Organisation : Mizoram Public Service Commission
Announcement : Syllabus
Designation : Child Development Project Officer (CDPO)
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CPDO Exam Syllabus :
General English Paper – I (3 hours duration)
Essay Type (Full Marks : 100)
(a) Essay Writing
(b) Précis Writing
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(c) Letter Writing
(d) Idioms & Phrases
(e) Expansion of passages
(f) Comprehension of given passages
General English Paper – II (2 hours duration)
Objective Type (MCQ) (Full Marks : 100)
(a) Grammar :
Parts of Speech, Nouns, Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Preposition, etc.
(b) Composition
i) Analysis of complex and compound sentences
ii) Transformation of sentences
iii) Synthesis of sentences
(c) Correct usage and vocabularies
Social Work Subject :
Technical Paper-I :
Unit I Basic Concepts :
Charity, Social Reform and Social Service : Definitions and Concept Welfare and Social Welfare: Definitions and Concept Social Justice and Human Rights : Development, Definition and Concept Social Work : Definition and Concept Social Problems : Poverty, Unemployment, Substance Abuse, HIV/AIDS and Insurgency
Unit II Social Work Profession :
Historical Development of Social Work : International and National Perspective Profession : Definition and Concept Ethics of Social Work Profession Assumptions and Principles of Social Work Challenges of Social Work Profession : International, National and Regional Perspective
Unit III Theories, Methods and Models :
Theories related to Social Work Practice Primary Methods : Case Work, Group Work and Community Work Secondary Methods : Social Welfare Administration, Social Action and Social Work Research Principles, Techniques and Process of Social Work Methods Models and Approaches of Social Work Intervention
Unit IV Fields and Practice :
Social Work with Family, Children and Women Social Work and Youth Social Work and Health Social Work and Schools Role of Social Workers in different levels of settings and practice (Micro, Mezzo and Macro)
Technical Paper –II :
Child Welfare and Policy in India
Unit I Basic Concepts :
Child : Definition and Concept Child Welfare and Policy: Definition and Concept Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE): Historical Development and Importance Historical Development of Child Welfare : International and National Perspective Institutional and Non-Institutional Services: Concepts, Types and Functions
Unit II Child Development :
Concept of Child Development : Growth, Development and Socialization Theories of Child Development: Freud, Pavlov, Piaget, Mead, Erickson, Hurlock Types of Growth and Development Stages of Growth and Development Factors affecting Growth and Development: Nature-Nurture Debate
Unit III Health, Nutrition and Children :
Health : Maternal, Child and Adolescence Health Care Mental Health of Children: Meaning and Importance; Pre-Natal and Post Natal Care Child Nutrition and Malnutrition: Meaning and Importance Nutrients: Types and Importance Legislations and Programmes pertaining to Child Health and Nutrition in India
Unit IV Policies and Programmes of Children :
Constitutional Provisions for Children in India Children in Five Year Plans National Policy for Children (1974 and 2013) : Development and Features Legislations pertaining to Child Care and Protection in India Centrally Sponsored Schemes : ICDS, SSA, NRHM and ICPS – Development, Objectives and Features