About This Syllabus
The Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) has issued a subject-wise syllabus for the Jharkhand Teacher Eligibility Test (JHTET) Examination 2026. Topics are listed separately for the primary level (Classes 1 to 5) and the upper primary level (Classes 6 to 8). Most subjects have two parts: subject content, and a teaching-method (pedagogy) section. Except English (Roman script), Bangla, Odia and Urdu, the syllabus pages state Devanagari as the script used in the exam. The summary below follows the official JAC PDF.
Child Development and Pedagogy (Classes 1-5 and 6-8)
- Concepts: development and its relation with learning; principles and stages of child development with reference to NEP 2020, NCF-FS and NCF-SE (the Classes 6-8 list names NEP 2020 and NCF-SE)
- Child-centred education and innovative teaching methods; individual differences among learners
- Continuous and comprehensive evaluation, holistic assessment under NEP 2020, and Bloom's taxonomy
- Equitable and inclusive education; education of children with special needs
- Learning and pedagogy: how children think and learn, basic processes of teaching and learning, motivation and learning (cognitive, emotional and moral development), and digital pedagogy (integration of ICT)
Mathematics (Classes 1-5)
- Numbers and mathematical operations
- Geometry and spatial understanding: shapes, basic 2D and 3D shapes, symmetry
- Measurement and units: length, quantity, weight, volume, time
- Practical and commercial maths: money, profit and loss, simple interest, mensuration, percentage, fractions, data handling, patterns
- Pedagogy: nature of mathematics, teaching methods, problems and challenges in teaching maths, diagnostic and remedial teaching and evaluation (CCE/HPC), NEP 2020, NCF-FS and NCF-SE
Mathematics (Classes 6-8)
- Number system: natural and whole numbers, integers, rational numbers, exponents, negative numbers, fractions, squares and square roots, cubes and cube roots, HCF and LCM
- Algebra: variables, constants, powers, algebraic expressions and identities, operations on expressions
- Arithmetic: ratio and proportion, unitary method, percentage, profit and loss, simple and compound interest, time and distance, time and work
- Geometry (2D, 3D shapes, symmetry); mensuration (perimeter, area, volume)
- Data handling: collecting and organising data; pie charts, bar graphs, double bar graphs and pictographs of ungrouped data
- Pedagogy: mathematical and logical thinking, teaching methods and problems, CCE/HPC, the 4-block approach under NEP 2020 and the ELPS (Experience, Language, Pictures, Symbols) approach
Environmental Studies (Classes 1-5)
- Family and neighbourhood
- Food: food from plants and animals, cooking and eating, food of animals
- Shelter: types of houses, decoration and cleanliness, family and domestic animals
- Water: sources, storage, water in daily life, scarcity, flow, need of water for plants and animals
- Travel and communication; things we make and do
- Pedagogy: nature and importance of EVS, environmental education, activity, practical and project-based work, continuous evaluation and competency-based assessment, teaching aids
Science (Classes 6-8)
- Food: sources and components, health and hygiene, crop production, nutrition in plants
- Materials: types, separation of substances, acids, bases and salts
- Living world: classification of organisms, habitats, structure and function of plants and animals, effect of environment, biodiversity conservation, respiration, digestion and excretion
- Physics: measurement, motion, force, friction, sound, electric current and circuits, electrical appliances, magnets, light, heat and temperature
- Natural phenomena and their management, alternative sources of energy, forest products, greenhouse effect, ozone layer, pollution and waste management
- Pedagogy: nature and objectives of science teaching, STEAM-based and observation, experiment and discovery-based methods, teaching aids, remedial teaching, evaluation (CCE/HPC)
Social Science (Classes 6-8)
- History: sources of history, early societies, first empires (Ashoka and Mauryan administration), the Mughal Empire, towns, traders and craftspeople, new political formations of the 18th century, Company rule and colonialism, tribal societies and the Santhal rebellion, the Revolt of 1857, British rule and education, women's status and reform, the national movement from 1885 to 1947, and India after independence
- Geography: solar system, atmosphere, hydrosphere, Earth's motions and interior, physical and human environment, tropical, subtropical, temperate grassland and desert life, seasons, natural and human resources, agriculture, industry, and the location and size of India and Jharkhand
- Social and political life: diversity, the Constitution, fundamental rights and duties, state and local government, equality in democracy, parliamentary government
- Economics: livelihoods, occupations, money and exchange, population growth in India and Jharkhand, public distribution system, food and commercial crops, cooperatives, markets, economic and social values, financial literacy
- Pedagogy: nature of social science, teaching methods, project work, teaching problems, competency-based assessment, and developing critical thinking under NEP 2020
Hindi (Classes 1-5 and 6-8)
- Language comprehension: unseen extracts, prose and poetry passages
- Grammar (Classes 1-5): letters and sounds, noun, pronoun, adjective, gender, number, verb, case, tense, prefix, suffix, synonyms, antonyms, paronyms, idioms and proverbs
- Grammar (Classes 6-8) adds word classes, sentence formation, sandhi, samas, one-word substitution and figures of speech (alankar)
- Pedagogy (both levels): principles and methods of language teaching, language skills, communication skills, overcoming difficulties in language teaching, teaching aids, remedial teaching, the 4-block approach under NEP 2020
English, Language-2 (Classes 1-5 and 6-8)
- Comprehension: two unseen prose passages (discursive, literary, narrative or scientific) with questions on comprehension, grammar and verbal ability
- Pedagogy: learning and acquisition, principles of language teaching, role of listening and speaking, challenges of a diverse classroom, language difficulties, errors and disorders, language skills, evaluating proficiency, teaching-learning materials, remedial teaching; Classes 1-5 add the four-block approach and Classes 6-8 add the role of grammar in communication
- Grammar (Classes 1-5): parts of speech, subject-verb agreement, jumbled words and sentences, verb forms and tense, idioms and phrases, articles and determiners, synonyms and antonyms, phonology, punctuation, wh-questions and tag questions, sentence types and clauses, contracted forms, conjunctions, error recognition, simile and metaphor, gender, morpheme, language in NEP 2020
- Grammar (Classes 6-8): tense, parts of speech, subject-verb agreement, phrases, clauses, phrasal verbs and idioms, determiners, active and passive voice, narration, transitive and intransitive verbs, prefixes and suffixes, synonyms, antonyms, homonyms and homophones, simple, compound and complex sentences, figures of speech (simile, metaphor, personification, irony, alliteration), sonnet, morpheme, gender, language in NEP 2020
Sanskrit (Classes 1-5 and 6-8)
- Unseen passage; grammar: places of articulation, sandhi, samas, karak and upapad vibhakti, gender, upasarga, avyaya, error correction
- Suffixes: krit (tumun, ktva, lyap, tavyat, aniyar, shatri, shanach, kta, ktavatu, yat, nyat) and stri pratyaya (tap, ngip); Classes 6-8 add taddhit (matup, ini, thak, tva, tal) and voice (vachya)
- Vocabulary: synonyms, antonyms, adjective-noun pairs, time and number words
- Noun forms (balak, phal, lata, muni, nadi, sadhu, vari; Classes 6-8 add pitri, matri and the halant words rajan, atman, vidvas, gachhat) and pronouns (asmad, yushmad, etad, tad, idam, kim, sarva)
- Verb forms in lat, lang, lrit, lot and vidhiling: parasmaipadi roots such as gam, path, drish, da, kri, bhu, as, likh and shru, and atmanepadi roots sev, labh, vrit and yach
- Literature: general introduction to the Ramayana, Mahabharata, Bhagavad Gita, Kadambari, Meghadutam and Abhijnanashakuntalam; Classes 6-8 add the four Vedas, Puranas, Upanishads, Mrichchhakatikam, Shivarajavijayam, Nalachampu, Kumarasambhavam, Uttararamacharitam and an introduction to metres
- Pedagogy: language skills, everyday expressions, direct, translation and grammar methods, NEP 2020 provisions
Urdu (Classes 1-5 and 6-8)
- Prescribed texts (Classes 1-5): poems by Firaq Gorakhpuri, Akhtar Sheerani, Allama Iqbal, Ismail Merathi and Akbar Allahabadi; ghazals of Wali Dakni and Shad Azimabadi; short stories by Rajinder Singh Bedi and Saadat Hasan Manto; a biographical piece on Sir Syed's childhood; essays by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan and Aslam Parvez
- Prescribed texts (Classes 6-8): poems by Nazeer Akbarabadi, Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Allama Iqbal, Ismail Merathi, Akhtarul Iman and Ali Sardar Jafri; ghazals of Zauq, Mir Taqi Mir, Mir Dard and Ghalib; a marsiya by Mir Anees; a qasida by Ghalib; a dastan by Mir Amman; Premchand's novel Bewa and story Idgah; stories by Krishan Chander, Ghulam Abbas and Athar Parvez; the drama Yahudi ki Ladki by Agha Hashr Kashmiri
- Grammar: noun, verb and particle and their types, pronouns, gender, singular and plural, noun-adjective, synonyms, antonyms, prefixes and suffixes, idioms and proverbs with their use in sentences
- Pedagogy: principles and methods of teaching Urdu, challenges in a multilingual classroom, errors and their remedies, language skills, child-centred education, evaluation of listening, speaking, reading and writing, teaching-learning materials, remedial classes, RTE Act 2009, NEP 2020 and NCF 2023
Language-2: Tribal Languages (Kurukh, Mundari, Ho, Kharia, Santali, Bhumij)
- Classes 1-5, typical topics: introduction to the language and i