UGC NET Education Syllabus 2026 (Paper 1 & 2), Topics, Exam Pattern & PDF

• Paper 1: 100 Marks
• Paper 2: 200 marks

• Indian Schools of philosophy (Contribution): Sankhya Yoga, Vedanta, Buddhism, Jainism (Special Mention to Vidya, Dayanand Darshan), etc.
• Contribution of Western schools of thoughts: Idealism, Realism, Naturalism, Pragmatism, Marxism, Existentialism, etc.
• Approaches to Sociology of Education: Concept of social Institutions and their functions (family, school, and society), etc.
• Socialization and Education: Contribution of different thinkers like Swami Vivekananda, Rabindranath Tagore, etc.

• Committees and Commissions’ Contribution
• Policies, Education and National Development
• Concept of Economics of Education
• Relationship between Politics and Education

• Growth Development: Concept
• Cognitive Processes and different stages of Cognitive Development and Personality.
• Definitions and theories according to Freud, Carl Rogers, Gordon Allport, Max Wertheimer, etc.,
• Mental health and Mental hygiene.

• Social intelligence and its concepts, multiple and emotional intelligence.
• Intelligence Theories by Sternberg, Gardner, etc.
• Problem Solving concepts, Critical thinking, Metacognition, and Creativity.

• Behaviouristic, Cognitive and Social theories of learning.
• Factors affecting social learning.
• Concept of social cognition, understanding the social relationship and socialization goals.

• Nature, Principles, and Need of Guidance and Counselling.
• Guidance Types (educational, vocational, personal, health and social & Directive, etc.)
• Different Approaches to counseling: Cognitive-Behavioural (Albert Ellis – REBT) & Humanistic, Person-centred Counselling (Carl Rogers).

• Types of Teacher Education Programs.
• Structure of Teacher Education Curriculum.
• Curriculum Documents of NCERT and NCTE at different levels, namely, Elementary, Secondary, and Higher Secondary Levels.

• The various viewpoint of Schulman, Deng, and Luke & Habermas.
• Reflective Teaching: Its Concept and Strategies to Promote Reflective Teaching.
• Different Models of Teacher Education.

• Agencies and Institutions at District, State, and National Levels like SSA, RMSA, SCERT, NCERT, UGC, etc.
• Planning in-service teacher education program.

• Professional Ethics of Teachers.
• Factors Affecting Teacher Development.
• ICT Integration and Quality Enhancement to professionally increase Teacher Education and promote Innovation in Teacher Education.

• Curriculum Development
• Models of Curriculum Design
• Curriculum enhancement
• Types of Curriculum Change (Concept)

• Educational Research
• Variables
• Types of Measurement Scale
• Qualitative Research Designs

• Pedagogy, Pedagogical Analysis
• Assessment
• Assessment in Pedagogy of Education
• Assessment in Andragogy of Education

Unit 8

Technology for Education

• Concepts of Information Technology and Instructional Technology.
• Applications of Educational Technology: Informal, non-formal, informal, and inclusive education systems.
• Overview of Behaviourist, Cognitive and Constructivist Theories and usefulness to Instructional Design (Skinner, Piaget, Ausubel, Bruner, Vygotsky).
• Relationship between Learning Theories and Instructional Strategies.

• Models of Development of Instructional Design according to ADDIE, ASSURE, Dick and Carey Model Mason’s.
• Gagne’s Nine Events of Instruction.
• Five E’s of Constructivism.
• Nine Elements of Constructivist Instructional Design.
• Application of Computers in Education: Concept, Process, and Approaches to e-learning.

• Social learning.
• Open Education Resources: Concept and Applications.
• E-Inclusion: Concept of E-Inclusion, Application of Assistive Technology in E-learning,
• Quality and Measuring Quality of E-Learning: Information, System, Service, User Satisfaction and Net Benefits (D&M IS Success Model, 2003).
• Ethical Issues for E-Learner and E Teacher: Teaching, Learning, and Research.

• Administration and Research: E-portfolios.
• ICT for Research: Concept and Development (Including Online and Offline assessment tools)

• Educational Management and Administration
• Leadership in Educational Administration
• Concept of Quality and Quality in Education
• Change Management

• Inclusive Education
• Concept of Impairment
• Planning and Management of Inclusive Classrooms
• Barriers and Facilitators in Inclusive Education