PAPER-I
GENERAL STUDIES AND MENTAL ABILITY
1. Events of national and international importance.
2. Current affairs- international, national and regional.
3. General Science and it applications to the day to day life Contemporary
developments in Science & Technology and information Technology.
4. Social- economic and political history of modern India with emphasis on Andhra
Pradesh.
5. Indian polity and governance: constitutional issues, public policy, reforms and
e-governance initiatives with specific reference to Andhra Pradesh.
6. Economic development in India since independence with emphasis on
Andhra Pradesh.
7. Physical geography of Indian sub-continent and Andhra Pradesh.
8. Disaster management: vulnerability profile, prevention and mitigation strategies,
Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in the assessment of Disaster.
9. Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection
10. Logical reasoning, analytical ability and data interpretation.
11. Data Analysis:
a) Tabulation of data
b) Visual representation of data
c) Basic data analysis (Summary Statistics such as mean, median, mode, variance
and coefficient of variation) and Interpretation
12. Bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and its Administrative, Economic, Social, Cultural,
Political, and Legal implications/problems.
PAPER-II – EDUCATION
(DEGREE STANDARD)
(A) FOUNDATION OF EDUCATION
i) Nature and Scope of Philosophical and Sociological Foundations of
Education.
ii) Idealism; Naturalism; Pragmatism; Realism; Existentialism;
iii) Gandhi; Tagore; Aurobindo; Vivekananda; Jiddu Krishna Murthy;
iv) Socialization and Education; Social change and Education; Culture and
Education; Modernization and Education; Equality of Educational
opportunities; Education of Weaker Sections.
(B) EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
I. INTRODUCTION TO EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY.
Relationship between Educational Psychology.
Nature and Scope of Educational Psychology.
Methods of Educational Psychology
2. Growth and Development.
Principles of Growth and Development.
Stages of Development-Infancy, Childhood, Adolescence and aspects of
development - Physical, Mental, Social and Emotional and its Educational
implications to classroom teaching and education.
3. Learning.
Nature of Learning, Theories of Learning(Behavioral, Cognitive and Social) and its
Relevance to classroom teaching, learning and Motivation; Various methods of
motivation (intrinsic and extrinsic) and its applications for classroom teaching.
4. Individual difference and its assessment.
Meaning and significance of the study of individual differences. Inter and intra
Individual difference and its assessment.
Concept of Personality and its assessment (Projective and Non-Projective
methods).Understanding and helping learners with special needs – poor achievers,
under achievers, low-level of intellectual functioning; giftedness and creativity.
Need and significance of guidance and counseling in schools.
5. Statistics
Statistics-Concept and its need for understanding behaviour of learners and
teachers.
Measures of Central tendency.
Measures of Variability.
Correlation and various methods of computing correlation.
(C) TRENDS IN EDUCATION
1. Universalization of Education- Significance, constitutional guarantee,
problems involved in implementing. Quality of Primary Education-Minimum
level of Learning Approach.
2. Wastage and stagnation in Education-Meaning, causes, problems and
remedial measures.
3. Adult Education and Functional literacy-Meaning, scope, problems involved
and strategies for remedial action.
4. Non-Formal Education- contemporary significance, problems, methodology,
motivational aspect and implementation.
5. School and Community Relationships-need and importance, ways of bringing
their together, making use of community resources persons, some practical
strategies to facilitate appropriate relationships.
6. Medium of instruction-Problem, Language in India, three language formula, its
implications and difficulties in implementing the formule.
7. Family life and population Education-the problem, objectives at Secondary
level creating awareness, difficulties in implementing, strategies to spread
right type of family life and population education.
8. Moral Education- meaning and scope, approaches to Moral Education,
Difference between Moral and Religious Education, Practical Work.
9. National and Emotional integration- meaning, nature, problems,
implementation celebrating national days and role of schools and teachers.
10. International understanding-education for peace, disarmament and coexistence, meaning, nature, significance, developing a broader perspective
in the mind students.
11. Education of the socially and culturally disadvantaged- meaningSignificance problems, equality of opportunity and strategies to implement
meaningful programme.
12. Lifelong Education-meaning, need and scope, approach and role of
teachers.
13. Teacher Education-pre-service and in-service-Professional Organisations
teachers.
14. Vocational Education and Vocationalisation of Education.
15. Common Entrance Examinations and Centralised admissions into the basic
courses in Andhra Pradesh.
16. Recommendations of various Education Commissions and Committees.
