PSTET Syllabus 2026: Detailed Paper 1 & 2 Exam Pattern & PDF Download

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PSTET Exam Pattern 2026

The PSTET 2026 examination, administered by the PSEB, is categorized into Paper I (Primary Teachers for Classes I-V) and Paper II (Upper Primary Teachers for Classes VI-VIII). To optimize your study strategy, it is crucial to analyze the specific mark distribution and section structure for each paper. Below, we outline the comprehensive PSTET 2026 exam pattern and subject weightage.

PSTET Paper 1 Exam Pattern

The PSTET Paper I format features 150 objective-type multiple-choice questions. With each question carrying one mark, the total evaluation is based on 150 marks.

PSTET Paper 2 Exam Pattern

Designed for Upper Primary aspirants, the PSTET Paper II consists of 150 multiple-choice questions totaling 150 marks. Candidates are allotted a duration of 150 minutes (2 hours and 30 minutes) to complete the test.

PSTET Syllabus 2026

The PSTET 2026 syllabus is structured into four core sections: Child Development and Pedagogy, Language I, Language II, and subject-specific modules. Depending on their teaching area, candidates will choose between Mathematics & Science or Social Science.

The curriculum encompasses vital areas including educational psychology, language proficiency, fundamental mathematics, and environmental concepts. This comprehensive framework is meticulously designed to evaluate both theoretical knowledge and practical teaching aptitude.

PSTET Paper 1 Syllabus 2026

The official PSTET Paper 1 syllabus is curated by the Punjab State Education Board. You can access the detailed topic list for Paper 1 in the section below.

I. PSTET Syllabus For Child Development and Pedagogy

• 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-centered 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, 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, and Specially 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

II. PSTET Syllabus For Language I

• 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)

• Learning and acquisition
• Principles of Language Teaching
• Role of listening and speaking, the 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 resources of the classroom
• Remedial Teaching

III. PSTET Syllabus For Language-II

• Two unseen prose passages (discursive, literary, narrative, or scientific) with questions on comprehension, grammar, and verbal ability

• Learning and acquisition
• Principles of Language Teaching
• Role of listening and speaking, the function of language, and how children use it as a tool
• 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,g and writing
• Teaching – learning materials: Textbook, multimedia materials, multilingual resources for the classroom
• Remedial Teaching

IV. PSTET Syllabus For Mathematics

• Geometry
• Shapes & Spatial Understanding
• Solids around Us
• Numbers
• Addition and Subtraction
• Multiplication
• Division
• Measurement
• Weight
• Time
• Volume
• Data Handling
• Patterns
• Money

• Nature of Mathematics/Logical thinking; understanding children’s thinking and reasoning patterns and strategies of making meaning and learning
• Place of Mathematics in the Curriculum
• Language of Mathematics
• Community Mathematics
• Evaluation through formal and informal methods
• Problems of Teaching
• Error analysis and related aspects of learning and teaching
• Diagnostic and Remedial Teaching

V. Environmental Studies Syllabus of PSTET

• 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
• Activities
• Experimentation/Practical Work
• Discussion
• CCE
• Teaching material/Aid
• Problems

PSTET Paper 2 Syllabus 2026

The official PSTET Paper 2 syllabus is provided by the Punjab State Education Board. Access the comprehensive syllabus for Paper 2 through the resources provided below.

• 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-centered 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,n etc.
• 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, and Specially 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

• 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)

• Learning and acquisition
• Principles of Language Teaching
• Role of listening and speaking, the function of language, and how children use it as a tool
• 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 resources for the classroom
• Remedial Teaching

• Two unseen prose passages (discursive, literary, narrative, or scientific) with questions on comprehension, grammar, and verbal ability

• Learning and acquisition
• Principles of Language Teaching
• Role of listening and speaking, the function of language, and how children use it as a tool
• 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 resources for the classroom
• Remedial Teaching

IV. (A) PSTET Syllabus For Mathematics & Science

• Number System
• Algebra
• Geometry
• Mensuration
• Data handling

• Nature of Mathematics/Logical thinking
• Place of Mathematics in the Curriculum
• Language of Mathematics
• Community Mathematics
• Evaluation
• Remedial Teaching
• Problem of Teaching

• I. Food
• II. Materials – Materials of daily use
• III. The World of the Living
• IV. Moving Things, People and Ideas
• V. How things work
• VI. Natural Phenomena
• VII. Natural Resources

• Nature & Structure of Sciences
• Natural Science/Aims & objectives
• Understanding & Appreciating Science
• Approaches/Integrated Approach
• Observation/Experiment/Discovery (Method of Science)
• Innovation
• Text Material/Aids
• Evaluation – cognitive/psychomotor/affective
• Problems
• Remedial Teaching

• When, Where, and How
• The Earliest Societies
• The First Farmers and Herders
• The First Cities
• Early States
• New Ideas
• The First Empire
• Contacts with Distant Lands
• Political Developments
• Culture and Science
• New Kings and Kingdoms
• Sultans of Delhi
• Architecture
• Creation of an Empire
• Social Change
• Regional Cultures
• The Establishment of Company Power
• Rural Life and Society
• Colonialism and Tribal Societies
• The Revolt of 1857-58
• Women and Reform
• Challenging the Caste System
• The Nationalist Movement
• India After Independence

• Geography as a social study and as a science
• Planet: Earth in the solar system
• Globe
• Environment in its totality: natural and human environment
• Air
• Water
• Human Environment: settlement, transport, and communication
• Resources: Types- Natural and Human
• Agriculture

• Diversity
• Government
• Local Government
• Making a Living
• Democracy
• State Government
• Understanding Media
• Unpacking Gender
• The Constitution
• Parliamentary Government
• The Judiciary
• Social Justice and the Marginalized