Organisation : OSEPA Odisha School Education Programme Authority
Recruitment Exam : Junior Teachers (Schematic)
Document Type : Syllabus
Website : https://osepa.odisha.gov.in/
OSEPA Junior Teachers (Schematic) Syllabus
Syllabus for Computer Based Test (CBT) for the selection of Junior Teachers (Schematic): Category-I (Class-I to V)
( General English, Odia, General Knowledge and Current Affairs, Reasoning Ability, Computer Literacy and Child development, Curriculum, Learning & Assessment )
General English :(20 Marks)
** Questions on comprehension, inference & grammar from one unseen passage.
** Questions on comprehension, appreciation from a Poem
General Odia : (20 Marks)
** Questions on comprehension, inference & grammar from one unseen passage.
** Questions on comprehension, appreciation from a Poem
General Knowledge and Current Affairs : (20 Marks)
** Current events of state (Odisha), national and international importance
** History of Odisha I India
** Indian and World Geography
** Indian Polity
** Economic and Social Development
** Everyday Science
Reasoning Ability : (20 Marks)
** General mental ability
** Logical reasoning and analytic ability
** Basic numeracy.
** Decision making & Problem solving.
Computer Literacy : (10 Marks)
** Basic computer literacy skills for use of ICT in classrooms
** Concepts, terminology and operations relating to general computer usage
** Basic hardware of computer
** Common applications
** Networking and internet
Child Development, Learning, Curriculum & Assessment : (30 Marks)
Unit-1 : Understanding Child Development
** Concept. principles and stages of child development
** Characteristics of physical, cognitive, social. anticlerical and moral development in childhood and early adolescence
** Significance of heredity and environment in understanding the child
** Factors influencing child development — home, school, peer-group and society
** Understanding the developmental needs of children (age-specific)Learning and developmental tasks. developmental delays, helping children to grow.
Unit-2 : Understanding Learning Process
** Learning – concept and nature Individual differences in learning
** Understanding how child learns Learning through observation, imitation, trial and error, experimentation and experience
** Learning as meaning making
** Basic Conditions of learning – maturation, fatigue, reinforcement, materials, tasks, organization of materials
** Promoting Learning – motivating learner, facilitating classroom learning environment, teacher behavior.
Unit-3 : Learner in Inclusive Context
** meaning of inclusive education, distinction from Integrated education and special education
** Implementation of inclusive Education
** Education of CWSN – types. identification, learning needs. teaching strategies and curriculum adaption
** Education or girl child – issues and strategies to address, initiatives taken so far
** Education of socio- culturally disadvantaged children
Unit-4 :
** Right to Education (RTE)
** Child Right & Child Abuse
Unit-5 : Curriculum
** Concept and Types – subset centered, child centered experience centered, local – specific
** Core Curriculum – meaning and features
** Principles of Curriculum Construction.
** Process of Curriculum development at the elementary school level.
Unit-6 : Process of Curriculum Transaction
** Guiding principles for Curriculum Transaction NCF -2005
** Specifying objectives of Curriculum in me learners context
** Selection and organization of learning activities and experiences
** Skills for classroom transaction – questioning skills. communication Skills. blackboard writing Skills, providing reinforcement, classroom movement.
Unit-7 : Approaches to Learning and Teaching
** Teacher centered. learner centered and learning centered approaches
** competency based approach
** Activity based approach
– Active/ and its elements
– Characteristics of activity
– Varieties of activity (Curricular and other curricular)
Scheme of Examination for Junior Teachers (Schematic)
Paper : Part-I
Area of Content | No. of Questions | Marks
General English – 10 – 20
General Odia – 10 – 20
General Knowledge & Current Affairs – 10 – 20
Reasoning Ability – 10 – 20
Computer Literacy – 05- 10
Child Development, Learning, Curriculum & Assessment – 15 – 30
Total : 60 – 120
Paper : Part-II
Area of Content | No. of Questions | Marks
Part-II Subject Contents – 40 – 80
Pedagogy – 20 – 40
Total : 60 – 120
Grand Total : Total : 120 – 240
Duration : 150 Min. (2Hrs.30 Min.)
** All the questions will be of MCQ type carrying two marks each.
** 02 marks will be awarded for each correct answer and 0.5 marks will be deducted for each incorrect answer.
** Part-I & II are compulsory for both the teachers of Science & Arts for Class-I to V.
In Part-II :
** Mathematics – 20 marks (10 questions) from Content + 10 marks (05 questions)from pedagogy
** Environmental Science -20 marks(10 questions) from Content + 10 marks (05 questions) from pedagogy
** Odia/Urdu/Hindi/Telugu/Bengali – 20 marks (10 questions) from Content + 10 marks (05 questions)from pedagogy, optional for student
** English — 20 marks (10 questions) from Content + 10 marks (05 questions)from pedagogy
** Questions of non-language subjects will be bilingual in nature.
** The questions may be up to Secondary / 10th level and as per the prescribed syllabus.
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