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PCET · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

Child Development and Pedagogy

  • Build a one-page concept map linking Piaget, Vygotsky and Kohlberg stages to classroom examples you can state aloud

  • Write 20 flashcards contrasting maturation, growth and development, then self-test until you recall 18 of 20 without notes

  • Draft a 150-word note explaining how heredity and environment interact in language acquisition, citing two classroom observations

Your checkpoint

A dated concept map plus a 20-card flashcard deck with a written self-test score of at least 18/20

Week 2

Child Development and Pedagogy

  • Classify 15 given classroom behaviours under intelligence, aptitude, attitude, interest and achievement, and justify each label in one line

  • Summarise the constructivist view of learning in 120 words and list three teaching moves that follow from it

  • Solve 25 practice items on learning theories and error-log every miss with the reason

Your checkpoint

A 15-row classification table with justifications and an error log covering 25 attempted items

Week 3

Child Development and Pedagogy & Language II (English)

  • Explain inclusive education, individual differences and assessment-for-learning in a 200-word written answer without consulting notes

  • Complete two timed 30-minute English comprehension passages and record accuracy and time per passage

  • List 40 high-frequency English vocabulary items with one synonym and one sentence each

Your checkpoint

One timed 200-word pedagogy answer plus a two-entry passage log and a 40-item vocabulary sheet

Week 4

Language I (Punjabi)

  • Revise the Punjabi varnamala and matra system, then transcribe 30 dictated words with at least 27 correct

  • Identify and correct shabad-joṛ (sandhi) and linga/vachan errors in 25 supplied sentences

  • Write a 150-word Punjabi paragraph on a classroom theme using at least eight correct matra forms

Your checkpoint

A 30-word dictation sheet scored out of 30 and a corrected 25-sentence worksheet

Week 5

Language I (Punjabi) & Language II (English)

  • Complete two timed Punjabi comprehension passages and annotate every wrong answer with the rule it tested

  • Write one 120-word English letter and one 120-word Punjabi paragraph, then self-edit both against a grammar checklist

  • Drill 30 English grammar items on tense, articles and subject-verb agreement to 85 percent accuracy

Your checkpoint

Two annotated Punjabi passage logs plus both writing samples with a completed editing checklist

Week 6

Mathematics

  • Solve 40 arithmetic and number-system items under a 45-minute timer and log every error by cause

  • Derive and apply area and volume formulas for five standard shapes in a worked-example sheet

  • Explain three common pupil misconceptions in fractions or place value and the remediation you would use

Your checkpoint

A timed 40-item maths set with scored error log and a misconception-remediation sheet

Week 7

Mathematics & Environmental Studies

  • Solve 25 mixed maths items covering ratio, percentage and mensuration at 80 percent accuracy

  • Build a one-page map of EVS content across family, plants, animals, water, air and shelter with one activity per theme

  • Answer 20 EVS items and justify each response in a single line

Your checkpoint

A scored 25-item maths set and a completed EVS theme map with 20 justified answers

Week 8

Social Science & Science

  • Summarise key Indian geography and civics facts in a 60-point revision sheet drawn from your own notes

  • Explain five basic science concepts and one demonstration for each in a written teaching plan

  • Sit one full-length mock across all seven domains, then list your three weakest areas with a fix for each

Your checkpoint

A full-length mock score report with a 60-point social science sheet and a ranked three-item weakness plan

Milestones

Week 2: Recall at least 18 of 20 child development flashcards unaided and complete 25 practice items with a written error log

Week 4: Score at least 27/30 on Punjabi dictation and correctly edit at least 20 of 25 sandhi and inflection sentences

Week 6: Finish the timed 40-item maths set within 45 minutes at 70 percent or better and show a filled error log

Week 8: Complete one full-length mock across all domains and produce a written weakness plan naming three areas with concrete fixes