Syllabus for KVS Principal Exam

A.                  WRITTEN EXAMINATION: PRINCIPAL IN KVS

PART I (LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY TEST) 20 MARKS

1.        General English  (10)

2.       General Hindi (10)

PART – II (GENERAL AWARENESS & COMPUTER LITERACY) (40 MARKS)

1.       General Knowledge & Contemporary Issues (10)

2.       Logical Reasoning (10)

3.       Computer Literacy (10)

4.       Quantitative Aptitude Test (10)

PART III

1.       ACADEMIC (30)

a.       Child Development and Pedagogy (10)

(i)                   Development of Child

Development, Growth & Maturation – Concept & Nature, Principles of development, Factors influencing Development – Methods and Approaches of Child Development – observation, Interview, Case study, Experimental, Cross-sectional and longitudinal, Development tasks and Hazards.

(ii)                 Understanding Learning

Concept, Nature of Learning – input- process- outcome, Factors of Learning – Personal and Environmental, Approaches to Learning and their applicability – Behaviourism (skinner, Pavlov, Thorndike) Constructivism (Piaget, Vygotsky), Gestalt (Kohler, Koffka) and Observational (Bandura), Dimensions of Learning – Cognitive, Affective and Performance, Motivation and Sustenance – its role in learning, Memory & Forgetting, Transfer of Learning.

(iii)                Pedagogical Concerns

Teaching and its relationship with learning and learner, Learners in Contexts: Situation learner in the socio-political and cultural context.

Managing behavior problems, Guidance & Counseling, Punishment and its legal implications, Rights of a child, Time Management, Distinction between Assessment for Learning & Assessment of Learning, School-based Assessment, Continuous & Comprehensive Evaluation: Perspective & Practice Understanding teaching & learning in the context of NCF, 2005 & Right to Education Act, 2009.

2.          PERSPECTIVES IN EDUCATION AND SCHOOL ORGANIZATION (10)

(i)                   Acts/ Rights: Right of Children to free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 and Child Rights.

(ii)                 National Curriculum Framework, 2005: Perspective, Learning and Knowledge, Curricular Areas, School Stages and Assessment, School and classroom Environment and Systemic Reforms.

(iii)                School Organization: Institutional Planning, principal as a leader, Teacher Quality, Linkages and Interface with other institutional and vice versa, Student Quality, Organization of Teaching, Co- curricular Activities, Office Management, Resources required for a good school, Organizational Climate, Evaluation, Job satisfaction of the staff.

3.          TEACHING METHODOLOGY (10)

(i)                   Curriculum: Meaning, Principles, types of curriculum organization, approaches.

(ii)                 Planning: Instructional Plan- Year Plan, Unit Plan, Lesson Plan

(iii)                Instructional material and resources: Text Books, Workbooks, Supplementary material AV aids, Laboratories, Library, Clubs- Museums- Community, Information and Communication Technology.

(iv)                Evaluation: Types, tools, Characteristics of a good test, Continuous, Comprehensive Evaluation, Analysis and Interpretation of Scholastic Achievement Test.

ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE (70)

(i)                   CCS (CCA) Rules

(ii)                 CCS (Conduct) Rules

(iii)                Fundamental & Supplementary Rules.

(iv) Travelling Allowance Rules.

(v)                 Leave Travel Concession Rules.

(vi)                Medical Attendance Rules.

(vii)              Pension Rules & New Pension Scheme.

(viii)             General Financial Rules- Purchase procedure.

(ix)                Income Tax & Service Tax