UPSC Principal and Vice Principal Exam Syllabus 

Educational Policies

- NEP 2020

- RTE Act, 2009

- NPE 1968, 1986 and POA 1992

- Operation Blackboard

- Foundational Literacy and Numeracy

- ECCE

- Pupil-Teacher Ratio

- Academic Bank of Credits

- Teacher education

- PARAKH

- State School Standards Authority

- School complexes

- Gender Inclusion Fund

- Curriculum Framework

- NCF 2005

- Sustainable Development Goal 4

- Child Rights

- UNCRC

- Juvenile Justice Act

- School Safety Policy

- National Disaster Management Guidelines

Measurement and Evaluation

- Validity and reliability

- Types of tests

- Achievement, aptitude and diagnostic tests

- Formative and summative assessment

- Norm-referenced and criterion-referenced tests

- Standardised tests

- Bloom’s Taxonomy

- Affective domain

- Table of Specifications

- Difficulty Index

- Discrimination Index

- Mean, median and mode

- Standard deviation

- Normal distribution

- Skewness

- Z-score

- Measurement scales

- Predictive validity

- Reliability coefficient

- Spearman-Brown formula

- Sociometry

- Projective and non-projective techniques

- Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation

Management

- Functions of management

- Planning and control

- Leadership styles

- Delegation of authority

- Communication

- Grapevine communication

- Motivation

- Job enrichment

- Job enlargement

- Job rotation

- CPM

- Coordination

- Decision-making

- Record management

- School administration

- School Safety Committee

- Internal Complaints Committee

- Disciplinary administration

Financial Administration

- General Financial Rules, 2017

- Government e-Marketplace

- Tender and procurement

- Limited Tender Enquiry

- Bid Security/EMD

- Performance Security

- Retention of records

- Capital and Revenue Expenditure

- Loans and advances

- Interest calculation

- Imprest and institutional funds

- Cash book and bank overdraft

- Depreciation

- Sports Fund

- Financial accounts

प्रमुख topics

- CCS Leave Rules

- CCS Conduct Rules

- Casual Leave, Earned Leave and EOL

- LTC

- Disciplinary proceedings

- Office Order

- Office Memorandum

- Notification and circular

- File numbering system

- Record retention

- RTI Act, 2005

- First and second appeal

- Exemptions under RTI

- Life or liberty information—48 hours

- Prevention of Corruption Act

- POSH Act

- POCSO Act

- CPGRAMS

- Central Civil Services rules

- Official Language Rules

- Parliamentary procedure

- Chief Accounting Authority

Pedagogy in Education - Learner-centred teaching

- Interactive teaching

- Effective teaching

- Teaching objectives

- Classroom questioning

- Individual differences

- Teacher’s role

- Learning domains

- Culture and education

- Teaching approaches

- Classroom testing

- Scientific method of acquiring knowledge

- Participation and engagement