HTET TGT Punjabi Syllabus 2026

HTET TGT Punjabi Syllabus 2026

TGT Punjabi is examined as a teaching subject rather than a spoken one. The Board expects grammar you can explain, familiarity with Punjabi literary history and its major figures, and a working knowledge of how the language is taught at middle-school level.

What follows is the complete official Level-2 syllabus: sixty marks of core Punjabi language, literature and pedagogy, the ninety marks of common papers every candidate answers, and the full HTET 2026 exam pattern.

HTET TGT Punjabi Exam Pattern at a Glance - HTET TGT Punjabi Syllabus 2026

It helps to know the weighting first. 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 Punjabi Syllabus 2026

Securing high scores in the common section is the secret to clearing the cut-off. Because these sections do not change between subjects, they reward early preparation.

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 – Punjabi (60 Marks)

The Punjabi paper carries 60 marks and is built entirely around the compositions collected in the prescribed textbooks of classes VI to X. The official syllabus divides it into two parts (ਭਾਗ).

A) ਭਾਗ ਪਹਿਲਾ – Part I (Classes VI, VII and VIII)

• Prescribed textbooks: ਪਹਿਲਾ ਕਦਮ (Class VI), ਦੂਜਾ ਪੜਾਅ (Class VII) and ਉਡਾਣ (Class VIII).
• ਬਾਲ ਗੀਤ / ਕਵਿਤਾਵਾਂ: Questions on the ਵਿਸ਼ਾ-ਵਸਤੂ (theme and content), ਰੂਪਕ ਪੱਖ (formal aspect) and ਉਦੇਸ਼ (purpose) of the poems and children’s songs in these books.
• ਬਾਲ ਕਹਾਣੀਆਂ / ਕਹਾਣੀਆਂ: Questions on the content, structure and message of the prescribed stories.
• ਇਕਾਂਗੀ / ਨਾਟਕ: Questions on the one-act plays and dramas, their theme and dramatic technique.
• ਜੀਵਨੀਆਂ ਅਤੇ ਲੇਖ: Questions on the biographies and essays, including the ਖਾਸ ਮਨ ਉੱਤੇ ਪੈਂਦੇ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਵ (the impression they leave on the reader).
• Questions are asked from ਭਿੰਨ-ਭਿੰਨ ਦ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਟੀਕੋਣ – several different points of view on each composition.

B) ਭਾਗ ਦੂਜਾ – Part II (Classes IX and X)

• Prescribed textbooks: ਸਾਹਿਤਕ ਕਿਰਨਾਂ-1 and ਸਾਹਿਤਕ ਕਿਰਨਾਂ-2, ਸਾਹਿਤਕ ਰੰਗ-1 and ਸਾਹਿਤਕ ਰੰਗ-2.
• ਕਵਿਤਾਵਾਂ: Questions on ਵਿਸ਼ਾ-ਵਸਤੂ, ਕੇਂਦਰੀ ਭਾਵ, ਕਵੀ ਕਲਪਨਾ, ਕਵਿ ਰੂਪ and ਕਾਵਿ ਸ਼ੈਲੀ.
• ਵਾਰਤਕ ਰਚਨਾਵਾਂ: Questions on ਵਸਤੂ, ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ ਵਿਚਾਰ, ਵਿਗਿਆਨਕ ਦ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਟੀਕੋਣ and ਗੱਦ ਸ਼ੈਲੀ.
• ਕਹਾਣੀਆਂ: Questions on ਵਸਤੂ, ਕਹਾਣੀ ਵਿਚਲੀ ਸੰਵੇਦਨਾ, ਉਦੇਸ਼, ਪ੍ਰਗਟ ਵਿਧੀਆਂ, ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਸ਼ੈਲੀ and the effect on the reader.
• ਇਕਾਂਗੀਆਂ: Questions on ਵਿਸ਼ਾ-ਵਸਤੂ, ਪਾਤਰ ਚਿਤਰਣ, ਉਦੇਸ਼, ਨਾਟ ਸ਼ੈਲੀ and ਰੰਗ ਮੰਚ (stagecraft).
• ਜੀਵਨੀਆਂ: Questions on the ਨਿੱਜੀ ਜੀਵਨ of the subject, the ਔਕੜਾਂ (difficulties) faced, ਸੰਘਰਸ਼ and ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤੀਆਂ, and the ਸਮਾਜ ਨੂੰ ਦਿੱਤੀ ਦੇਣ (contribution to society).

C) Subject-Related Pedagogy

• ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਅਧਿਆਪਨ ਦੇ ਉਦੇਸ਼ – aims and objectives of teaching Punjabi at the upper primary and secondary level.
• ਅਧਿਆਪਨ ਵਿਧੀਆਂ – methods and approaches of language teaching and the development of the four language skills.
• ਸਹਾਇਕ ਸਮੱਗਰੀ – teaching-learning material, language laboratory and the use of ICT in the classroom.
• ਮੁਲਾਂਕਣ – evaluation and assessment in Punjabi, error analysis and remedial teaching.

How to Prepare for the HTET TGT Punjabi 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 Punjabi and build your notes chapter-wise before touching any guidebook.
• Child development, languages and general studies repay steady work more than the subject paper does.
• Revise Haryana G.K. and current affairs weekly; this is the section most candidates leave until it is too late.
• Time your mocks properly - 150 questions in two and a half hours.
• Solve previous year HTET Level-2 Punjabi papers to understand the question style and the recurring topics.
• The teaching-methods questions reward preparation out of proportion to their difficulty.

Official Notification and Useful Links - HTET TGT Punjabi 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 Punjabi 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