The Government of Rajasthan has initiated the process for conducting Rajasthan Teacher Eligibility Test (RTET) 2012 by issuing a notification in the newspapers in first week of June 2012 regarding syllabus of Rajasthan TET 2012. Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan (BSER) is the nodal agency for holding the test. Rajasthan Teacher Eligibility Test is mandatory test to be cleared to be eligible for appointment as Primary Teacher (Level I for Class 1 to 5) and Middle School Teacher (Level II for Class 6 to 8) i.e. third grade teacher in Rajasthan. Separate syllabus is notified for Level I and Level II teacher eligibility tests. The Level I syllabus comprises of 5 sections of 30 multiple choice questions each with 1 mark assigned to each question totaling to 150 questions and 150 marks. On the other hand, Level II syllabus comprises of 4 sections with total 210 multiple choice questions of 1 mark each aggregating to 210 marks. The section wise details of the RTET 2012 syllabus are as under:
Syllabus Level - I
Section - I (Khand - I) - Child Development and Education Science
Section - II (Khand - II) - Language-I (English, Hindi, Sanskrit, Urdu, Gujarati, Sindhi)
Section - III (Khand - III) - Language-II (English, Hindi, Sanskrit, Urdu, Gujarati, Sindhi)
Section - IV (Khand - IV) - Mathematics
Section - V (Khand - V) - Environmental Studies
(30 questions/ 30 marks in each section)
Syllabus Level - II
Section-II-Language-I(English, Hindi, Sanskrit, Urdu, Gujarati, Sindhi)(30 questions/30 marks)
Section-III-Language-II(English, Hindi, Sanskrit, Urdu, Gujarati, Sindhi)(30 questions/30 marks)
Section - IV (Khand - IV) - A) Mathematics & Science (60 questions/ 60 marks)
B) Social Studies (60 questions/ 60 marks)
The detailed syllabus is available on RTET website which can be downloaded by the candidates and can be used for the purpose of preparation for the examination. RTET 2012 time table / date sheet / Exam Schedule is likely to be announced by BSER very soon. The detailed procedure for submission of application form, availability of admit cards for RTET 2012 will be uploaded on the website - www.rtetbser.com in due course of time.