Senior Content Specialist | Updated On - Jun 6, 2024
The Professional Graduate Teacher (PGT) exam is organized every year by the Army Welfare Education Society (AWES) for the purpose to recruit teachers in Army Public School. The AWES PGT exam is conducted for candidates for obtaining jobs as teachers in different subjects with specializations in Maths, English, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, History, Geography, Computer Science, and many more for classes 6 to 12.
AWES PGT exam is a two paper exam, where Paper I and Paper II are the two papers in it. In Paper I there are questions on teaching ability, basic information, English reading comprehension etc. In Paper II there are questions from the subject which a candidate has opted for teaching. The number of questions in each paper is 100 marks questions and the duration for the test is 2 hours.It is also important to note that there is a penalty for guessing; that is, one can lose marks for choices which are incorrect. Candidates who pass in both papers are short-listed depending on vacancies available within the company.
Indian history, geography, world history, political geography
Indian Polity & Economy
Constitution of India, Indian political system, economic system, Union Budget
General Knowledge
Logic, reasoning, aptitude, mental ability
AWES PGT Vacancy 2024
Vacancies are typically announced for numerous subjects like Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, English, Hindi, Social Sciences, and Computer Science. The exact number of vacancies will depend on various factors like retirement, resignation, and expansion plans of AWES schools.
Subject
Estimated Vacancy Range
Mathematics
50-80
Physics
30-50
Chemistry
25-40
Biology
40-60
English
20-30
Hindi
15-25
Social Sciences
30-45
Computer Science
20-30
AWES PGT Important Books 2024
Topic
Book(s)
Author(s)
Current Affairs
Manorama Yearbook, Pratiyogita Darpan
Various Authors
General Science
Lucent's General Science, Arihant's General Science
Dr. Sanjay Kumar, Arihant Experts
History & Geography
NCERT History & Geography textbooks, Spectrum's History & Geography for Competitive Exams
Bipin Chandra, P.N. Singh, R.S. Sharma
Indian Polity & Economy
M. Laxmikanth's Indian Polity, Sanjeev Verma's Indian Economy
M. Laxmikanth, Sanjeev Verma
General Knowledge
Arihant's General Knowledge, R.S. Aggarwal's Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning