UP D. El. Ed. Syllabus: UP D. El. Ed. Syllabus (Uttar Pradesh Diploma in Elementary Education) previously UP BTC (Uttar Pradesh Basic Training Certificate), is a 2 year diploma course offered by the state of Uttar Pradesh to train teachers for primary schools. UP D. El. Ed. is divided into 4 semesters, so is the UP D. El. Ed. syllabus.
In this article we have discussed in detail the UP D. El. Ed. Syllabus 2024 for all semesters. You can also download the PDF of UP D. El. Ed. Syllabus 2024. Read below for a detailed syllabus of UP D. El. Ed. for 1st semester, 2nd sem, 3rd sem and 4th sem..
Overview of UP D. El. Ed. Syllabus:
UP D. El. Ed. syllabus is designed by keeping in view the grand vision of enhancing the educational quality of primary education through improving UP D. El. Ed. syllabus and its pedagogy. SCERT D. El. Ed. syllabus incorporates current educational needs, expectations, child psychology and the process of learning along with new teaching methods and educational innovations. The course spans over a period of two-year, divided into four semesters. Each semester will be of 6 months (minimum 120 academic days and 10 examination days). We have provided a semester-wise subject distribution table for UP D. El. Ed. syllabus below in tabular format in both English and Hindi.
| First Semester | Second semester | Third semester | Fourth semester |
| Theoretical subject | |||
| Child development and learning process | Current Indian society and elementary education | Educational evaluation, action research and innovation | Development of language reading/ writing and mathematical ability at elementary level |
| Principle of teaching and learning | New effort in elementary education | Inclusive education | Educational management and administration |
| General subject | |||
| Science | Science | Science | Science |
| Mathematics | Mathematics | Mathematics | Mathematics |
| Social studies | Social studies | Social studies | Social studies |
| Hindi | Hindi | Hindi | Hindi |
| Sanskrit/Urdu | English | Sanskrit/Urdu | English |
| Computer education | Social useful productive work | Computer education | Peace education and sustainable development |
| Art/ Music/ Physical Education/ Health Education (theoretical/ practical) | Art/ Music/ Physical Education/ Health Education (theoretical/ experimental) | Art/ Music/ Physical Education/ Health Education (theoretical/ experimental) | Art/ Music/ Physical Education/ Health Education (theoretical/ experimental) |
| Internship | Internship | Internship | Internship |
UP D. El. Ed. Syllabus for 1st Semester:
UP. D. El. Ed. 1st semester syllabus is divided into two sections (1) Theoretical subject and (2) general subject. The Theoretical course has two subjects
- Edu 1 – Child development and process of learning and
- Edu 2 – Principle of teaching and learning
Both of these subjects are part of teaching pedagogy that have to be studied by all the students enrolled in the UP. D. El. Ed. 2024 because of the whole idea of teacher training courses to build the capacity of future teachers to improve pedagogy and enable them to unlock the potential of children.
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Beside theoretical subjects, UP. D. El. Ed. 2024 students have to study general subjects which includes Science, Mathematics, Social studies, Hindi, Sanskrit or Urdu, Computer education, and Art or Music or Physical Education or Health Education (theoretical/ practical). The details of the syllabus and its PDF link is provided below.
Child development and process of learning for 1st semester of UP. D. El. Ed. 2024
| Child Development | Meaning, need and scope of child development.Stages of child development (tuberculosis, childhood, adolescence) and the developments occurring within themPhysical developmentMental development, intelligence, intelligence quotient (IQ), intelligence testEmotional development, cognitive development (Piaget’s theory)Social developmentLanguage development-development of expression ability.Development of creativity and creative abilityPersonality development meaning, types (introvert, extrovert, ambivert).Personality testing methods and adjustment measuresIndividual differences meaning, factors and importanceDevelopment of imagination, thinking and logicBasis of child development and factors affecting them rain sequenceEnvironment (family, social, school, media) |
| Principle of teaching and learning | Meaning of learning, factors affecting learning, physical and mental health of the child, maturity, desire to learn, motivation, nature of subject material, environment, physical and mental fatigue.Effective methods of learning – learning by doing, learning by imitation, learning by observation, learning by testing, learning by group methods, conference and symposium method, project method, group learning.Laws of learning – Thorndike’s main and secondary laws of learning and their importance in teaching and learning.Major principles of learning and their practical utility in classroom teachingThorndike’s principle of trial and errorPavlov’s principle of associated reactionskinner’s operant learning theoryKohler’s theory of understanding or insightPyaje’s theoryVyogasky’s theoryBooner’s theoryLearning curve-meaning and types, plateau in learning-meaning and reasons, solution.Meaning, types, principles and importance of transfer in teaching and learning. |
| Motivation meaning, types and importance | Methods of motivation: interest, success, competition, group work, praise, rewards, attention, games, participation in social programs, classroom environment.Motivation of active members of the community, members of village education committees/school management committees and other types of school committees in the context of teaching and learning and in the context of the school system.Attention-Meaning, types, factors affecting attention and ways to focus the attention of children.Interest meaning, types and methods of testing children’s interest and generating interest in them, importance of interest in learning, relationship between attention and interest.Memory- meaning, types and effective factors of good memory.Meaning, causes and importance of oblivion |
| Statistics meaning, importance and graphical representation of data | Mean, median and polynomial |
Practical work/assignment/project work/model:
Trainee teachers were given the task of preparing a project, model, game, video clip, audio clip, experiment to convey the knowledge and concepts underlying child development and learning process in every lesson to the children.
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Second Paper, 1st sem of UP. D. El. Ed. 2024: Principle of teachers learning
Second Paper of UP D. El. Ed is the principle of teaching and learning. This paper has the following objectives –
- To make aware of teaching principles and teaching techniques for the development of effective teaching.
- To provide information regarding the need, creation, use and maintenance of teaching-learning materials.
- To introduce new methods of teaching and to teach the application of new learning methods to the trainees.
- To provide information about various stages to the class-wise children to achieve the required level of learning and to train them.
- To develop life skills in children, the efforts of school, community, parents and society
- To introduce the role. To make the trainee proficient in evaluating the impact of different types of pedagogy on children.
- To give training to teachers to generate interest in children through different types of teaching techniques.
General Subject-edu 02 called the principle of teaching and learning has following content
| Meaning and objectives of teaching | Communication and its components Communicationcomponents/factors of communicationmeaning of communicationneed and importanceeffective communication methodstypes of communicationCurrent Indian society and elementary education |
| Principles of teaching | Principle of learning by doingTheory of motivationPrinciple of interestPrinciple of fixed purposePrinciple of planningPrinciple of selectionTheory of individual differencesPrinciples of Democratic BehaviorPrinciple of relation to lifeThe principle of frequencyTheory of creation and entertainmentPrinciple of division (of small steps) |
| Teaching principles | from simple to complexfrom known to unknownfrom macro to microfrom whole to fractionfrom uncertain to certainfrom direct to indirectfrom specific to generalFrom analysis to synthesisfrom psychological to rationalfrom experience to rational |
| Teaching techniques | Question-and-answer techniqueDescription techniqueDescription techniqueLecture techniqueExplanation techniquestorytelling techniqueInspection and Observation TechniquesExample techniqueSports/activity technologyGroup Discussion TechniquesExperimental work techniqueDebate techniquesWorkshop techniquesTouring techniques |
| New methods of teaching (approaches) | Child-centered learningActivity based learningInteresting/enjoyable learningParticipatory learningCompetency based learningRemedial EducationMultigrade/Multilevel Teaching |
| Basic skills of micro teaching and learning | Meaning, necessity and importance and types of micro educationTeaching skillsMeaningLesson introduction skillsObjective statement skillsQuestion skillsLecture skillsSolving and explaining these visions skillsStudent participation skillsStimulus switching skillsReinforcement skillsBlackboard writing skillsRepetition skills |
| Teaching learning material | MeaningNeed and importanceTypes/Classification of Teaching Learning MaterialsFeatures of best teaching learning materialTypes of teaching learning materialsTo impart sensory learning, use various objects and materials such as touching and tasting information.Visual material |
2nd Sem syllabus for UP D. El. Ed.
The second semester of UP D. El. Ed. syllabus consists of two papers (1) Edu 3 called Current Indian society and elementary education and (2) Edu 4 called New effort in elementary education.
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Current Indian society and elementary education is divided into two sections (1) Section A: Elementary education and (2) Section B: Education and Society.
Edu 3: Current Indian society and elementary education syllabus:
| Elementary Education | Concept, meaning (ancient and modern) and importance of education Objectives of education and factors influencing the objectives of education in present India. |
| Types of education | Formal education, informal education, distance education |
| Background of primary education | Ancient Period (Gurukula and Buddhist Education) Medieval education (Mughal period education) Modern education (before and after independence) |
| Major educational ideologies | IdealismNaturalismPragmatism |
| Indian thinkers | Vivekananda, Rabindranath Tagore, Mahatma Gandhi, Dr. Radhakrishnan, Gijubhai Wadheka |
| Western Thinkers | Plato, Rousseau, John Dewey, Froebel, Maria Montessori |
| Interrelationship between education and society | Effective factors of education are family, society, school, state and mass media. Education and Social Change Factors of Social Change The relationship between the school and the community The school: as a community center. |
| Major issues of emerging society | Universalization of education and equality of educational opportunities Commercialization and control of education Child labor snatches away childhood and hinders free and compulsory child education. Population education meaning, need, importance and development of human resources as per time. Casteism, separatism, communalism and its ill effects; social/mutual harmony and harmony; |
| Awareness towards environmental pollution and environmental protection | Water harvesting-energy and land conservation Global Heat Rise (Global Warming) and Climate Change GlobalizationGender inequality and its impact, development of understanding and sensitivity towards gender equality through education. |
| The increasing role of mass media and its multidimensional impact on society. | Education and human values Meaning and objectives of education of human values Role of family, society and school in development of values Education of national and international goodwill Development of democratic, scientific and technological approach. |
Edu 4: Current Indian society and elementary education syllabus: New Effort in Primary Education
The objective of this paper is • To make aware of the constitutional provisions and commitments for universalization of primary education. And to provide information about various programs and projects conducted for the development of primary education.
| 1. Constitutional provisions and commitments for universalization of elementary education | Recommendations related to education under Articles 21(A), 29(2) and 45 of the Constitution. Children’s rights (Child Rights). Right to Free and Compulsory Education of Children Act-09 (RTE.09). |
| 2. Commissions and committees formed in the context of elementary education | Brief information about before and after independence Lord Macaulay’s educational policy, Wood’s manifesto, Hunter Commission, Auckland and Curzon’s Contribution Kothari Commission National Education Policy 1986 and Program of Action 1992 Yashpal Committee National Curriculum Framework 2005 (NCF 2005)National Curriculum Framework for Teacher Education 2009 (NCFTE 2009) |
| 3. Various programs and projects conducted for the development of elementary education (in the context of Uttar Pradesh) | Operation Black Board Project (OB) Comprehensive Orientation Program for In-Service Teachers (P-MOST) Special Orientation Program for Primary Teachers (SOPT) Basic Education Project (BEP) District Primary Education Program (II & III) (DPEP) School Readiness Program Total Literacy Campaign Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan NPEGEL-National Program of Education for Girls at Elementary Level Kasturba Gandhi Residential Girls School Scheme ECCE program National Child Labor Project Mid Day Meal/Nutrition Distribution Scholarship funding and other incentive schemes (free textbooks, uniforms, furniture for children) |
UP D. El. Ed. 3rd Semester syllabus
Semester three of UP D. El. Ed. consists of two theoretical subjects (1) Edu 5: Educational evaluation, action research and innovation and (2) Edu 6: Inclusive education and general subjects. The detailed syllabus of UP D. El. Ed. Edu 5 and Edu 6 is given below in tabular format and the syllabus of general subject is given in pdf.
UP D. El. Ed. Sem 3 syllabus: Educational evaluation, action research and innovation
The objective of this paper is to familiarize the students with the method of evaluation, its need and importance and various tools and techniques of evaluation.
| Measurement and evaluation | Concept of educational measurement and evaluation. Meaning of Educational Measurement Concept of evaluation Evaluation objectives Areas of assessment Need and importance of evaluation. Administrative need assessment Educational needs assessment Need for evaluation in educational research Need for evaluation from social perspective |
| Difference between measurement and evaluation | Difference between test and measurement. Difference between testing and measurement |
| Concept and importance of continuous and comprehensive evaluation | Competency based evaluation Comprehensive assessment Continuous evaluation and importance Methodology and steps of continuous evaluation Area of continuous evaluation. Methodology and steps of continuous evaluation |
| Aspects of evaluation | Cognitive Knowledge, understanding, application or practicality, analysis, synthesis and evaluation, Affective receiving or paying attention, responding, valuing, organization, specification by value Conative and behavioral (Behavior overall activity): social skills, mechanical skills, mathematical skills and linguistic skills Excitement: implementation, control and adjustment Naturalization |
| Types of evaluation | Oral examination Written examination Interview/Observation/Observation/Experimental Formative Evaluation Summative Evaluation Features of good testing/assessment, relationship of teaching, learning and assessment. Question paper preparation process: Planning, blueprinting, editing and scoring of questions (objective, very short answer, short answer, long answer) Aspects of questions as per educational objectives (Knowledge, Comprehension, Application, Skills)\ Evaluation Documentation (Cognitive and cognitive supporting aspects) Continuous, monthly, half-yearly and annual evaluation, reinforcement. Diagnostic tests and remedial education. |
| Action research | Meaning, types, objectives, need and importance of research. Areas of action research. Steps and design formulation of action research. Construction of action research tools. Editing/documentation of action research. |
| Educational innovation | Meaning, need and importance of innovation in education. Areas of educational innovation (identification and evaluation of local community/environment resources for improvement of teaching-learning, prayer place activities, co-curricular activities, community participation, school management, thematic classroom-teaching using contemporary examples, lab areas |
UP D. El. Ed. Sem 3 syllabus: Edu 6 Inclusive education syllabus
The inclusive education syllabus of semester three is divided into two sections, namely children with special needs and guidance and counselling. The objective of this paper of UP D. El. Ed. sem 3 is to
- To develop understanding of inclusive education among the trainees. To give information about the types, nature and diversity of inclusive education.
- To acquaint with the educational/linguistic/natural problems of different types of children.
- To train the trainees to connect all types of children to the main stream of education and to eliminate their hesitations.
Section ‘A’ of Inclusive education: Children with special needs
- Meaning, identification, types, solutions of educational inclusion. Such as deprived class, language, religion, caste, region, caste, gender, physical ability (visually impaired, hearing impaired and speech/orthopedically impaired). Mental efficiency.
- Tools, materials, methods, TLM and attitudes required for inclusion: Necessary tools and techniques to assess the learning of included children
- Special teaching methods for included children. Like Braille script etc.
Section ‘B’ of Edu 6: Guidance and Counselling
- Guidance and counseling for inclusive children: meaning, objectives, types, methods, need and scope.
- Departments/institutions supporting consultation: School of Psychology, Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad, Congregational Psychology Center (at congregational level), District Hospital, Trained diet mentor in District Education and Training Institute, Supervision and inspection system, Community and school support committees, Government and non-government organizations
- Importance of guidance and counseling in child learning
UP D. El. Ed. 2024 Syllabus: 4th Semester
UP D. El. Ed. sem 4 has two papers just like the previous semesters. (1) Edu 7: Development of reading-writing and pre-numeric abilities of language and mathematics at the elementary level and (2) Edu 8: Educational Management and Administration. The details of topics of each syllabus are provided below.
Syllabus of Edu 07: Development of reading-writing and pre-numeric abilities of language and mathematics at the elementary level
The objective of this paper is to build the capacity of elementary teachers to to convey the knowledge and concepts inherent in each lesson of development of reading-writing ability of language and mathematics to the children at the initial level. The topic wise syllabus of Edu 7 is presented in the bullet list.
- Meaning and importance of reading and writing.
- Objective of reading and writing.
- Utility of reading and writing
- Characters, words, sentences.
- Study of sound/ phonetics
- Understanding vowels, consonants and consonant groups by listening to them.
- Listening and understanding the emotions and thoughts contained in the given instructions, messages, descriptions, poems, stories, folk songs etc.
- Correct pronunciation of all sounds, vowels and consonants of Hindi/English.
- To read all the sounds of the script by recognizing their script symbols.
- Reading while identifying full stops, semicolons, question marks and exclamation marks and understanding the meaning of the subject matter.
- Identifying and reading antonyms, synonyms, rhyming, non-rhyming and similar sounding words.
- Writing of script symbols, vowels, consonants, in a beautiful and attractive manner.
- Write the script symbols of nasal sounds correctly.
- Pre-number preparation and address.
- Counting, reading and writing numbers from 1 to 9 with the help of object pictures.
- Sorting the numbers.
- Mathematical operations-addition, subtraction and knowledge of zero.
- Knowledge of units, tens and hundreds.
Experimental work/sessional/project work/model:
Trainee teachers will be given the task of preparing projects, models, games, video clips, audio clips, experiments to convey the knowledge and concepts inherent in each lesson. An indicative list of models/projects that can be prepared is given below for help. Teachers can also prepare models/projects on other subjects.
- Prepare a variety of educational games.
- Create different types of letter/word games.
- Preparing simple games based on mathematics.
- Preparing plays on various games.
- Designing activities for faster reading and writing
- Creating a variety of fun games
Semester-4: Theoretical subject-edu 08, Educational Management and Administration
The objective of Edu 8: Educational management and administration is to familiarize trainees about agency working at each level of primary education, school management including management of classroom and preparation of content. The syllabus of Edu 8: Educational management and administration is divided into two sections
Syllabus of Edu 8, Section A Educational management and administration
- Meaning, need and importance of institutional planning and management.
- Meaning, need and importance of school management.
- Areas of school management-
- Management of physical resources (school building, furniture, educational equipment, furnishings, drinking water, toilets).
- Human resources management
- Teachers
- Students
- Community (Village Education Committee, School Management Committee, Teachers’ Parents’ Association, Mother Teachers’ Association, Women’s Motivational Group)
- Financial Management (School Grant, TLM Grant, Money received by the school from the community, Money earned from school property, Grants received from Gram Panchayat Fund/Public Representatives).
- Educational management (classroom management, teaching-learning material management, learning corner and library management, textbooks, workbooks, teacher’s guides, use and management of dictionaries).
- Time management (creation and use of timetable).
- Timetable for schools with one or two teachers.
- Timetable for schools with three or four teachers.
- Timetable for a school with five teachers.
- Management of co-curricular activities (sports, academic programmes (debate, essay writing etc.), cultural programmes, national festivals, academic tours, gardening, end-term function).
- Management of information and records (recording). (Collection, analysis and
- Types of school records-
| teacher attendance register | student attendance register | correspondence register | smc register | SMC Income Expenditure Register | Village Education Fund (Income-Expenditure) Register |
| Village Education Committee Meeting Register | Mother Teachers Association Register | parent teacher association register | teaching learning material register | Stock register, free book distribution register | Free uniform distribution register |
| Child Census / Family Survey Register | Children’s birthday register | Health examination register | scholarship distribution register | Monitoring/Inspection Register, Teacher Diary, Book-Bank Register | MDM conversion cost and food register |
| Quotation Maintenance Register | Tender Process Register | Visitors registers | order book | MDM Distribution Register |
- Disaster management.
- Principles of effective school management: Democratic management, Scientific collection of data, Goal setting and planning, Periodic inspection, Flexibility etc.
- Role of various agents in school management-
- Role of headmaster, teachers and children (child government).
- Role of community, parents (Village Education Committee, Teacher Parent Association, Mother Teacher Association, Meena Manch).
- Role of supervisory system (Role of Block Resource Centre Coordinator, In-charge of Nyaya Panchayat Resource Centre, Block Education Officer, Diet Mentor, District Coordinator, District Basic Education Officer and higher officials).
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Edu 8 Syllabus, Section B:Various agencies involved in the development of elementary education and their role
- Agencies working at the national level, Example
- National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT)
- National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE)
- National University of Educational Management and Administration (NUEPA)
- Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)
- National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS)
- Agencies functioning at the State level
- State Council of Educational Research and Training
- State Institute for hindi language
- School of Psychology
- Examination Regulatory Authority etc.
- Agencies functioning at the district level
- District Institute of Education and Training
- District Basic Education Officer etc.
- Agencies functioning at the local level, Example
- Section Education Officer
- N. P. R. C.
- Primary education infrastructure, Example
- Formation and functions of Basic Education Council
- Basic Education Act 1972
- Basic Teacher Education Service Manual
- TET Regulations
- RTI Act 2005: list of information to be shared
Experimental work/sessional/project work/model:
Trainee teachers will be given the task of preparing projects, models, games, video clips, audio clips, and experiments to convey the knowledge and concepts involved in every aspect of educational management and administration to the children.
- To prepare a detailed report by the trainees by studying each agency working at each level among the various agencies working on primary education.
- To prepare models on the parts of school management.
- Preparing a project on the development plan of the school and its educational and financial measures.
- Preparing models on the components and planning of classroom management
- To prepare charts/models on different types of school committees and their functions and responsibilities.
Conclusion:
The UP D. El. Ed. semester wise syllabus as provided by the state education council highlight the important topics of pedagogy the trainee teachers have to study. It also highlighted the objective behind each paper and expected outcome, the list of which we have provided below. Candidates can also download the pdf of UP D. El. Ed. Sem 1, UP D. El. Ed. Sem 2, UP D. El. Ed. Sem 3 and UP D. El. Ed. Sem 4 from the link given in.