KVS Principal Exam 2020 Scheme and Syllabus

KVS Principal Exam 2018 Scheme and Syllabus here which is applicable 2020 also

Test duration: 150 minutes

Total questions 150 objective type multiple choice questions

Total marks 150 marks (No negative marking)

Part - I

1. General English. - 10 Questions2.

General Hindi. - 10 Questions

Part -II

1. General knowledge and current affairs - 10 Questions

2. Reasoning ability - 10 questions

3. Computer literacy - 10 questions

Part- III

EDUCATION -50 MARKS

1. Child development and pedagogy - 10 questions

(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 task and hazards.

(ii) Understanding learning
Concept nature of learning - input process output factors of learning - personal and environmental approaches to learning and their applicability
Behaviourism (skinner, Pavlov, Thorndike)
Constructivism (plaget, 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

(ii) 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, Right 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, T
eacher Quality, Linkages and interface with other institutional and vice versa,
Student Quality Organlzation of Teaching, Co-curricular Activities,
Office Management Resources required for a good school,
Organizational Climate, Evaluation, Job satisfaction of the staffI

3. TEACHING METHODOLOGY (10)

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

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

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

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

4. Inclusive Education -(05)

(i) Understanding diversities: concept types (disability as a dimension of diversity)

(ii) Disability as a social construct, classification of disability and its educational implicationI

a) Sensory Impairment (Hearing Impairment, Visual Impairment and Deaf Blind)

b) Cognitive Disablities: (Autism Spectrum Disorder Intellectual Disability and
Specific Learning Disability)

c) Physical Disabilities: celebral palsy and loco motor)

(iii) Philosophy of inclusion with special reference to children with disabilitI

(iv) Process of inclusion: concern issues across disabilities.

(v) Constitutional Provisions

5. Assessment for Learning-(10)

() Basis concept and Overview

(ii) Analysis of existing practices of Assessment

(ii) Assessment in the classroom and recordkeeping

(iv) Feedback

6. Education & Technology-(05)

i) Understanding educational technology

(ii) Communication & interaction

(ii) Model of Teaching and Teaching Learning Aids. iv) Innovation in Educational Technology

Part-IV. Administration and Finance (50 Marks )

(i) CCS (CCA) Rules

(ii) CCS (Conduct) Rules

(iii) Fundamental & Supplementary Rules

(iv)TA. Rules

(v) LTC, Rules

(vi) Medical Attendance Rules

(vii) Pension Rules & New Pension Rules

(viii) GFR- Purchase Procedure

(ix) Income Tax & GST

Interview: 60 Marks

Note: The final merit list will be based on the performance of the candidates in

Written Test and Interview. The weightage of Written Test and Interview will be 85:15