West Bengal Primary Teacher Syllabus

Child Development and Pedagogy

Concept of development and its relationship with learning, Principles of the development of children, Influence of Heredity & Environment, Socialization processes, Piaget, Kohlberg and Vygotsky, Concepts of child-centred education, Motivation and learning, Classroom management, Inclusive education

Language 1 (English)

Language Comprehension, Determiners, Subject-verb Concord, Question tags, Pedagogy for Language Development, Evaluating language skills, Language difficulties

Language 2 (Bengali)

Challenges of teaching language, Evaluating language comprehension, Teaching-learning materials

Mathematics

Geometry, Shapes, Measurement, Numbers, Arithmetic, Fractions, Pedagogical issues in Mathematics

EVS

Concept of environmental studies, Health and Hygiene, Types of water resources, Soil pollution, Importance of integrated approach in EVS