Syllabus of Written Exam

(40 questions / 40 marks)

General knowledge and current affairs — national and international including economic issues, polity issues, environment issues, science and technology and any other current issues. Candidates are expected to have a thorough general awareness of the above subjects with reference to Uttarakhand also.

(20 questions / 20 marks)

Similarities, differences, space visualization, problem solving, analysis, judgement, decision making, visual memory, discrimination, observation, relationship concepts, arithmetical reasoning, verbal and figure classification and arithmetical number series, arithmetical computations and other analytical functions etc.

(20 questions / 20 marks)

Number system, decimal, binary, octal, hexadecimal; computer definition and its components, types & generations of computers, CPU, ALU, memory, primary & secondary memory, RAM, ROM, input & output devices, hardware & software, operating systems, computer networks, IP address, internet, LAN, WAN, e-mail, worldwide web, web browser, website, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access, MS PowerPoint, computer virus, multimedia.

1. Educational perspective — (20 Questions / 40 marks)
   • Educational Commissions after Independence — Secondary Education Commission (1952), Education Commission (1964-66)
   • National Policy of Education — 2020 and School Education
   • Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act — 2009
   • Provisions for School Education in Uttarakhand State
2. Educational Leadership — (20 Questions / 40 marks)
   • Meaning, characteristics of a good leadership
   • Theories of leadership
   • Types of leadership
   • Need for developing leadership qualities and training
   • Measurement of Educational Leadership
3. Administration of Educational Institution — (30 Questions / 60 marks)
   • Institutional Planning — Meaning, Types
   • Curriculum — meaning, type, importance
   • Theories of Curriculum Construction
   • Importance of Time table for Educational Institution
   • Importance of School discipline and factors affecting School discipline
   • Evaluation of Learning outcomes, Types of evaluation — Formative and Summative Evaluation
4. Inclusion in Educational Institution — (20 Questions / 40 marks)
   • Inclusive Education — Meaning, Objectives and Need
   • Inclusive School Environment — Physical Infrastructure, Teachers and Training
   • Provisions for Inclusive Education in NEP-2020
   • Importance of Mental Health and Hygiene in School — teaching and non-teaching staffs' mental health, diagnosis and remedial provisions, guidance and counselling in school
   • Constitutional Provisions and Acts — 1995 & 2016 for Disabled Person
5. School Administration — (30 Questions / 60 marks)
   • School Administration — meaning, nature, functions and theories of administration
   • Office Management and Administration — objectives, functions and need
   • Organizational Climate — meaning of organization, school as an organization, dimensions of organizational climate
   • Conflict Management in School: nature of conflict, types of conflict, and role of Principal in conflict management
   • Qualities of the Principal — physical, intellectual, emotional, personal, social and moral qualities; duties of the Principal as administrator — planning, organizing, controlling and evaluating
6. Resource Management in Educational Institutions — (20 Questions / 40 marks)
   • Human Resource Management — meaning and theories
   • Communication management in School — internal and external communication
   • Communication barriers in effective communication
   • Management of physical and infrastructural resources
   • Role of Principal in resource management in school
7. Finance Management in Educational Institution — (20 Questions / 40 marks)
   • Meaning and nature of educational finance, factors influencing educational financing
   • Educational budget — need, preparation and control of budget; presentation and adaptation of budget
   • Resources of educational finance — public funds, private funds and local bodies funds
   • The Grant-In-Aid System — allocation system of state grants and local body grants, cost and effect system
   • Role of Principal in finance management
8. Supervision — (20 Questions / 40 marks)
   • Meaning and nature of school supervision
   • Function of supervision plan
   • Need of supervision for effective educational leadership
   • Organization and implementation of school supervision
   • Use of feedback in supervision