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Syllabus : Higher Secondary – First Year
Biology : Part-A Botany
Unit 1 : Biodiversity (12 Hours)
Systematics : Two Kingdom and Five Kingdom systems – Salient features of various Plant Groups : Algae, Fungi, Bryophytes, Pteridophytes and Gymnosperms – Viruses – Bacteria.

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Unit 2 : Cell Biology (8 Hours)
Cell as the basic unit of life – Cell Theory – Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cell (Plant Cell) – Light Microscope and Electron Microscope (TEM & SEM) – Ultra Structure of Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells – Cell Wall – Cell Membrane (Fluid Mosaic Model) Membrane Transport Model – Cell organelles : Nucleus, Mitochondria, Plastids, Ribosomes – Cell Divisions : Amitosis, Mitosis & Meiosis and their significance.

Unit 3 : Plant Morphology (8 Hours)
Structure and Modification of Root, Stem and Leaf – Structure and Types of
Inflorescences – Structure and Types of Flowers, Fruits and Seeds.

Unit 4 : Genetics (12 Hours)
Concept of Heredity and Variation – Mendel’s Laws of Inheritance – Chromosomal basis of Inheritance – Intermediate Inheritance (Incomplete Dominance) – Epistasis.

Unit 5 : Plant Physiology (18 Hours)
Cell as a Physiological Unit : Properties of Protoplasm – Water relations –
Absorption and movement : Diffusion, Osmosis, Plasmolysis, Imbibition –
Permeability, Water Potential – Theories of Water Transport : Root Pressure -Transpiration pull – Factors affecting Rate of Transpiration – Mechanism of Stomatal Opening and Closing (Potassium ion theory) – Factors affecting Stomatal Movement – Mineral Nutrition : Functions of minerals – Essential Major elements and Trace elements – Deficiency symptoms of elements – Theories of Translocation – Translocation of Solutes – Nitrogen Metablosim and Biological Nitrogen Fixation.

Unit 6 : Reproduction Biology (10 Hours)
Modes of Reproduction in Angiosperms : Vegetative propagation (natural and artificial) – Micropropagation – Sexual Reproduction – Pollination : Types – Double Fertilization – Germination of seed : Parts of seed – Types of germination – Abscission, Senescence.

Unit 7 : Environmental Biology (10 Hours)
Organisms and their environment – Factors : Air, Water, Soil, Temperature, Light and Biota – Hydrophytes, Mesophytes, Xerophytes and their adaptations – Natural Resources – types, uses and misuse Conservation of water (RWH).

English Language Teaching – DTE I Year Syllabus :
Introduction :
English has become an integral part of India .After the advent of Globalization of economy, the parental demand for English has sky rocketed. Teachers are expected to train students not only in numbers and letters but also in soft skills that would increase their employability lately when they enter the employment market. English reaches children through various ways other than the teacher. Their acquaintance with English needs to be kept as a base and the teacher has to build on it.

We all know that an interested teacher alone can make the classes interesting. So it is necessary to instill enthusiasm and develop the right attitude among the teacher trainees in teaching English.

From this perspective, the syllabus for English Language Teaching has been framed with the following objectives
Objectives :
To equip the trainees with the necessary skills
1. to Listen, Speak, Read and Write effectively.
2. to increase their vocabulary

3. to strengthen the knowledge of English Grammar and application skills.
4. to adopt effective Teaching-Learning strategies.
5. to organize language activities and games in the classroom.

6. to make children communicate in English
7. to teach various areas like Prose, Poem, Composition, Supplementary Readers.
8. to develop their capacity to use different evaluation techniques and prepare question papers.

9. to conduct workshops, undertake Action Research and simple projects.
10. to use Newspapers in teaching English.
11. to design and prepare Teaching Learning Materials, Self Learning Materials and use multimedia technology for teaching English.