Maharashtra Teacher Eligibility Test (MAHA TET), is a state-level teacher eligibility test which is conducted and regulated by the Maharashtra State Examination Council, Pune. This examination is conducted adhering to the rules and regulations laid down by the National Council of Teacher Education (NCTE).
It is a paper-pen based (OMR) entrance examination. The official announcement of the MAHA TET Notification 2021 shall invite all interested candidates from the state of Maharashtra who wish to apply for the post of Lower Primary Teachers (classes 1-5) and Upper Primary Teachers (classes 6-8) in the government schools of Maharashtra.
MAHA TET 2021- exam pattern
| Name of Exam | Maharashtra Teacher Eligibility Test (MAHA TET) |
| Conducting Body | Maharashtra State Council of Examination |
| Name of Post | Teaching |
| Exam Level | State |
| Exam Mode | offline |
| Duration of Exam | 150 minutes (2 hour 30 minutes) |
| Paper Type | paper-pen based (OMR) |
| Question Type | MCQs |
| Medium | English, Gujarati, Marathi, Urdu, Bengali, Telugu, Sindhi, Kannada, Hindi |
| Negative Marking | No negative marking |
| Official website | http://mahatet.in/ |
Aspirants can download the MAHA TET Syllabus 2021 pdf from the official website.
There will be Two Papers for the MAHA TET 2021:
- Paper-I for Classes I to V
- Paper-II for Classes VI to VIII
A person who intends to be a Teacher either for Classes I to V or for Classes VI to VIII shall have to appear in both Paper I and Paper II.
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MAHA TET 2021 For Paper I
| Subject | No. of Questions | Max Marks |
| Pedagogy | 30 | 30 |
| Language | 30 | 30 |
| Language-2 | 30 | 30 |
| Mathematics | 30 | 30 |
| Campus Exercises | 30 | 30 |
| Total | 150 | 150 |
MAHA TET 2021 For Paper II
| Subject | Questions | Marks |
| Pedagogy | 30 | 30 |
| Language-1 | 30 | 30 |
| Language-2 | 30 | 30 |
| Mathematics and science OrSocial Studies |
60 | 60 |
| Total | 150 | 150 |
- There will be 150 objective type questions in Paper 1.
- Each section will contain 30 questions
- Total time given to complete the question paper will be 90 minutes
MAHA TET Syllabus 2021
The first step towards fruitful exam preparation is to know and understand the exam syllabus. Below you will find the subject-wise Maharashtra Teacher Eligibility Test (MAHA TET) syllabus 2021 is as follows:
- Child Development and Pedagogy:
- Child Development and Pedagogy will consist of concepts on child development, understanding, education psychology, and teaching methodologies. There will be portions on special needs, teaching methods, evaluation, and study processes of students aged 6-11.
- Concept of development and its relationship with learning.
- Principles of the development of children.
- Influence of Heredity & Environment.
- Socialization processes: Social world & children (Teacher, Parents, Peers).
- Piaget, Kohlberg, and Vygotsky: constructs and critical perspectives.
- Concepts of child-centred and progressive education.
- Critical perspective of the construct of Intelligence.
- Multi-Dimensional Intelligence Language & Thought.
- Gender as a social construct; gender roles, gender-bias and educational practice.
- Individual differences among learners, understanding differences based on diversity of language, caste, gender, community, religion, etc.
- The distinction between Assessment for learning and assessment of learning; School-Based Assessment, Continuous & Comprehensive Evaluation: perspective and practice.
- Formulating appropriate questions for assessing readiness levels of learners; for enhancing learning and critical thinking in the classroom and for assessing learner achievement.
- Addressing learners from diverse backgrounds including disadvantaged and deprived
- Addressing the needs of children with learning difficulties, ‘impairment’ etc.
- Addressing the Talented, Creative, especially abled Learners.
- How children think and learn; how and why children ‘fail’ to achieve success in school performance.
- Basic processes of teaching and learning; children’s strategies of learning; learning as a social activity; social context of learning.
- Child as a problem solver and a ‘scientific investigator’
- Alternative conceptions of learning in children, understanding children’s ‘errors’ as significant steps in the learning process.
- Cognition & Emotions.
- Motivation and learning
- Factors contributing to learning – personal & environmental.
- Language-I:
- For this section, candidates have to choose a language amongst Hindi, Marathi, English, Urdu, Bengali, Gujarati, Telugu, and Kannada. This section’s syllabus includes inference, pedagogy of language development, verbal ability, grammar, comprehension, and reading unseen passages.
- Learning and acquisition.
- Principles of Language Teaching.
- Role of listening and speaking; function of language and how children use it as a tool.
- A critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally and in written form.
- Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors and disorders
- Language Skills.
- Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: speaking, listening, reading and writing
- Teaching-learning materials: Textbook, multimedia materials, multilingual resource of the classroom.
- Remedial Teaching.
- Reading unseen passages – two passages one prose or drama and one poem with questions on comprehension, inference, grammar and verbal ability (Prose passage may be literary, scientific, narrative or discursive.
- Language II:
- For this section, candidates have to choose a language amongst English or Marathi. This section’s syllabus includes inference, pedagogy of language development, verbal ability, grammar, comprehension, and reading unseen passages.
- Two unseen prose passages (discursive or literary or narrative or scientific) with a question on comprehension, grammar, and verbal ability.
- Learning and acquisition.
- Principles of Language Teaching.
- Role of listening and speaking; function of language and how children use it as a tool
- A critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally and in written form;
- Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors and disorders
- Language Skills.
- Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: speaking, listening, reading and writing.
- Teaching-learning materials: Textbook, multi-media materials, multilingual resource of the classroom.
- Remedial Teaching
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- Mathematics:
- The syllabus for Mathematics includes basic mathematics, logical, problem- solving, pedagogical knowledge of mathematics, the key concepts are geometry, shapes and spatial arrangements, solids, addition and subtraction, and pedagogy. It also includes playing with numbers, knowing our numbers, whole numbers, symmetry, profit and loss, number system, negative numbers and integers, and algebra.
- Shapes & Spatial Understanding.
- Solids around Us.
- Addition and Subtraction.
- Nature of Mathematics/Logical thinking; understanding children’s thinking and reasoning. patterns and strategies of making meaning.
- Place of Mathematics in Curriculum.
- Language of Mathematics.
- Community Mathematics.
- Evaluation through formal and informal methods.
- Problems of Teaching.
- Environmental Studies:
- The environmental studies syllabus includes concepts from the air, water, parts of the body, habitats, natural resources, solar system, food resources, care, family and friends, general science, things we make and do, and the environment in general.
- Things We Make and Do.
- Concept and scope of EVS.
- Significance of EVS integrated EVS.
- Environmental Studies & Environmental Education.
- Learning Principles.
- Scope & relation to Science & Social Science.
- Approaches to presenting concepts.
- Experimentation/Practical Work.
- CCE
- Teaching material/Aids Problems.
- Science:
The syllabus for this section includes topics such as food, components of food, sources of food, materials. air, materials of daily use, molecules, water, cleaning food, change of matter, and soil.
- Social Science:
The syllabus for this section includes significant concepts from History, Geography and Civics.