HTET TGT Physical Education Syllabus 2026

HTET TGT Physical Education Syllabus 2026

Physical Education is more theoretical than candidates expect. The sixty-mark section leans on anatomy, physiology, sports psychology and the principles of training - not on playing experience. Practical familiarity with a sport helps you picture the material, but the questions are written from the textbook.

This page sets out the complete official Level-2 syllabus: core Physical Education theory, the ninety marks of common papers taken by every candidate, and the full HTET 2026 exam pattern as notified by the Board.

HTET TGT Physical Education Exam Pattern at a Glance - HTET TGT Physical Education Syllabus 2026

The mark distribution is worth fixing in your head before you look at the topics. HTET Level-2 has only one paper of 150 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) carrying 150 marks, with a duration of two-and-a-half hours and no negative marking. Each question has four alternatives, out of which one is correct.

The qualifying mark is 60% (90 marks) for all categories, and 55% (82 marks) for Scheduled Castes and Differently Abled/Physically Challenged candidates of Haryana.

Part 1: Common Subjects Syllabus (90 Marks) - HTET TGT Physical Education Syllabus 2026

Securing high scores in the common section is the secret to clearing the cut-off. All Level-2 candidates answer these same three sections, whatever their teaching subject.

1. Child Development and Pedagogy (30 Marks)

This section focuses on the educational psychology of teaching and learning relevant to the age group of 11–16 years. HTET Child Development and Psychology practice questions.

• Child Development: Concept of development and its relationship with learning, principles of the development of children, influence of Heredity & Environment.
• Socialization Processes: Social world & children – teacher, parents and peers.
• Key Theories: Piaget, Kohlberg and Vygotsky – constructs and critical perspectives.
• Concepts: Child-centred and progressive education; critical perspective of the construct of Intelligence; Multi-Dimensional Intelligence; Language & Thought.
• Gender & Diversity: Gender as a social construct, gender roles, gender bias and educational practice; individual differences among learners based on diversity of language, caste, gender, community and religion.
• Assessment: Distinction between assessment for learning and assessment of learning; School-Based Assessment; Continuous & Comprehensive Evaluation; formulating appropriate questions for assessing readiness levels and critical thinking.
• Inclusive Education: Understanding children with special needs, learners from disadvantaged and deprived backgrounds, children with learning difficulties and impairment, and addressing talented, creative and specially abled learners.
• Learning & Pedagogy: How children think and learn; why children “fail” to achieve success; basic processes of teaching and learning; learning as a social activity; child as a problem solver and “scientific investigator”; understanding children’s “errors” as significant steps in learning; cognition & emotions; motivation; personal and environmental factors contributing to learning.

2. Language Proficiency (30 Marks)

Split evenly between Hindi and English, this part tests your foundational linguistic control and language pedagogy.

• Language I – Hindi (15 Marks): One unseen passage from prose, drama or poetry with questions on comprehension, inference, grammar and verbal ability. Practise the Hindi Grammar question bank here.
• Language II – English (15 Marks): One unseen prose passage (discursive, literary, narrative or scientific) with questions on comprehension, grammar and verbal ability. Practise the English Grammar question bank here.
• Pedagogy of Language Development (both languages): Learning and acquisition; principles of language teaching; role of listening and speaking and how children use language as a tool; critical perspective on the role of grammar; challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors and disorders; language skills.
• Teaching-Learning Materials: Textbook, multi-media materials and multilingual resources of the classroom.

3. General Studies (30 Marks)

A composite section designed to test your mental aptitude and awareness of Haryana.

• Haryana G.K. and Awareness (10 Marks): Haryana related history, current affairs, literature, geography, civics, environment, culture, art, traditions and welfare schemes of the Haryana Government. Attempt the Haryana GK practice set.
• General Intelligence & Reasoning (10 Marks): Semantic, symbolic/number and figural analogy; classification; series; problem solving; word building; coding & decoding; numerical and symbolic operations; trends; space orientation and visualization; Venn diagrams; drawing inferences; punched hole and pattern folding/unfolding; figural pattern folding and completion; indexing; address matching; date & city matching; embedded figures; critical thinking; emotional and social intelligence. Solve the Reasoning practice set.
• Quantitative Aptitude (10 Marks): Whole numbers, decimals, fractions and relationships between numbers; percentage; ratio & proportion; square roots; averages; interest; profit and loss; discount; partnership business; mixture and allegation; time and distance; time & work; basic algebraic identities and elementary surds; graphs of linear equations; triangle and its various kinds of centres; congruence and similarity of triangles; circle and its chords and tangents; quadrilaterals; regular polygons; right prism, right circular cone and cylinder, sphere, hemispheres, rectangular parallelepiped and regular right pyramid; trigonometric ratios; degree and radian measures; standard identities; complementary angles; heights and distances; histogram, frequency polygon, bar diagram & pie chart. Practise the Mathematics question bank.

Part II: Core Subject – Physical Education (60 Marks)

Questions are based on the topics of the syllabus prescribed by the Board of School Education Haryana for classes VI to X, but their difficulty level and conceptual linkages can extend up to the senior secondary stage. The 60-mark paper is organised into three divisions.

A) Foundations, Health and Anatomy

• Introduction: Physical Education – meaning, definition, aim, objectives and importance.
• History: History of Physical Education in India in the pre- and post-Independence era; Physical Education in Ancient Greece, Rome, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Russia.
• Biological Basis: Growth and development, heredity and environment, types of body, classification of personality (Kretschmer’s and Sheldon’s classification) and dimensions of personality.
• Health and Hygiene: Balanced diet and nutrition, health-related fitness, obesity and its management, first aid, communicable diseases – their causes and prevention.
• School Health: School health programme and personal hygiene, sports injuries and their prevention, postural deformities – causes and prevention, sports medicine (basic idea), physiotherapy and rehabilitation, physical fitness and wellness.
• Anatomy and Physiology: Meaning and definition; anatomy and physiology of the respiratory system, blood circulatory system, skeletal system, muscular system, endocrine system, digestive system, nervous system (neuro-transmission) and excretory system – their organs, structure and functions.

B) Kinesiology, Psychology and Yoga

• Ergogenic Aids: Ergogenic aids, doping and anti-doping, factors influencing performance in sports.
• Kinesiology and Biomechanics: Meaning and definition, joints and their movements, levers, muscular analysis of motor movement, laws of motion, principles of equilibrium and force, muscular analysis of various sports activities.
• Mechanical Analysis: Mechanical analysis of fundamental movements – running, jumping, throwing, pulling and pushing.
• Psychology and Sociology in Sports: Meaning, definitions, aims and objectives of psychology in sports.
• Learning and Motivation: Learning process, theories of learning, laws of learning, transfer of learning; internal and external motivation, psychological factors affecting sports performance.
• Leadership and Recreation: Leadership – meaning, definition, types and qualities; recreation – theories and principles, recreation programmes for various age groups and categories.
• Yoga Education: History of yoga, meaning and definition, aims and objectives; Ashtanga yoga and its various parts; Surya Namaskar and its benefits; Pranayama – its types and benefits; Shudhi Kriyas – Neti, Dhoti, Basti; importance of yoga in daily life and yoga as a preventive measure for lifestyle diseases.

C) Test, Measurement, Management and Training

• Test, Measurement and Evaluation: Concept of test, measurement and evaluation; measurement of athletics (track and field events), major games and minor games.
• Games and Sports: Rules and regulations of all games and sports, sports and games terminology, sports current affairs, sports/games federations, national and international games (Olympic Movement), cups and trophies, stadiums, tournaments and their fixtures, Khelo India and Fit India Movement.
• Sports Management: Concept and principles of management, organisation and functions of sports bodies, intramural and extramural, management of infrastructure, equipment, finance and persons, planning in sports and officiating.
• Sports Training: Concept and principles of sports training, periodization, training methods, training programmes for the development of various motor qualities, technical and tactical preparation, short-term and long-term training programmes, media and sports, computer applications in physical education and sports, and national sports awards.

D) Subject-Related Pedagogy

• Aims and objectives of teaching Physical Education at the upper primary and secondary level.
• Methods of teaching physical activities – command, demonstration, whole-part-whole and project methods.
• Lesson planning, class organisation, teaching aids and the use of ICT in physical education.
• Evaluation and assessment of motor fitness, skill tests and continuous assessment of participation.

How to Prepare for the HTET TGT Physical Education Syllabus 2026

Questions in Level-2 are set on the topics prescribed by the Board of School Education Haryana for classes VI to X, but their difficulty and conceptual linkages can extend up to the senior secondary stage. Plan accordingly.

• Start with the BSEH/NCERT textbooks of classes VI–X for Physical Education and build your notes chapter-wise before touching any guidebook.
• Treat the common 90 marks seriously: child development, languages and general studies are predictable and therefore winnable.
• Revise Haryana G.K. and current affairs weekly; this is the section most candidates leave until it is too late.
• Sit full 150-question mocks under the clock; pacing is a separate skill from knowing the material.
• Solve previous year HTET Level-2 Physical Education papers to understand the question style and the recurring topics.
• Subject pedagogy overlaps with child development, so preparing one strengthens the other.

Official Notification and Useful Links - HTET TGT Physical Education Syllabus 2026

Always cross-check the syllabus with the official bulletin before you begin. The Board of School Education Haryana publishes the HTET notification, syllabus and sample papers on its official portal.

• Official BSEH website: bseh.org.in
• HTET previous year question papers (Level-II): Download the Physical Education sample paper

Other Important Links:

• Psychology Practice Set
• Haryana GK Practice Set
• Hindi Grammar Practice Set
• English Grammar Practice Set
• Reasoning Practice Set
• Mathematics Practice Set