TS DEECET case studies
TS DEECET · Put your knowledge to work in context.
TS DEECET is the Telangana State Diploma in Elementary Education Common Entrance Test, the screening route used for admission to D.El.Ed. (Diploma in Elementary Education) teacher-preparation programmes in Telangana. It is aimed at candidates who want to become primary and upper-primary school teachers and who need a state-recognised entrance score before counselling and seat allotment. The test samples school-level subject knowledge rather than advanced pedagogy: general knowledge and current affairs, mathematics, physical and biological science, social studies, English and Telugu. The TS DEECET case studies are 5 cases and about 4,084 words.
1The Monday Morning Current Affairs Wall
A government upper-primary school in Warangal district has a fifteen-minute 'Current Affairs Corner' every Monday for Classes 6 to 8, run by a single teacher with forty students. The school has no internet connection; the teacher has one staff smartphone, and the headmaster wants at least eight items displayed on the wall chart, which stays up for a month.
850 words, about 4 min25/7, 17/12 and the Mangoes That Were Already Sold
Class 5 in a mandal primary school has 38 children and a 40-minute mathematics period. The teacher has just marked the unit test; the school's Class 5 examination is two weeks away and covers fractions and the unitary method.
815 words, about 4 min3The Mustard Seeds in the Almirah
Class 6 has 34 students, five small pots of mustard seed, one window sill, one closed steel almirah, and three weeks before the school's science exhibition. The teacher wants the class to find out whether light affects the growth of a seedling.
797 words, about 4 min4The Borewells of a Nalgonda Village
Class 8 is discussing a village of about 300 households on the edge of a tank in Nalgonda district. Cotton is grown on roughly 400 acres.
830 words, about 4 min5Ship, Sheep and the Missing Article
Class 4 in a Telugu-medium school has 32 children and three 35-minute English periods a week. The unit test is in two weeks and consists mainly of fill-in-the-blanks and matching.
792 words, about 4 min