GPSTR Syllabus 2026, Check Exam Pattern and Download PDF

The School Education Karnataka had released 15000 vacancies for the post of Graduate Primary Teacher (GPSTR). Moreover, they need to accelerate their preparation for the GPSTR Exam 2026 at full throttle. Check out the GPSTR Syllabus 2026 and Exam Pattern to understand the extent of the curriculum they need to cover during their preparation. In this article, candidates will find all the relevant information about the GPSTR New Syllabus & Exam Pattern in detail.

GPSTR Syllabus 2026

The Graduate Primary Teacher (GPSTR) is conducted by the School Education Karnataka to recruit eligible candidates for the post of upper primary teachers in government schools of Karnataka. The candidates can refer to the following table for further information.

GPSTR Exam Pattern 2026

Here is the GPSTR syllabus and Exam Pattern given below in detail. The candidates will have to appear for three papers – Paper-I, Paper-II and Paper-III. The total marks and duration of the GPSTR examination for each exam are different; thus, it is essential for the candidates to check the table below for clarity.

GPSTR 2026 Latest Syllabus Marks Distribution

The candidates must check out the GPSTR Marks Distribution to understand the pattern and weightage of marks distributed in various sections of all three papers.

GPSTR Paper 1 Syllabus 2026

There are six sections in GPSTR Paper-I, and six different subjects are covered in these sections. The weightage of marks allotted to the subjects is different, so candidates should carefully check out the following table to find clarity.

GPSTR Paper 2 Syllabus 2026

The candidates need to answer questions based on their subject of concern. They need to answer MCQs of 50 marks and 100-mark descriptive-type questions. The subject options available for GPSTR Paper-II are English, Maths & Science, Biological Science and Social Studies. They need to thoroughly check out the GPSTR Syllabus 2026 for further clarity.

GPSTR Paper 3 Syllabus 2026

In GPSTR Paper-III, the candidates will have to answer 100-mark questions based on the language they choose as their teaching medium. The questions will be descriptive in nature. The candidates can choose among the following languages: Urdu, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, and Marathi.

GPSTR Syllabus 2026 (Subject-wise)

Candidates can check out the new GPSTR Syllabus 2026 of Paper-I in the following section. The New GPSTR Syllabus 2026 is discussed in detail.

Subject: General English 

Language use: (Grammar and functions of Language) 

• Parts of speech
• Tense forms
• Verbs: Auxiliaries, modals, participles, regular and irregular verbs, subject-verb agreement.
• Articles
• Active and Passive voice
• Question Tags
• Framing questions
• Language functions: Introducing oneself and others, seeking and giving information, asking for and giving directions, giving instructions, making a request, giving suggestions and advice, thanking, and expressing one’s opinion.
• Vocabulary: synonyms, antonyms, prefixes, suffixes, homophones, homonyms, collocations, word forms, one-word substitutions, abbreviations, idioms, phrasal verbs, and syllabification.
• Reading Comprehension: Unfamiliar passages and poems.
• Rhyming words
• Rearranging letters/words/sentences.
• Proverbs.

Subject: General Knowledge: Current Affairs 

1. Books and Authors
2. Invention & Discoveries,
3. Basic Science – Scientific Phenomena
4. Health & Hygiene
5. Events in World History and Indian history/ Karnataka history
6. Glimpses of Indian History
7. Geographical terms(basic)
8. Sports – International & National
9. Awards, Honours, and Prizes
10. Indian culture – Land & people—festivals. Physical geography – Population – Literacy – Natural regions – Natural Resources – Food crops – Non – Food crops – Major Industries – Projects – Public undertakings. Indian Art – Artists of recognition – Classical Awards for various achievements – National Policy on Education, Constitution of India – Major items – Union Govt. and State Govt – Cabinets – Indian leaders of International & National Recognition – (Who is who – India)
11. Current International affairs – India’s foreign relations
12. Current National affairs.
13. Movies
14. Currency and Capitals of the country

Important days and Slogans 

1. 1. Festivals, dance, tribes of the country
   2. United Nations Organization and Headquarters
   3. Initiatives in education in India
   4. Monuments and National Forests
   5. Important tourist places and peaks
   6. Industries and ores
   7. Three Wings of the Army
   8. Indian constitution
   9. Highways, Railways, and Airport Name
   10. Abbreviations
   11. Science and its branches.

General Mental Aptitude Test 

• Series Completion: 

1. 1. Number Series
   2. Completing The Given Series
   3. Identifying the Wrong Number
   4. Alphabet Series
   5. Letter Series

• Coding – Decoding 

1. 1. Letter Coding
   2. Number Coding
   3. Substitution
   4. Mixed Letter Coding
   5. Mixed Number Coding

• Blood Relations 

1. 1. Relation Puzzle
   2. Coded Relations

• Direction Sense Test 

1. 1. Situations on Angles/Directions
   2. Situations on the Pythagorean Theorem
   3. Ranking in Row/Column

• Logical Venn Diagrams 

1. 1. Venn Diagrams
   2. Intersection Figures

• Mathematical Operations 

1. 1. Problem Solving by Substitution
   2. Interchange of Signs and Numbers, Identify the correct one, arithmetical reasoning
   3. Age
   4. Venn Diagrams
   5. Ratio And Proportion
   6. Permutations and Combinations
   7. Calender

• Spatial Visualisation 

1. 1. Dice
   2. Paper Folding
   3. Paper Cutting

• Identifying the Number of Geometrical Figures 

1. 1. Triangles
   2. Squares
   3. Rectangles
   4. Analogy: Numbers, Words – Code

• Inserting Missing Character (Numbers In Figures And Their Relationship)

Subject: Educational Psychology, Child Development, and pedagogy 

• Meaning, Nature, Scope, and Need of Educational Psychology
• Methods: observation, Case study, experimental and introspection—meaning, steps and implications
• Growth and Development: Meaning, Principles & Dimensions of individual development: Physical, cognitive, language, social, moral and emotional stages of development—developmental tasks across various stages from infancy to adolescence.
• Childhood: Meaning, characteristics, implications of physical, intellectual, social and emotional development of a child—childhood across cultures and societies. Impact of diversity, differences, and marginalisation in childhood.
• Adolescence: Meaning and characteristics, dimensions of development in adolescence – physical, social, emotional and moral development patterns of adolescent learners. Impact of urbanisation, economic change, culture and media on adolescents. Issues/problems, emotional disturbance, risk behaviour, drug addiction, abuse, bullying, mental health, and the role of the teacher in solving the above issues.
• Learning: Meaning and characteristics of learning, factors of influencing learning – Maturation, Motivation, Attention, Remembering, Attitude, Interest – Meaning and educational implications.
• Theories of learning: Trial and error, Classical and Operant conditioning, Insight learning – Kohler, Bandura’s social learning theory.
• Learner and Learning – Learning style, learning skills for the 21st century – Critical thinking, Creative thinking, communication and collaborative skills.
• Domains of learning – Cognitive, Affective and Psychomotor – according to Horrain Anderson.
• Discovery in learning – Principle to assess quality of learning (Bruner) learning cycle for discovery
• Constructivism – Socio – cultural Vygotsky (ZPD – concept),5E model
• Cognitive psychology – Cognitive development according to Piaget
• Children with diverse needs—gifted, Creative, educationally backwards, and learning disabled—meaning, characteristics, and programs.
• Individual differences – Heredity and environment, personality – factors, theories, and the role of the teacher in the development of personality.
• Evaluation – Meaning, characteristics, achievements, types, and advantages.
• Objective type test – characteristics, construction advantages.
• Concept of CCE, Diagnostic test, types of evaluation, areas of assessment.
• Tools and techniques of assessment – characteristics, techniques, Rubrics
• Statistics – measures of central tendency, variability, correlation, and NPC.
• Innovative trend in Assessment – online, open book.
• Effective teaching – components, parameters, teaching skills, principles of teaching, maxims of teaching, techniques – experiential learning, Inductive-deductive, co-operative learning, collaborative learning.

Subject: Value and Health Education 

Health Education 

1. Health and Diseases: Definition of health, healthy habits. Communicable diseases: classification modes of transmission. Prevention and control.
2. Noncommunicable diseases: diseases of life. Mental health diseases. Prevention and cure
3. Diet for healthy living: Dietary requirements of the human body. Balanced diet. Malnutrition and types of eating disorders
4. Reproductive health: Reproductive tract infections and sexually transmitted infections. Prevention and control
5. Growing up with confidence: Growth, development,t and maturation, Determinants of growth and development, Psychological security, Anxiety and depression, Drug and substance abuse, sexual abuse
6. Social health: Meaning. Customs and health. Clean water and food resources, community health, and the use of a healthy environment.
7. First aid and safety: Meaning, First aid for drowning, fire injuries, injuries on the playfield
8. Physical exercises, sports, yoga, and national integration.

Value Education 

1. Theories of goodness: Intrinsic and Instrumental Good, Hedonism, Ethical Pluralism, Moral qualities, and self-realization
2. Rules and Principles of Human Conduct
3. Theories of conduct: Universalizability. Rationality and morality, Ethical egoism, Rational self-interest
4. The general good theory: Rule utilitarianism
5. Reasons and emotions in human conduct: Emotions in moral education, factors of control. Moral weakness
6. Character and Personality: Components of Personality, Character and its factors.

Character Personality Patterns

Values in the curriculum and values for Sustainable development

Subject: Computer literacy

1. Introduction to computers: 

• • What is a computer? – Broad categories of computers – Language of computers
  • Basic applications of the computer
  • Computer memory and memory devices
  • Computer hardware and software types and different brands
  • Types of computers

2. Introduction to operating systems: 

• • What is an operating system – Types of operating systems – Linux: UBUNTU – MINT – Red Hat, Mac Os (Macintosh)
  • Windows and window concepts—Different icons on the computer screen – Window settings: control panel – wallpaper and screen savers – status bar – menu bar – tool bar and different options – setting the date, time, and sound – Advancement in Windows. Using the right bottom of the mouse – creating shortcuts – basics of Windows setup

3. Application software: 

• • Different types of application software—MS Office—document settings—toolbar – menu bar – sorting – page layout options – cut – copy – paste – undo – redo – save options – different key shortcuts on the keyboard
  • MS – PowerPoint: slide design – animations – slide show – and different applications
  • Ms – Excel: simple mathematical formulas used Excel – alignment – formatting sheet – merge cells – wrapping – charts: pie chart – bar chart – line chart – print preview settings
  • Ms Paint: applications and different tools in a paint program

4. Internet applications: 

• • Brief History of the Internet: Brief information about URLs, ISPs, web page, web links, LAN, WAN, WWW, and search engines
  • Creating e-mail IDs – sending mail – attaching files – composing – downloading – viewing mails – creating folders

5. Nudi Software: Brief information about Nudi software – options – Unicode font – scroll lock options single language – standard fonts and TrueType fonts – Kannada word typing in Nudi Unicode font

6. Digital repositories: NROER, DIKSHA, Webinar platforms: Google Meet, Zoom Meet, Microsoft Teams, Cisco WebEx. Etc.
7. Karnataka State Government projects: Mahiti Sindhu – ICT Projects – CALC schools – STF – TALP

GPSTR Syllabus 2026 PDF

In the following, the candidates will find the GPSTR Syllabus 2026 PDF files for all the papers and subjects. They can easily download Syllabus PDFs by clicking on the links given in the table below.