REET 2021

An Overview of the REET Exam

INTRODUCTION

Rajasthan Eligibility Examination for Teacher (REET) is a state level exam conducted every year to recruit teachers at two level i.e., Level I or Primary Teacher and Level II or Upper Primary Teacher in government schools. The exam is conducted by Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan (BSER).

EVENT & DATES:

EVENTS	DATES
Notification	05-Jan-2021
Application Starts	11-Jan-2021
Application Ends	20-Feb-2021
Admit Card	14-April-2021
Exam Date	25-April-2021
Result	To be updated

ELIGIBILITY:

AGE- There is no age limit for the candidates to apply.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION-   

• For Level I or Primary Teacher – Candidate should be a senior secondary or equivalent with at least 50% marks along with passed or appearing in the final year of two-year Diploma in Elementary Education/ or appearing in the final year of 4 year Bachelor of Elementary Education (B.El.Ed)/ appearing in the final year of 2 year Diploma in Education (Special Education)

Or

Candidate must have Graduation along with passed or appearing in the

final year of 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education.

• For Level II or Upper Primary Teacher – Candidate must have Graduation with at least 50% and passed or appearing in 1-year B.Ed (Special Education)

                                                        Or

Graduation and passed or appearing in the final year of 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education

Or

Graduation with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in 1-year Bachelor in Education (B.Ed)

Or

Graduation with at least 45% marks and passed or appearing 1- year in Bachelor in Education (B.Ed), as per the NCTE Regulations issued from time to time in this regard

Or

Senior Secondary or its equivalent, with at least 50% pmarks and passed or appearing in the final year of 4-year Bachelor in Elementary Education (B.El.Ed)/ appearing in the final year of 4-year B.A/B.Sc B.ed

Or

Graduation with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in 1-year B.ed (Special Education).

VACANCY: The number of vacancies released for the year 2021 as per the official notification of Board of Secondary Education Rajasthan (BSER) is 31000.

It is a certification exam required by the candidates to become teacher in a government school. It is valid for 7 years.

SELECTION PROCESS:  The exam has primarily two stages – written test and personal interview. Candidates who qualify required cut off will be eligible for REET certification and the interview process.

• A candidate has to score a minimum of 60% marks to get qualify.

EXAM PATTERN:

• There will be no negative marking.
• Total number of questions and marks will be 150.
• Exam duration will be 2 hours 30 mins (150 mins)

For Level I, exam pattern will be:

Section	No. of Ques	Marks
Child Development & Pedagogy	30	30
Mathematics	30	30
Language -1	30	30
Language -2	30	30
EnvironmentalScience	30	30
Total	150	150

For Level II, exam pattern will be:

Section	No. of Ques	Marks
Child Development& pedagogy	30	30
Language I (Hindi, Sindhi, English, Sanskrit, Urdu, Punjabi & Gujarati)	30	30
Language II (Hindi, Sindhi, English, Urdu, Punjabi, Gujarati)	30	30
Mathematics & Science (for Maths & Science teacher)Social Science (for Social Science Teacher)	60	60
Total	150	150

SYLLABUS:

REET LEVEL I

1. Child Development & Pedagogy

Child Development

• Concept of growth and development, Principles and dimensions of development.
• Factors affecting development (especially in the context of family and school) and its relationship with learning.
• Role of Heredity and environment

Meaning and Concept of learning and its processes.

• Factors Affecting learning
• Theories of learning and its implication
• How Children learn and think.
• Motivation and Implications for Learning

Individual Differences

• Meaning, Types and Factors Affecting Individual differences
• Understanding individual differences on the basis of language, gender, community, caste & religion.
• Personality: Concept and types of personality, Factors responsible for shaping it. Its measurement.
• Intelligence: Concept, Theories and its measurement. Multidimensional Intelligence. Its implication.

Understanding diverse learners

• Backwards, mentally retarded, gifted, creative, disadvantaged and deprived, specially-abled.
• Learning Difficulties.
• Adjustment: Concept and ways of adjustment. Role of teacher in the adjustment.

Teaching-learning process

• Teaching-learning strategies and methods in the context of National Curriculum Framework 2005.
• Meaning and purposes of Assessment, Measurement and Evaluation.
• Comprehensive and Continuous Evaluation.
• Construction of Achievement Test.
• Action Research.
• Right to Education Act 2009 (Role and Responsibilities of Teachers)

2. Environmental Studies

Family

• Personal relationships, nuclear and joint families, social abuses (child marriage, dowry system, child labour, theft)
• Addiction (intoxication, smoking) and it’s personal, social and economic bad effects.

Clothes and Habitats

• Clothes for different seasons
• Maintenance of clothes at home
• Handloom and power loom
• Habitats of living beings, various types of houses
• Cleanliness of houses and neighbouring areas
• Different types of materials for building houses.

Profession

• The profession of your surroundings
• (stitching clothes, gardening, farming, animal rearing, vegetable vendor etc.)
• Small and cottage industries
• Major industries of Rajasthan State
• Need for consumer protection, co-operative societies.

Public places and Institutions

• Public places like school, hospital, post office, bus stand, railway station
• Public property (street light, road, bus, train, public buildings etc.)
• Wastage of electricity and water
• Employment policies
• General information about Panchayat, legislative assembly and parliament.

Our Culture and Civilization

• Fairs and festivals, National festivals
• Dresses, food-habits and art and craft of Rajasthan
• Tourist places of Rajasthan
• Great personalities of Rajasthan.

Transport and Communication

• Means of transport and communication
• Rules for pedestrians and transport
• Effects of means of communication on the lifestyle.

Personal Hygiene

• External parts of our body and their cleanliness
• General information about the internal parts of the body
• Balance diet and its importance
• Common diseases (gastroenteritis, amoebiasis, methaemoglobin, anaemia, fluorosis, malaria, dengue.)
• Their causes and methods of prevention
• Pulse Polio campaign.

Living Beings

• Levels of organisation of plants and animals
• Diversity of living organisms, state flower, state tree, state bird, state animal
• Knowledge of reserve forest and wildlife (national parks, sanctuaries, tiger reserve, world heritage)
• Conservation of species of plants and animals
• Knowledge of Kharif and Rabi crops.

Matter and Energy

• Common properties of substances (colour, state, ductility, solubility) various types of fuels
• Types of energy and transformation of one form into another
• Applications of energy in daily life, sources of light, common properties of light.
• Basic knowledge of air, water, forest, wetlands and deserts
• Different kind of pollution
• Renewable and non-renewable resources of energy in Rajasthan and concept of their conservation
• Weather and climate
• Water cycle.

Concept and scope of Environment Studies

• Significance of Environment Studies, Integrated Environment Studies
• Environmental Studies & Environmental Education learning Principles
• Scope & relation to Science & Social Science
• Approaches to presenting concepts
• Activities

EVS Pedagogy

• Experimentation/Practical Work
• Discussion
• Comprehensive and Continuous Evaluation
• Teaching material/Aids
• Problems of Teaching

3. Mathematics

• Whole numbers upto one crore, Place Value, Comparison
• Fundamental mathematical operations: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division
• Indian Currency.
• Concept of fraction
• proper fractions
• comparison of proper fraction of the same denominator
• mixed fractions
• comparison of proper fractions of unequal denominators
• Addition and Subtraction of fractions.
• Prime and composite numbers
• Prime factors
• Lowest Common Multiple (LCM)
• Highest Common Factor (HCF).
• Unitary law
• Average
• Profit – Loss
• simple interest
• Plane and curved surfaces
• plane and solid geometrical figures
• properties of plane
• geometrical figures
• the point, line, ray, line segment
• Angle and their types
• Length, Weight, Capacity, Time,
• Measurement of area and their standard units and relation between them
• Area and perimeter of plane surfaces of the square and rectangular objects.
• Mathematics Pedagogy
• Nature of Mathematics/Logical thinking
• Place of Mathematics in Curriculum
• Language of Mathematics
• Community Mathematics
• Mathematics Pedagogy
• Evaluation through formal and informal methods
• Problems of Teaching
• Error analysis and related aspects of learning and teaching
• Diagnostic and Remedial Teaching

4. English Language

PART I

Unseen Prose Passage

• Synonyms
• Antonyms
• Spellings
• Word-formation
• One Word Substitution

Unseen Prose Passage

• Parts of Speech
• Tenses
• Determiners
• Change of Degrees

Framing Questions Including Wh-questions

• Active and Passive Voice
• Knowledge of English Sounds
• Phonetic Symbols

English Pedagogy

• Principles of Teaching English
• Methods and Approaches to the English Language Teaching
• Development of Language Skills
• Teaching Learning Materials: Textbooks, Multi-Media Materials and other Resources
• Comprehensive & Continuous Evaluation
• Evaluating Language Proficiency

PART II

Unseen Prose Passage

• Linking Devices
• Subject-Verb Concord
• Inferences

Unseen Poem

• Identification of Alliteration
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Assonance
• Rhyme
• Modal Auxiliaries
• Phrasal Verbs and Idioms
• Literary Terms
• Elegy
• Sonnet
• Short Story
• Drama
• Basic knowledge of English Sounds and their Phonetic Transcription

English Pedagogy

• Principles of Teaching English
• Communicative Approach to English
• Language Teaching
• Challenges of Teaching English:

Language Difficulties

Errors and Disorders

• Tools and techniques of Evaluation
• Methods of Evaluation
• Remedial Teaching

5. Hindi Language

एक अपठित गद्यांश में से निम्नलिखित व्याकरण संबंधी प्रश्न:

शब्द ज्ञान, तत्सम, तद्भव, देशज, विदेशी शब्द

पर्यायवाची, विलोम, एकार्थी शब्द,

उपसर्ग, प्रत्यय,संधि और समास,

संज्ञा, सर्वनाम, विशेषण, अव्यय

एक अपठित गद्यांश में से निम्नलिखित बिंदुओं पर प्रश्न:

रेखांकित शब्दों का अर्थ स्पष्ट करना, वचन, काल, लिंग ज्ञात करना

दिए गए शब्दों का वचन काल और लिंग बदलना

वाक्य रचना, वाक्य के अंग,भाषा शिक्षण, वाक्य के प्रकार, पदबंध, मुहावरे और लोकोक्तियाँ

विधि, भाषा शिक्षण के उपागम, भाषा दक्षता का विकास

भाषायी कौशलों का विकास (सुनना, बोलना, पढ़ना, लिखना) हिंदी भाषा शिक्षण में चुनौतियाँ, शिक्षण अधिगम सामग्री, पाठ्य पुस्तक, बहु-माध्यम एवं शिक्षण के अन्य संसाधन।

भाषा शिक्षण में मूल्यांकन, उपलब्धि परीक्षण का निर्माण समग्र एवं सतत् मूल्यांकन, उपचारात्मकशिक्षण।

PART III

अपठित गद्यांश आधारित निम्नलिखित व्याकरण संबंधी प्रश्न:

• शब्द ज्ञान, तत्सम, तद्भव, देशज, विदेशी शब्द
• उपसर्ग, प्रत्यय, संधि, समास,संज्ञा, सर्वनाम
• विशेषण, क्रिया, लिंग, वचन, काल

एक अपठित गद्यांश पर आधारित निम्नलिखित बिंदुओं पर प्रश्न:

• भाव सौंदर्य
• विचार सौंदर्य
• नाद सौंदर्य
• शिल्प सौंदर्य
• जीवन दृष्टि

रचना, वाक्य के अंग, वाक्य के भेद, पदबंध, मुहावरे, लोकोक्तियाँ। कारकवाक्य चिन, अव्यय

भाषा शिक्षण विधि, भाषा शिक्षण के उपागम, भाषायी दक्षता का विकास

भाषायी कौशलों का विकास (सुनना, बोलना, पढ़ना, लिखना) शिक्षण अधिगम सामग्री-पाठ्य पुस्तक, बहु-माध्यम एवं शिक्षण के अन्य संसाधन

भाषायी कौशलों का विकास (सुनना, बोलना, पढ़ना, लिखना) शिक्षण अधिगम सामग्री-पाठ्य पुस्तक, बहु-माध्यम एवं शिक्षण के अन्य संसाधन

भाषा शिक्षण में मूल्यांकन, (सुनना, बोलना, पढ़ना, लिखना) उपलब्धि परीक्षण का निर्माण समग्र और सतत मूल्यांकन। उपचारात्मक शिक्षण

6. Sanskrit Language

PART I

एकम् अपठित गद्यांशम् आधारीकृत्य निम्नलिखित-व्याकरण-सम्बन्धिनः प्रश्ना:

शब्दरूप-धातुरूप-कारक-विभक्ति-उपसर्ग-प्रत्यय-सन्धि-समास-सर्वनाम-विशेषण अव्ययेषु प्रश्नाः

एकम् अपठित गद्यांशम् आधारीकृत्य निम्नलिखित-बिन्दुसम्बन्धिनः प्रश्नाः,

रेखाङ्कितपदेषु क्रियापद-चयन-वचन-लकार-लिङ्ग-ज्ञान-प्रश्नाः,

विलोमशब्द-लकारपरिवर्तन-प्रश्नाः च। (लट्-लड्.-लुट्-लोट्-विधिलिड्लकारेषु)

संस्कृतानुवादः,वाच्यपरिवर्तनम् (लट्-लकारस्य) वाक्येषु-प्रश्ननिर्माणम्,अशुद्धिसंशोधनम्, संस्कृतसूक्तयः

• संस्कृतभाषा-शिक्षण-विधयः
• संस्कृतभाषा-शिक्षण-सिद्धान्ताः

संस्कृतभाषाकौशलस्य विकासः, (श्रवणम्, सम्भाषणम्, पठनम्, लेखनम्)।संस्कृताध्यापनस्य अधिगमसाधनानि, पाठ्यपुस्तकानि, संप्रेषणस्य साधनानि

संस्कृत भाषा-शिक्षणस्य मूल्याङ्कन-सम्बन्धिनः प्रश्नाः मौखिक लिखितप्रश्नानानां प्रकाराः सततमूल्यांकनम्, उपचारात्मक शिक्षणम्

PART II

एकम् अपठित गद्यांशम् आधारीकृत्य निम्नलिखित-व्याकरण सम्बन्धिनः प्रश्नाः

शब्दरूप-धातुरूप-कारक-विभक्ति-उपसर्ग-प्रत्यय-सन्धि-समास-लकार-सर्वनाम विशेष्य-विशेषण-लिङ्ग-अव्ययेषु प्रश्नाः ।

एकम् अपठितं पद्यांशं वा श्लोकम् आधारीकृत्य निम्नलिखित-बिन्दुसम्बन्धिनः व्याकरण प्रश्नाः

सन्धि-समास-कारक-प्रत्यय-छन्द-लकारसम्बन्धिनः प्रश्नाः

विशेष्य-विशेषण-लिङ्गसम्बन्धिनः प्रश्नाः।

संस्कृतानुवादः, स्वर-व्यंजन-उच्चारणस्थानानि, वाच्यपरिवर्तनम् (लट्लकारे) अशुद्धिसंशोधनम्, संस्कृतसूक्तयः

संस्कृतभाषा-शिक्षण-विधयः

संस्कृतभाषा-शिक्षण-सिद्धान्ताः

संस्कृतशिक्षणाभिरुचिप्रश्नाः

संस्कृतभाषाकौशलस्य विकासः (श्रवणम्, सम्भाषणम्, पठनम्, लेखनम्)

संस्कृतशिक्षणे-अधिगमसाधनानि, संस्कृतशिक्षणे समस्तसंप्रेषणस्यसाधनानि, संस्कृतपाठ्यपुस्तकानि

संस्कृतभाषाशिक्षणस्य मूल्याङ्कनसम्बन्धिनः प्रश्नाः।

मौखिक-लिखितप्रश्नानां प्रकाराः, सततमूल्याङ्कनम्, उपचारात्मक-शिक्षणम्।

REET LEVEL II

Syllabus for Child Development & Pedagogy, English, Sanskrit, Hindi are same as Level I

1. Science

• Micro-organisms: Bacteria, virus, fungi (Beneficial & Harmful)
• Living Being: different parts of plants, nutrition in plants, respiration and excretion, plant cell and animal cell- their structure and Function, Cell Division
• Human body and health: Diseases spread by microorganisms, (tuberculosis, measles, diphtheria, cholera, typhoid)
• Prevention from diseases
• Different systems of the human body
• Infectious diseases (reasons for spreading and prevention); Major components of food and diseases developed due to their deficiency;
• Balanced diet;
• Animal Reproduction and Adolescence: Methods of Reproduction; Sexual and asexual.
• Adolescence and puberty: Changes in the body, the role of hormones in reproductions, Reproductive health
• Force and Motion: Types of forces- (muscular force, frictional force, gravitational force, magnetic force, electrostatic force), Pressure.
• Types of motion (linear, zigzag, circular, vibrating, periodic) speed
• Types of energies: traditional and alternative sources of energy; energy conservation
• Heat: applications of heat; transformation of heat, the concept of temperature; melting, boiling and evaporation; condensation and sublimation; examples of thermal expansion in daily life; insulator and conductor of heat; Methods of heat transfer (conduction, convection, and radiation).
• Light & Sound: sources of light, the formation of shadow, the reflection of light, image formation in a plane mirror, Types of sound, sound propagation Characteristics of sound, echo, noise, and methods to reduce noise.
• Science and Technology: Importance of science in daily life;
• Synthetic Fibres & Plastics: Types and characteristics of synthetic fibres. Plastic and its properties, Plastic and environment, detergents, cement, etc.;
• Science and Technology in the medical field (X-ray, C.T. Scan, Surgery, Ultrasound and LASER); In the field of Telecommunication – general information about the fax machine, computer, internet, e-mail, and website.
• Solar System: Moon and stars, Solar family-Sun and Planets, Comets, Constellation
• Structure of Matter; Atom and molecule; the structure of the atom; element, compound, and mixture; separation of impurities of substances; symbols of elements; chemical formulae of compounds and chemical equations.
• Chemical Substances: Oxides, greenhouse effect and global warming, Hydrocarbon (Introductory knowledge), Acid, Alkali and Salt, Oxygen gas, Nitrogen gas, and nitrogen cycle, Coal, Petroleum and natural gas
• Nature & Structure of Sciences
• Natural Science: Aims & objectives
• Understanding the Science
• Methods of Science teaching
• Innovation
• Text Material/Aids
• Evaluation
• Problems
• Remedial Teaching

2. Maths

• Indices: Multiplication and division of numbers on equal bases, Laws of Indices
• Algebraic expressions: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division
• Identities Factors: factors of simple algebraic expressions
• Equations: Simple linear equation
• Square & Square Root Cube & Cube Root
• Interest: Simple interest, Compound interest, Profit – Loss
• Ratio and Proportion: Division into proportional parts, Partnership
• Percentage, Birth and Death rate, Population growth, Depreciation,
• Lines and Angles: Line segment, straight and curved lines, types of angles
• Plane figures: Triangles, Congruence of Triangles, Quadrilaterals, and Circle
• Area of Plane figures: Triangles, Rectangles, Parallelograms, and Trapeziums
• Surface Area and Volume: cube, cuboid, and right circular cylinder.
• Statistics: collection and classification of data, frequency distribution table, Tally marks, bar graph and histogram, circular graph (pi diagram)
• Graph: Various types of graphs
• Nature of Mathematics/Logical thinking
• Place of Mathematics in Curriculum
• Language of Mathematics
• Community Mathematics
• Evaluation
• Remedial Teaching
• Problems of Teaching

3. Social Science

Indian Civilization, Culture, and Society

• Indus valley civilization
• Vedic culture
• Indian Society: Characteristics, Family, Marriage, Gender Sensitization, Rural Life, and Urbanization.

Mauryan & Gupta Empires and Post-Gupta Period

• Political history & administration
• contribution to Indian culture
• Cultural achievement of Gupta’s age
• India (600-1000 AD) Indian cultural contacts with the outside world.

Medieval and Modern Period

• The Bhakti and Sufi Movement
• Mughal-Rajput relations
• Mughal administration, social, economic and cultural conditions during the Medieval period
• British policies towards Indian states
• Revolt of 1857, Impacts of British Rule on Indian Economy
• Renaissance and Social reforms
• Indian National Movement (1919-1947)

Indian Constitution and Democracy

• Preamble
• Fundamental Rights and Fundamental duties
• Secularism and Social justice.

Government: Composition and Functions

• Parliament
• President
• Prime minister and Council of Ministers
• State Government
• Panchayati raj and Urban Self -Government

Main Components of the Earth

• lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere
• types of rocks
• Interior and Exterior forces modifying earth’s surface

Resources and Development

• Types of Resources
• Conservation of Resources
• Soils
• Minerals and Power Resources
• Agriculture
• Industries
• Human Resources

Geography and Resources of India

• Physiographic regions
• Climate
• Natural vegetation
• Wild Life
• Multipurpose projects
• Agriculture crops
• Industries
• Transportation
• Population
• Public amenities
• Economic and Social Programmes of Development
• Consumer awareness

Geography and Resources of Rajasthan

• Physical regions
• Water conservation and Harvesting
• Agriculture Crops
• Minerals and Energy Resources
• Transport
• Industries
• Population

History and Culture of Rajasthan

• Ancient Civilizations and Janpadas,
• Freedom Struggle in Rajasthan
• Integration of Rajasthan
• Heritage and Culture of Rajasthan (Forts, Palaces, Fairs, Festivals, Folk-arts, Handicrafts)
• Rajasthani Literature, Tourism
• Conservation of Heritage

Pedagogical Issues – I

• Concept & Nature of Social Science/Social Studies
• Class Room Processes, activities, and discourse
• Problems of teaching Social Science/Social Studies
• Developing critical thinking

Pedagogical Issues – II

• Enquiry/Empirical Evidence
• Teaching Learning Material and Teaching Aids
• Projects Work
• Evaluation

IMPORTANT BOOKS:

       REET LEVEL I

• REET Hindi Language Level-I, Level-II, Level-III – Rai Publication.  (Based on Latest Pattern)
• REET Level-1 Mathematics – Sunita Publication
• IREET Bal Vikas Evam Shiksha Shashtra Level – I (Class 1-5) – Rai Publication
• Lakshaya REET Bhasha Hindi, Sanskrit, & English – Lakshaya Publication
• Lakshay REET Paryavaran Adhyan, Ganit, Balvikas (Combo) Level – I for class 1-5 (Hindi) – Lakshaya Publication
• Pedagogy for CTET, UPTETE, HTET, REET, UKTET, BTET, CGTET – S.D. Publication
• REET Environment Level-I – Sunita Publication
• REET Environment Studies, Math Level -1, Class 1-5 with free solved papers, practice sets – Rai Publications
• REET Question Bank – Ahmar Kareem Publication
• 15 Practice sets REET Class 1-5, Level -I – Arihant Publication

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