REET Level 1 Syllabus for Primary Teachers (Classes 1 to 5)

Where Level 1 fits in teacher recruitment

Rajasthan uses two exams to fill primary teacher posts. First comes the REET eligibility paper set by BSER. Score the minimum marks and you receive a certificate, which the state has declared valid for your whole life. Then, when the Rajasthan Staff Selection Board advertises third grade teacher vacancies, certificate holders compete in a recruitment test that aspirants call REET Mains.

This page is about the first paper. If you already hold the certificate and are preparing for recruitment, switch to our page on the REET Mains level 1 syllabus. Teaching classes 6 to 8 instead? Open the REET level 2 syllabus, and for both exams side by side, the main REET syllabus guide.

REET level 1 exam pattern

Unlike Level 2, there is no subject choice here: every primary candidate answers both maths and EVS. Each question has five bubbles on the OMR sheet, the fifth meant for a question you choose to skip, and each incorrect bubble loses you a third of a mark. Reports say leaving all five bubbles empty is also penalised, so go over the OMR rules printed with your admit card.

Child development and pedagogy topics

These questions focus on learners in the 6 to 11 age group, so picture a seven or nine year old pupil while studying every theory.

• Growth and development: what it means, its principles and stages, and how heredity and surroundings shape a child
• Learning: its meaning, processes and theories, applied in class; the ways young children think and learn
• Motivation and its link with learning
• How pupils differ: personality, intelligence and individual differences
• Understanding diverse learners, learning difficulties and adjustment
• The teaching and learning process
• Measurement, assessment and evaluation and why we use them; action research
• The Right to Education Act and what it expects from teachers on free and compulsory schooling

REET syllabus level 1: the two language sections

You choose two different languages from the list allowed in the notification, which in past cycles offered seven: Hindi, English, Sanskrit, Urdu, Gujarati, Punjabi and Sindhi. Both sections mix content with language teaching method.

• Comprehension: an unseen prose passage and, especially in Language II, an unseen poem, followed by items on sense, inference and word meaning.
• Grammar (Hindi as an example): paryayvachi and vilom shabd, a compact word that replaces a whole phrase, upsarg and pratyay, sandhi, samas, word classes, ling, vachan and kaal, idioms and proverbs.
• Grammar (English as an example): framing questions, modal auxiliaries, phrasal verbs, idioms and basic literary terms.
• Pedagogy: principles of language teaching, the four skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing, teaching material, continuous evaluation and remedial teaching.

Mathematics and EVS topics for Level 1

Mathematics

• Numbers and basic operations, Indian money, fractions
• LCM and HCF, unitary method, averages, profit, loss and simple interest
• Geometry and mensuration: plane figures, area and perimeter, measurement of length, weight, time and volume
• Pedagogy: the nature of maths as a tool for logic, why it sits in the primary curriculum, the language of maths, community maths, evaluation, spotting errors in children's work, and diagnosis followed by remedial help

Environmental studies

• Family, clothes and habitats, professions, public places and institutions
• Our culture and civilisation, with Rajasthan's fairs, festivals, art and notable people
• Transport and communication, personal hygiene, living beings, matter and energy
• Pollution, natural resources and the environment of Rajasthan
• Pedagogy: concept and scope of EVS, how it ties into science and social studies, activities, experiments, teaching aids and teaching problems

The content is at class 1 to 5 level, though questions may stretch to secondary standard. The Rajasthan angle in EVS is where most out of state candidates lose marks.

REET level 1 mains syllabus in brief

The recruitment exam for primary teachers is run by RSSB and looks quite different. Recent rounds used 150 questions worth 2 marks each, 300 marks in all, in 2 hours 30 minutes, with one third negative marking. The syllabus blends Rajasthan geography, history and culture, general knowledge and current affairs, educational psychology, school subjects with their teaching methods, and information technology in education. Treat the eligibility paper as your base and add the Rajasthan GK and computer parts once you have the certificate.

REET level 1 syllabus in Hindi (saar)

प्राथमिक कक्षाओं (1 से 5) में पढ़ाने के इच्छुक अभ्यर्थी रीट लेवल 1 देते हैं। पेपर 150 अंकों का है, और समय सीमा ढाई घंटे की रहती है। पाँच खंड हैं: बाल विकास और शिक्षण विधि, दो भाषाएँ, गणित तथा पर्यावरण अध्ययन; हर खंड के 30 अंक। पिछले चक्र से ओएमआर में हर सवाल के पाँच गोले हैं, और गलती करने पर अंक कटते हैं, इसलिए सोचकर उत्तर भरें। पर्यावरण अध्ययन में राजस्थान की संस्कृति, मेले, त्योहार और प्राकृतिक संसाधन से जुड़े प्रश्न जरूर पढ़ें।

Twelve weeks to the primary paper

Since all five sections carry equal weight, your plan should push your weakest section up rather than polishing your favourite.

1. Weeks 1 to 4: read class 1 to 5 school books for maths and EVS and make topic notes; give 45 minutes daily to one CDP theory, linking each to a classroom example.
2. Weeks 5 to 8: grammar drills for both languages, three unseen passages a week, and the pedagogy portion of every section, which quietly decides many marks.
3. Weeks 9 to 12: complete mock papers of 150 items, timed at 150 minutes, marking the fifth bubble for skipped questions so the habit is set before exam day.

If you are still choosing a training course, the BSTC syllabus page explains the entrance for the diploma that leads to this paper. Other state and central tests are compared on the teaching exams hub.