MAHA TET Paper 1 case studies
MAHA TET Paper 1 · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Maharashtra Teacher Eligibility Test (MAHA TET) Paper I is the eligibility credential for people who want to teach Classes I to V in recognised schools in Maharashtra. Clearing it does not give you a job; it makes you eligible to apply when a recruitment drive for primary teachers is announced, and that separate recruitment process decides selection. The MAHA TET Paper 1 case studies are 5 cases and about 4,346 words.
1The oral-fluent, written-silent child in Std 3
At a Zilla Parishad school in Solapur district, 34 children sit in one Std 3 room with a single teacher. Rohan, aged 8 years 6 months, answers every oral question in detail - he retells a whole story in sequence and corrects a friend's addition aloud.
863 words, about 4 min2Dialect in the notebook, standard Marathi on the test
In a Std 4 Marathi-medium class of 36 in Wardha district, the children's home language is Varhadi, a regional variety of Marathi; standard Marathi is the school language. During a lesson on 'माझं गाव' the children described their village in Varhadi for six unbroken minutes - houses, the well, the bus that comes at seven.
839 words, about 4 min3Chanting English but not answering it
A Std 4 class of 38 in a municipal school in Nagpur has English four periods a week, 35 minutes each. The teacher's routine is: write six words on the board, read them, the class repeats three times, then every child copies each word five times.
877 words, about 4 min4Borrowing that isn't borrowing: diagnosing 634 − 258
In a Std 4 class of 33, a five-sum diagnostic on subtraction produced this: 13 children correct on 634 − 258, 11 children wrote 424, 6 wrote 476, and 3 left it blank. The teacher's plan is to explain the borrowing procedure twice on the board and then set 20 sums of the same type as homework, because 'practice makes perfect'.
844 words, about 4 min5'Water comes from the tap': EVS when the textbook doesn't match the village
A Std 4 class of 29 in a drought-prone village in Latur district is on the EVS unit on water. The textbook shows a river, a well, a rooftop rainwater harvest and a family washing clothes at a tap.
923 words, about 5 min