AP TET Syllabus and Exam Pattern for All Papers

Which AP TET paper should you write

• Paper 1A: primary teachers (classes 1 to 5) in regular schools, typically Secondary Grade Teacher posts.
• Paper 1B: primary teachers in special schools.
• Paper 2A: upper primary teachers (classes 6 to 8) in regular schools, typically School Assistant posts, choosing among a maths and science block, a social studies block or a language block.
• Paper 2B: upper primary teachers in special schools, with a disability specialisation block.

Holding both a primary teacher diploma and a B.Ed usually lets you register for both levels. The TET only certifies eligibility; actual posts are filled later through the state's teacher recruitment test, known as the DSC. Our wider TET syllabus guide explains how state tests compare.

AP TET exam pattern for Paper 1A

Paper 1B follows the same shape, but Part I focuses on child development and pedagogy as it applies to special education. Content questions in Paper 1 are drawn from school topics of classes 3 to 8, with difficulty that can reach class 10.

Paper 2A and 2B structure

Within Part IV, the maths and science option splits into 20 questions each for mathematics, physical science and biological science, each with 16 content and 4 pedagogy questions. Social studies and the language option each have 48 content and 12 pedagogy questions. In Paper 2B, Part IV is replaced by 60 questions on the chosen category of disability and its pedagogy.

Paper 2 content comes from classes 6 to 10, and difficulty can stretch to intermediate (class 12) level.

Child development topics in the AP TET syllabus

• Development: growth and maturation, stages of development, heredity and environment, physical, cognitive, emotional and moral development.
• Learning: how children learn, theories of learning, motivation, memory and forgetting, transfer of learning.
• Individual differences: intelligence, personality, learners with special needs, inclusive education.
• Pedagogy: child centred teaching, classroom management, continuous and comprehensive evaluation, the role of the teacher and school.

This part is common to every paper, so it gives the best return on time. Many items paint a small classroom scene and then ask for the best teacher response, so link every theory to a short real example.

Languages, maths and EVS: what each part asks

Language I and English

A passage or poem for comprehension, grammar and vocabulary at school level, and language teaching methods covering listening, speech, reading and writing, remedial teaching and assessment. Language I options in the latest notice included Telugu, Urdu, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil and Odia, with Sanskrit available for Paper 2. English is fixed as Language II.

Mathematics

Numbers and operations, fractions and decimals, measurement, geometry and shapes, mensuration, data handling and simple algebra, plus how to teach these ideas with concrete materials.

Environmental Studies

Family and friends, food, water and shelter, the plant and animal world, the human body with health and hygiene, transport and communication, natural resources and the local environment, along with the activity based methods used to teach EVS.

Qualifying marks and how to read your score

Passing earns you the eligibility certificate. Your TET marks also carry weight in the later DSC merit list, so every extra mark beyond the minimum helps when posts are filled.

AP TET exam pattern and a 10 week plan

With no negative marking, the AP TET exam pattern rewards breadth: you should attempt all 150 questions. Plan around the sections that are common to all papers first.

1. Weeks 1 to 3: the CDP part, one theme a day, with 20 practice questions.
2. Weeks 4 to 6: content from state textbooks in your subject block. For Paper 1, maths and EVS; for Paper 2, your chosen option.
3. Weeks 7 and 8: the teaching method items hidden in each subject, which many candidates neglect even though they make up a fifth of every content section.
4. Weeks 9 and 10: full papers in 150 minutes on a computer screen, followed by revision of mistakes.

Books and links to other teaching tests

The Andhra Pradesh state textbooks for classes 1 to 10 are your main content source, because questions follow them closely. For child development, the psychology book from your diploma or degree in education will do; add the official AP TET syllabus PDF from the portal to tick off every unit.

Many AP candidates also write the central test. Our guides to the CTET paper 1 syllabus (primary) and the CTET paper 2 syllabus (upper primary) show the overlap, practise with the guidance on our TET previous papers page, and browse the full teaching exams section.