Tripura TET Paper 1 syllabus 2026
Tripura TET Paper 1 (Classes 1 to 5) carries 150 marks and has 5 sections: Child Development & Pedagogy, Language I (English), Language II (Bengali or Kokborok), Mathematics, Environmental Studies.
Paper I — Classes 1 to 5
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Paper I — Classes 1 to 5
150 marks5 sections. Tap one to read what it covers.
Child development and learning: growth and maturation, heredity and environment, socialisation, domains of development, theories of Piaget, Kohlberg, Chomsky, Vygotsky and Rogers, individual differences, theories of intelligence, gender and education, mental health, assessment for and of learning, CCE. Inclusive education: children with special needs, learning disability, gifted and specially abled learners. Learning and pedagogy: how children think and learn, errors as steps in learning, cognition and emotion, motivation, classroom management, punishment and rights of the child, guidance and counselling.
Comprehension: two passages, one prose and one poetry, with questions on comprehension, inference, grammar and vocabulary. Grammar: determiners, subject-verb concord, interrogatives, question tags, prepositions, tense and time, phrasal verbs, gerunds and participles, auxiliary verbs. Pedagogy: language learning and acquisition, principles of teaching, role of grammar, language difficulties and errors, phonology, LSRW skills, teaching materials, CWSN, remedial teaching.
Comprehension and grammar of the language you choose, literature (Bengali), and pedagogy of language teaching: how a language is learnt, listening, speaking, reading and writing skills, evaluation, remedial teaching and lesson planning. The official PDF lists the exact items in Bengali and Kokborok.
Geometry: angles, lines, axis, reflection and symmetry, shapes and solids, perimeter and area, surface area and volume. Measurement: length, weight, time, capacity. Numbers: natural numbers, place value, factors and multiples, prime factors, LCM and HCF, decimals. Arithmetic: unitary method, ratio, proportion, percentage, average, profit and loss. Fractions, time, data handling, patterns, money. Pedagogy: language of mathematics, methods of teaching, TLM, CCE, error analysis, diagnostic and remedial teaching.
Family and friends, work and play, plants and animals, food and nutrition, health and hygiene, shelters, travel, water, air, soil, energy, environmental characteristics of Tripura (location, climate, crops, rivers, hills, plants and animals, reserve forests, sanctuaries) and environmental protection. Pedagogy: scope of environmental studies, integrated approach, CCE, teaching aids.
Tripura TET: questions people ask
Should I take T-TET Paper I or Paper II?
Take Paper I if you want to teach Classes 1 to 5, and Paper II if you want to teach Classes 6 to 8. If you are eligible for both, you can sit both papers. They are on different days (20 December 2026 and 3 January 2027, tentative), so you can prepare for both. Child Development and Pedagogy, and the two language sections, are common to both papers.
Who can apply for T-TET Paper I and Paper II?
Paper I: Senior Secondary with at least 50% and a 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education (D.El.Ed), or the other routes in the prospectus, such as 4-year B.El.Ed, or graduation with D.El.Ed. Paper II: graduation with D.El.Ed, or graduation or post-graduation with at least 50% and B.Ed, among other routes. You need a Permanent Resident Certificate of Tripura at scrutiny.
Which languages can I choose for Language II?
Bengali or Kokborok, for both papers. Language I is English. You choose while applying and cannot change it.
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