part II

(c) Teaching & Learning Process
 Behaviourism & Constructivism and their educational implications
 Factors affecting learning
 Motivation for learning
 Evaluation
– Concept, Process & Purpose of Evaluation & Assessment
– Evaluation & Measurement
– Continuous and comprehensive evaluation
– Tools & Techniques of evaluation

(d) Teaching Aptitude
 Factors affecting teaching
 Methods & Techniques of teaching; Learner centered teaching strategies
 Classroom management skills : Planning and implementation
 Qualities of a good facilitator
– Emotional maturity
– Balanced personality
– Attitude
– Values
– Professional ethics
– Conduct rules
* Inculcating democratic ideals and moral values

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Part I-a zawhna awm tur zat  10 questions
Part II-a zawhna awm tur zat  20 questions
A vaia zawhna awm tur zat  30 questions

Part I : Lehkha chhiar hriat thiam leh hriat thiam loh enna tur thuziak
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Part II : Pedagogy of Mizo language learning
(i) Mother tongue/First language : A awmzia leh pawimawhnate
(ii) Middle School-a Mizo tawng zirtirnain a tumte (aims & objectives)
(iii) Mizo tawng zirtirtu tha nihna leh thiam tur (characteristics & qualities)
(iv) Tawng thiamnain a ken palite - Ngaihthlak thiamna, Tawng thiamna,
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- Thumal (vocabulary)
- Drama
(vi) Lesson Plan : A pawimawhna leh plan dan chi hrang hrang
(vii) Mizo tawng hman dik lohte
(viii) Mizo tawng ziah zawm leh zawm loh turte
(ix) Tawngupate
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3. ALTERNATIVE ENGLISH
No. of questions in Part I  15 questions
No. of questions in Part II  15 questions
Total number of questions  30 questions

Part 1 : Language Comprehension
Reading unseen passages – two passages (One prose or drama and one poem) with
questions on comprehension, inference, grammar and verbal ability. (Prose passage may be
literary, scientific, narrative or discursive)

Part 2 : Pedagogy of Language Learning
a) Mother Tongue and Language Development :
1. Mother Tongue : Definition and meaning
2. Aims and Objectives of teaching first and second language in Elementary Schools
3. Characteristics and Qualities of a good language teacher
4. Relationship between a child’s growth and language development
5. Importance of Mother Tongue in a child’s growth and development and education
b) Teaching Strategies :
1. Teaching Prose
2. Teaching Poetry
3. Teaching Vocabulary
4. Teaching Grammar
c) Class Room Activities :
1. Role Play
2. Dramatisation
3. Recitation
4. Extempore Speech
5. Debate
6. Story Telling

d) Assessment :
1. Concept and Purpose
2. Responding to content and form
3. Using portfolios for subjective assessment

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4. ENGLISH
No. of questions in Part I  15 questions
No. of questions in Part II  15 questions
Total number of questions  30 questions
PART 1 : Language Proficiency
1. Reading unseen passages – one passage (One prose or drama or one poem)
with questions on comprehension, inference, grammar and verbal ability. (Prose
passage may be literary, scientific, narrative or discursive)
2. Four Language Skills
3. Grammar
4. Vocabulary
Part 2 : Pedagogy of Language Development
a) Issues on Teaching English
1. Teaching English as a second language and foreign language : developmental,
socio-economic and psychological factors, key factors affecting second
language acquisition.

2. Nature of Language.
b) Approaches and Methods of Teaching English
1. Different approaches to the teaching of English :
i. Behaviouristic Approach
ii. Structural Approach
iii. Cognitive Approach
iv. Constructivist Approach
v. Communicative Approach
2. Different methods and techniques of teaching English :
i. Grammar translation method
ii. Audio lingual method
iii. Direct Method
iv. Bilingual Method
c) Planning
1. Unit planning and Lesson planning
2. English across the curriculum
3. Preparation and use of low cost teaching aids
d) Teaching Strategies
1. Four Skills : Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing
2. Grammar
e) Developing and Assessing
1. Listening Skill
2. Speaking Skill
3. Reading Skill
4. Writing Skill

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No. of questions in Part I  20 questions
No. of questions in Part II  10 questions
Total number of questions  30 questions

Part I : Contents
(i) Number System
– Knowing our Numbers
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(iii) Geometry
– Basic geometrical ideas (2-D)
– Understanding Elementary Shapes (2-D and 3-D)
– Symmetry : (reflection)
(iv) Mensuration
(v) Data handling

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6. SCIENCE
No. of questions in Part I  20 questions
No. of questions in Part II  10 questions
Total number of questions  30 questions

Part I : Contents
(i) Food (Sources of food, Components of food, Cleaning food)
(ii) Materials (Materials of daily use)
(iii) The World of the Living
(iv) Moving Things People and Ideas
(v) How things work (Electric current and circuits, Magnets)
(vi) Natural Phenomena
(vii) Natural Resources

Part II : Pedagogical Issues :

• Aims and Objectives of teaching science in Elementary School
• Problems and remedies of teaching Science
• Correlation and interdependence of science with other subjects
• Educational values of teaching science
• Qualities of good science teacher
• Development of scientific attitude
• Methods of teaching science in Elementary School
• Science museum, field trip, projects and exhibition
• Different types of assessment
• Teaching learning materials (Teaching Aids) in Science

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7. SOCIAL SCIENCE
No. of questions in Part I  40 questions
No. of questions in Part II  20 questions
Total number of questions  60 questions

Part I : Contents
Our Pasts
* What, Where, How and When?
* On the Trail of the Earliest People
* From Gathering to Growing Food
* In the Earliest Cities
* What Books and Burials Tell Us
* New Questions and Ideas
* New Kings and Kingdoms
* The Delhi Sultans
* The Mughal Empire
* Towns, Traders and Craft persons
* Tribes, Nomads and Settled Communities
* From Trade to Territory
* Ruling the Countryside
* When People Rebel - 1857 and After
* Weavers, Iron Smelters and Factory Owners
*Civilising the “Native”, Educating the Nation
* The Making of the National Movement : 1870s-1947
* India After Independence

Geography
* The Earth in the Solar System
* Globe
* Motions of the Earth
* Environment
* Inside Our Earth
* Air
* Water
* Natural Vegetation and Wildlife
* Human Environment – Settlement, Transport and Communication
* Resources
* Land, Soil, Water, Natural Vegetation and Wildlife Resources
* Agriculture
* Human Resources

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* Diversity and Discrimination
* Key Element of a Democratic Government
* Panchayati Raj
* Rural Administration
* Urban Administration
* Equality in Indian Democracy
* State Government
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1. Concept and nature of Social Science/ Social Studies
2. Important themes in Social Studies
 Time continuity and change : Social structure and Social stratification.
 Civilization : History and Culture.
 State : Authority, Nation, Nation-state and Citizen.
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 Market and Exchange
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 Different methods of teaching
Narration, Comparisons, Observation, Dialogue and Discussion.
 Teaching Learning Materials : Need and Importance, types, improvisation.
 Concept and Sources of Data.

4. Evaluation in Social Science/Social Studies
 Types of evaluation
 Tools and techniques
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