KVS Syllabus 2023 For PRT, TGT, PGT & Principal Posts and Exam Pattern

KVS Syllabus

Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) is a central government educational institution that is responsible for managing and administering the Kendriya Vidyalayas across the country. Every year, KVS releases recruitment notifications for various teaching and non-teaching posts.

Candidates who are interested and eligible for the KVS Recruitment 2023 can apply online through the official website of KVS. The selection process for KVS Recruitment 2023 will consist of a written test followed by an interview. In this article, we will discuss the detailed syllabus for KVS Recruitment 2023.

KVS Syllabus 2023

KVS Recruitment 2023 Syllabus for Teaching Posts The syllabus for teaching posts under KVS Recruitment 2023 includes two parts – Part I and Part II. Part I consists of questions related to General English, General Hindi, Current Affairs, Reasoning, and Teaching Methodology. Part II consists of questions related to the subject chosen by the candidate. The detailed syllabus for both parts is as follows

KVS PRT Syllabus 2023

The KVS PRT syllabus 2023 is designed to test the teaching aptitude, subject knowledge, and proficiency in English and Hindi of the candidates. The syllabus includes topics such as Child Development and Pedagogy, English Language, Hindi Language, Mathematics, Environmental Studies, and General Knowledge.

The questions in the exam will be objective in nature and will test the candidates’ conceptual understanding and problem-solving ability. The level of the questions will be of the primary school level. Candidates who are aspiring to become a Primary Teacher in KVS must have a thorough understanding of the KVS PRT syllabus and should prepare accordingly.

Part 1: General English and General Hindi
Part 2: General Knowledge & Current Affairs, Reasoning & Proficiency in Computer
Part 3: Perspectives on Education and Leadership
Part 4: Subject-Specific syllabus

KVS PRT Exam Pattern 2023

KVS PRT Syllabus for General English

The KVS PRT Syllabus for General English includes topics such as comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, sentence structure, synonyms and antonyms, and idioms and phrases. The questions will test the candidates’ understanding and command over the English language. Candidates should practice reading and writing in English to improve their proficiency and score well in this section.

• Articles
• Punctuations
• Prepositions
• Comprehension
• Fill in the Blanks
• Adverb
• Error Correction
• Sentence Rearrangement
• Unseen Passages
• Antonyms
• Vocabulary
• Synonyms
• Idioms
• Verbs
• Tenses
• Adjectives
• Subject-Verb Agreement

KVS PRT Syllabus for Hindi

The KVS PRT Syllabus for Hindi includes topics such as Hindi grammar, comprehension, vocabulary, and sentence structure. The questions will test the candidates’ understanding and command over the Hindi language. Candidates should practice reading and writing in Hindi to improve their proficiency and score well in this section. It is important for aspiring candidates to have a good understanding of the Hindi language as it is one of the important subjects in the primary school curriculum.

• भाषा
• संज्ञा
• सर्वनाम एवं सर्वनाम
• विशेषण
• क्रिया
• अव्यय
• वचन
• लिंग
• उपसर्ग एवं प्रत्यय
• वाक्य निर्माण
• पर्यायवाची
• विपरीपार्थक
• अनेकार्थक
• समानार्थी शब्द
• विराम चिन्हों की पहचान एवं उपयोग
• मुहावरे एवं लोकोक्तियाँ
• अलंकार
• सन्धि
• तत्सम
• तद्भव
• देशज एवं विदेशी शब्द
• समास

KVS PRT Reasoning Syllabus

The KVS PRT Syllabus for Reasoning includes topics such as analogies, similarities and differences, spatial visualization, spatial orientation, visual memory, discrimination, observation, problem-solving, analysis, judgment, decision making, and relationship concepts. The questions will test the candidates’ reasoning ability and analytical skills. Candidates should practice solving reasoning questions to improve their score in this section.

• Directions
• Seating Arrangement
• Syllogism
• Mirror Image
• Data Sufficiency
• Coding-decoding
• Blood Relation
• Ranking
• Alpha Numeric Symbol Series
• Logical Reasoning

KVS PRT Syllabus for Computer Literacy

The KVS PRT Syllabus for Computer Literacy includes topics such as basic computer concepts, input and output devices, MS Office, internet and email, computer viruses, cyber safety, and ethical practices. The questions will test the candidates’ basic knowledge of computers and their ability to operate them. Candidates should have a basic understanding of computers and should practice using them to improve their score in this section.

• Abbreviations
• Basic Computer Terminology & Shortcuts
• Web Technology
• Database Management Systems
• Browsers and Search Engines
• Internet
• Social Networking
• Storage Devices
• Software & Hardware
• History of Computers
• Generations
• Types
• Operating Systems

KVS PRT Syllabus for General Knowledge & Current Affairs

The KVS PRT Syllabus for General Knowledge & Current Affairs includes topics such as history, geography, economics, politics, social issues, current events, and sports. The questions will test the candidates’ awareness of the world around them and their ability to stay updated on current events. Candidates should read newspapers, watch news channels, and stay informed about the world to improve their score in this section.

• Awards
• Books
• Sports
• History
• Geography
• Current Affairs
• Polity
• Population Census
• Indian Art & Culture
• Miscellaneous

KVS PRT Syllabus for Perspective on Education and Leadership

The KVS PRT Syllabus for Perspective on Education and Leadership includes topics such as education policies, teaching-learning process, classroom management, educational technology, leadership qualities, and communication skills.

The questions will test the candidates’ understanding of the education system and their ability to lead and manage a classroom. Candidates should have a good understanding of teaching methodologies and should be able to communicate effectively to score well in this section.

Understanding the Learner 

• Concept of growth, maturation and development, principles and debates of development, development tasks and challenges
• Domains of Development: Physical, Cognitive, Socio-emotional, Moral, deviations in development and their implications.
• Understanding Adolescence: Needs, challenges and implications for designing institutional support.
• Role of Primary and Secondary Socialization agencies. Ensuring Home school continuity.

KVS PRT Syllabus for Understanding Teaching Learning

• The role of the teacher & learner
• Nature of teacher-student relationship
• Choice of teaching methods
• Classroom environment
• Understanding of discipline, power etc.

Creating a Conducive Learning Environment Syllabus

• The concepts of Diversity, disability and Inclusion, implications of disability as a social construct, types of disabilities-their identification and interventions
• Concept of School Mental Health, addressing the curative, preventive and promotive dimensions of mental health for all students and staff. Provisioning for guidance and counseling.
• Developing schools and communities as a learning resource.

KVS PRT School Organization and Leadership Syllabus

• Leader as a reflective practitioner, team builder, initiator, coach and mentor.
• Perspectives on School Leadership: instructional, distributed and transformative
• Vision building, goal setting and creating a School Development Plan
• Using School Processes and forums for strengthening teaching learning-Annual Calendar, time-tabling, parent-teacher forums, school assembly, teacher development forums, using achievement data for improving teaching-learning, School Self Assessment, and Improvement
• Creating partnerships with community, industry, neighboring schools, and Higher Education Institutes-forming learning communities.

KVS PRT Syllabus of Perspectives in Education

• Role of school in achieving aims of education.
• NEP-2020: Early Childhood Care and Education: The Foundation of Learning; Foundational Literacy and Numeracy; Curriculum and Pedagogy in Schools: Holistic & Integrated Learning; Equitable and Inclusive Education: Learning for All; Competency-based learning and Education.
• Guiding Principles for Child Rights, Protecting and provisioning for children’s rights to a safe and secure school environment, Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, Historically studying the National Policies in education with special reference to school education.
• School Curriculum Principles: Perspective, Learning and Knowledge, Curricular Areas, School Stages- Pedagogy & Assessment.

KVS Syllabus for PRT Concerned Subjects

The KVS Syllabus for PRT Concerned Subjects includes topics related to child development and pedagogy, language comprehension, language development, environmental studies, mathematics, and science. The questions will test the candidates’ subject-specific knowledge and their ability to teach these subjects to young children. Candidates should have a thorough understanding of the primary school curriculum and should be able to teach these subjects effectively to score well in this section.

• Core Language Competency (Hindi and English)
• General Science
• General Maths
• Environmental science

Subjects	Important Topics for PRT
KVS PRT English Syllabus 2023	Articles/Determinants, Prepositions, Verb forms, Adjectives, Tenses, Modal Auxiliaries, Active/ Passive, Reported speech, Punctuation Letter Writing-formal & informal, Essay on current issues, Speech, vocabulary, idioms and phrases, Antonym & Synonyms
KVS PRT Hindi Syllabus 2023	व्यवहारिक-व्याकरण: भाषा, संज्ञा, सर्वनाम, विशेषण क्रिया अव्यय, लिंग, उपसर्ग, प्रत्यय, वचन. वाक्य रचना, विलोम, मुहावरे, अलंकार, विराम चिन्ह, संधि एकार्थी शब्द, अनेकार्थी शब्द, समास, मुहावरे अपठिन गद्यांश
KVS PRT Science Syllabus 2023	Living word, Human Body, Plant Life, Natural Vegetation and Wildlife, Food, The Universe, Our country, Matter, Motion
KVS PRT Maths syllabus 2023	Number System, Basic geometrical ideas, General understanding of perimeter using regular shapes, The concept of volume
KVS PRT EVS Syllabus 2023	Primary Institutions of democracy, Common Diseases, Deficiency diseases & Communicable diseases and their prevention, Natural Resources -Air, Water, Soil and Land, Resources and Development Natural resources, Map of India

KVS PGT Syllabus 2023

The KVS PGT Syllabus 2023 includes topics related to general knowledge, current affairs, reasoning ability, computer literacy, and pedagogy. In addition, the syllabus includes subject-specific topics related to the post-graduation level curriculum of the applied subject. The questions will test the candidates’ overall knowledge and understanding of the subject and their ability to teach it to senior secondary classes. Candidates should have a deep understanding of their subject and be able to explain complex concepts to students to score well in this exam.

KVS PGT Exam Pattern

KVS PGT Syllabus 2023 ( Part 1)

KVS PGT Syllabus for General English

S. No	KVS PGT Syllabus for General English
1	Verb and its types
2	Tenses and their forms
3	Voice (Active Voice and Passive Voice)
4	Subject-Verb Agreement
5	Unseen Passages
6	Vocabulary
7	Antonyms
8	Synonyms, Grammar
9	Idioms & Phrases, etc.
10	Articles
11	Comprehension
12	Fill in the Blanks. Adverb, Error Correction
13	Sentence Rearrangement

KVS PGT Syllabus for General Hindi

S. No	KVS PGT Syllabus for Hindi
1	Antonyms,
2	Translation of Sentences
3	Fill in the Blanks
4	Plural Forms etc.
5	Vocabulary
6	Grammar
7	Synonyms,
8	Comprehension
9	Error Detection
10	Phrases or Muhavare

KVS PGT Syllabus 2023 (Part 2)

KVS PGT Syllabus for General Knowledge and Current Affairs

S. No	KVS PGT Syllabus for General Knowledge and Current Affairs
1	Important Days
2	Indian History
3	Important Books and Authors
4	Important Terms in General Polity
5	All important Indian National Movement
6	Important Awards and Honors
7	International & National Organization
8	Science – Inventions & Discoveries
9	Budget and Five Year Plans
10	Current Affairs – National & International
11	Indian Economy, Capitals of India
12	Sport and important events in sports
13	Abbreviations,
14	Countries & Capitals
15	Science & Technology
16	Sports and Important events

KVS PGT Syllabus for Reasoning Ability

S. No	KVS PGT Syllabus for Reasoning Ability
1	Arithmetic Number Series
2	Spatial Orientation
3	Relationship concepts
4	Arithmetical Reasoning
5	Non-verbal series
6	Observation
7	Figures Classification
8	Analogies, Discrimination
9	Letter and Symbol Series
10	Visual Memory
11	Similarities and Differences
12	Spatial Visualization
13	Verbal Classification
14	Coding and Decoding etc.
15	Number Series
16	Essential Part
17	Verbal Reasoning, Logical Problems
18	Statement and Conclusion
19	Statement and Argument
20	Letter and Symbol Series
21	Analogies
22	Theme Detection,
23	Cause and Effect
24	Logical Deduction,
25	Artificial Language

KVS PGT Syllabus for Computer Literacy

S. No	KVS PGT Syllabus for Computer Literacy
1	Important Terms & Computer Basics
2	Paint Brush Use
3	About Desktop and Computer Peripherals
4	Word Processor and important terms related to it
5	Formatting Word Document,
6	Internet
7	Computer History
8	Word Processor
9	Exploring Windows
10	PPT or Powerpoint Presentation, etc.
11	Computer History

KVS PGT Part III Syllabus 2023

There will be 40 questions asked from Perspectives on Education and Leadership subject in Part III. The detailed Perspectives on Education and Leadership syllabus has been discussed below.

Understanding the Learner

1	Concept of growth, maturation and development, principles and debates of development, development tasks and challenges
2	Domains of Development: Physical, Cognitive, Socio-emotional, Moral etc., deviations in development and its implications.
3	Understanding Adolescence: Needs, challenges and implications for designing institutional support.
4	Role of Primary and Secondary Socialization agencies. Ensuring Home school continuity.

Understanding Teaching Learning

• Theoretical perspectives on Learning -Behaviorism, Cognitivism and Constructivism with special reference to their implications for:
• The role of teacher
• The role of learner

1. Nature of teacher-student relationship
2. Choice of teaching methods
3. Classroom environment

Understanding of discipline, power etc.

1. Designing classroom instructions,
2. Planning student activities and,
3. Creating learning spaces in school.

• Planning and Organization of Teaching-Learning

Concept of Syllabus and Curriculum, Overt and Hidden Curriculum, curriculum organization

1. Competency based Education, Experiential learning, etc.
2. Instructional Plans: -Year Plan, Unit Plan, Lesson Plan
3. Instructional material and resources

Information and Communication Technology(ICT) for teaching-learning

Evaluation: Purpose, types and limitations. Continuous and Evaluation, Characteristics of a good tool.

Assessment of learning, for learning and as learning: Meaning,

Enhancing Teaching Learning Processes

Principles of Comprehensive purpose and Reflections and Dialogues as a means of constructivist teaching

(iv) Creating Conducive Learning Environment

• The concepts of Diversity, disability and Inclusion, implications of disability as social construct, types of disabilities-their identification and interventions
• Concept of School Mental Health, addressing the curative, preventive and promotive dimensions of mental health for all students and staff. Provisioning for guidance and counseling.
• Developing School and community as a learning resource.

(v) School Organization and Leadership

• Leader as reflective practitioner, team builder, initiator, coach and mentor.
• Perspectives on School Leadership: instructional, distributed and transformative
• Vision building, goal setting and creating a School development Plan
• Using School Processes and forums for strengthening teaching learning-Annual Calendar, timetabling, parent teacher forums, school assembly, teacher development forums , using achievement data for improving teaching —learning, School Self Assessment and Improvement
• Creating partnerships with community , industry and other neighboring schools and Higher Education Institutes — forming learning communities

Perspectives in Education

• Role of school in achieving aims of education.
• NEP-2020: Curriculum and Pedagogy in Schools: Holistic & Integrated Learning; Equitable and Inclusive Education: Learning for All; Competency based learning and Education.
• Guiding Principles for Child Rights, Protecting and provisioning for rights of children to safe and secure school environment, Right of Children to free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009.
• Historically studying the National Policies in education with special reference to school
• education.
• School Curriculum Principles: Perspective, Learning and Knowledge, Curricular Areas, School Stages, Pedagogy and Assessment

KVS PGT Syllabus 2023 (Part 4)

The questions in the Part IV will be asked from concerned subjects. The following are the concerned subjects for the KVS PGT Exam 2023-

1. Chemistry
2. Economics
3. English
4. Physics
5. Maths
6. History
7. Geography
8. Biology
9. Commerce and Computer Science
10. Hindi

KVS TGT Exam Pattern

KVS Syllabus for TGT

Subjects	Detailed Syllabus
KVS TGT English Syllabus	Articles, Pronoun, Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Preposition, Tenses, Punctuation, Voice, Vocabulary, Idioms & phrases, Antonym & Synonyms
KVS TGT Syllabus for Hindi	भाषा, संज्ञा एवं संज्ञा के भेद, सर्वनाम एवं सर्वनाम के , विशेषण एवं विशेषण के भेद, क्रिया एवं क्रिया के भेद, अव्यय, वचन, लिंग, उपसर्ग एवं प्रत्यय, वाक्य निर्माण, पर्यायवाची, विपरीपार्थक, अनेकार्थक, समानार्थी, विराम चिन्ह, मुहावरे एवं लोकोक्तियाँ, अलंकार, सन्धि, तत्सम, तद्भव, समास, पद परिचय
General Knowledge & Current Affairs Syllabus	Awards, Books & their authors, Sports, History, Geography, Current Affairs, Polity, Population Census, Indian Art & Culture, Misc.
KVS TGT Reasoning Ability Syllabus	Mirror Image, Directions, Puzzles and Seating Arrangement, Syllogism, Data Sufficiency, Coding-decoding, Blood Relation, Order and Ranking, Alpha Numeric Symbol Series, Logical Reasoning
KVS TGT Computer Science Syllabus	Basic Computer Terminology & Shortcuts, Web Technology, Database Management Systems, Browsers and Search Engines, Internet, Social Networking, Storage Devices, Software & Hardware, History, Evaluation, Generations and Types, Operating Systems

KVS TGT Syllabus: Perspectives on Education and Leadership

Understanding the Learner Syllabus

• Concept of growth, maturation and development, principles and debates of development, development tasks and challenges
• Domains of Development: Physical, Cognitive, Socio-emotional, Moral, deviations in development and their implications.
• Understanding Adolescence: Needs, challenges and implications for designing institutional support.
• Role of Primary and Secondary Socialization agencies. Ensuring Home school continuity.

KVS TGT Syllabus for Understanding Teaching Learning

• The role of the teacher
• The role of the learner
• Nature of teacher-student relationship
• Choice of teaching methods
• Classroom environment
• Understanding of discipline, power etc.

Planning and Organization of Teaching-Learning

• Concept of Syllabus and Curriculum, Overt and Hidden Curriculum, curriculum organization
• Competency-based Education, Experiential learning, etc.
• Instructional Plans: -Year Plan, Unit Plan, Lesson Plan
• Instructional material and resources
• Information and Communication Technology(ICT) for teaching-learning
• Evaluation: Purpose, types and limitations. Continuous Evaluation, Characteristics of a good tool.
• Assessment of learning, for learning and as learning: Meaning, considerations in planning each.

KVS TGT Syllabus: Enhancing Teaching-learning processes

Classroom Observation and Feedback, Principles of Comprehensive purpose and Reflections and Dialogues as a means of constructivist teaching.

Creating a Conducive Learning Environment

• The concepts of Diversity, disability and Inclusion, implications of disability as a social construct, types of disabilities-their identification and interventions
• Concept of School Mental Health, addressing the curative, preventive and promotive dimensions of mental health for all students and staff. Provisioning for guidance and counseling.
• Developing schools and communities as a learning resource.

KVS TGT Syllabus for School Organization and Leadership

• Leader as a reflective practitioner, team builder, initiator, coach and mentor.
• Perspectives on School Leadership: instructional, distributed and transformative
• Vision building, goal setting and creating a School Development Plan
• Using School Processes and forums for strengthening teaching learning-Annual Calendar, time-tabling, parent-teacher forums, school assembly, teacher development forums, using achievement data for improving teaching-learning, School Self Assessment and Improvement
• Creating partnerships with community, industry, neighboring schools, and Higher Education Institutes-forming learning communities.

Perspectives in Education syllabus of KVS TGT

• Role of school in achieving aims of education.
• NEP-2020: Early Childhood Care and Education: The Foundation of Learning; Foundational Literacy and Numeracy; Curriculum and Pedagogy in Schools: Holistic & Integrated Learning; Equitable and Inclusive Education: Learning for All; Competency-based learning and Education.
• Guiding Principles for Child Rights, Protecting and provisioning for children’s rights to a safe and secure school environment, Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009,
• Historically studying the National Policies in education with special reference to school education.
• School Curriculum Principles: Perspective, Learning and Knowledge, Curricular Areas, School Stages- Pedagogy & Assessment.

Subjects	Topics
KVS Principal Hindi Syllabus	Error Recognition, Fill in the Blanks, Vocabulary, Spellings, Grammar, Sentence Structure, Synonyms, Antonyms, Sentence Completion, Phrases, Idiomatic use of words
English	पर्यायवाची/विलोम शब्द, मुहावरे और लोकोक्तियाँ, वर्तनी की त्रुटि, अनेक शब्दो के लिए एक शब्द, वाक्य सुधार, वाक्यों में त्रुटिया, उपसर्ग और प्रत्यय, हिंदी व्याकरण में कारक, काल, संधि, समास,स्त्रीलिंग,पुर्लिंग आदि की जानकारी
Perspective on Education & Leadership	Development, growth and maturation- Concept and Nature, principles of development, factors influencing development- methods and approaches of child development, observation, interview, case study, experimental, longitudinal and cross-sectional. Development tasks and hazards
Concept nature of learning- Personal and environmental, Approaches to their applicability- Behaviorism (skinner, Pavlov, Thorndike) constructivism (Piaget, Vygotsky) gestalt (Kohler and Koffka) and observational (bandura) Dimensions of learning -cognitive affective and performance, motivation and sustenance, its role in learning, memory and forgetting, transfer of learning.
Teaching and its relationship with learner and learning. Learners in context: Situational learners in the socio-political and cultural context. Managing behavior problems, guidance and counseling, punishment and its legal implications. Rights of a child, Time management and its Distinction between assessment of learning and assessment of learning. School-based assessment and continuous and comprehensive evaluation, Perspective and practice understanding teaching, learning in the context of NCF, 2005 and right to education act, 2009.
General Awareness & Current Affairs	Books and Authors, Important Days, Awards and Honours, National & International, Schemes, Indian Capitals, International & National Organizations, Science & Technology, Sports, Countries & Capitals, Appointments
KVS Principal Reasoning Ability Syllabus	Blood Relation, Arithmetic Number Series and Letter, Symbol Series, Figures and Verbal Classification, Coding and Decoding, Ranking, Non-verbal series, Analogies, Direction, Similarities and Differences, Word formulation & Dictionary Problem, Arithmetic Reasoning, Logical Reasoning
Computer Literacy	Characteristics of Computers, MSOffice (exposure to Word, Excel/spreadsheet, PowerPoint), Computer Organization including ROM, File System, RAM, Input Devices, Information Kiosks, Computer Software-Relationship between Hardware and Software Operating System, Digital Signatures, Information Technology and-Society-Indian IT Act, Application of information technology for E-Governance
School Administration & Finance Syllabus	CCS (CCA) Rules, CCS (Conduct) Rules, Fundamental & Supplementary Rules, Travelling Allowance Rules, Leave Travel Concession Rules, Medical Attendance Rules, Pension Rules & New Pension Scheme, General Financial Rules- Purchase procedure, Income Tax & Service Tax

KVS Syllabus for Interview

• Group Discussions
• Team management Skills,
• Listening Skills,
• Body Language,
• Current Affair Knowledge
• Analytical Skills

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