How To Prepare for Kerala PSC HSST Chemistry Exam?

Table Of Contents

1)	Introduction
2)	Understanding The Kerala PSC HSST Chemistry Exam
3)	Eligibility Criteria for HSST Chemistry Exam
4)	Kerala PSC HSST Exam Syllabus
5)	Tips For Exam Preparation
I)	Effective Study Plan for Kerala PSC HSST Exam
II)	Important Topics for HSST Chemistry
III)	Use The Best Study Materials for HSST Chemistry Exam
6)	Time Management and Strategies
7)	Practice Previous Year Question Papers and Mock Tests
8)	Last Minutes Exam Tips

1) Introduction

HSST or Higher Secondary School Teacher is a post constituted by the Kerala PSC to appoint Junior and Senior Teachers in Higher Secondary level. The HSST Junior post was the most recently released vacancies by PSC for a myriad of subjects like Urdu, English, Economics, Arabic, Sociology, Political Science, Sanskrit, Geography, Botany, Zoology, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics in the year 2021. However, the Kerala Vocational Higher Secondary Department had released Non-Vocational Teacher Junior (Chemistry) and Non-Vocational Teacher Senior (Chemistry) in the year 2022.

The details of the HSST (Junior) Chemistry Part-time post are given below.

Post	HSST (Junior) Chemistry
Category No.	740/2021
Job	Part time
Recruitment	Direct Recruitment
Gazette date	31.02.2021
Last date to apply	02.02.2022
Vacancies	Anticipated

The details for the upcoming HSST (Chemistry) and Non-Vocational Teachers Exam are given below.

Category No.	Post name	Admit card date	Exam date
740/2021	HSST (Junior) (Chemistry) DR	29.04.2023	15.05.2023
400/2022	Non-Vocational Teacher Senior (Chemistry) DR	29.04.2023	15.05.2023
504/2022	Non-Vocational Teacher Senior (Chemistry) (SC/ST-DR)	29.04.2023	15.05.2023
578/2022	Non-Vocational Teacher Senior (Chemistry) (KVHSE by transfer)	29.04.2023	15.05.2023
585/2022	Non-Vocational Teacher Junior (chemistry) (KVHSE-DR)	29.04.2023	15.05.2023

DR* Direct Recruitment

2) Understanding The Kerala PSC HSST Chemistry Exam

The Kerala PSC HSST Chemistry exam is one of the anticipated exams by the aspirants as there was a long wait before the finalization of the exam date on May 2023. The syllabus for HSST Junior (Chemistry) and Non-Vocational (Senior/ Junior) Chemistry Teachers are more or less the same.

Eligibility Criteria for HSST Chemistry Exam

Educational Qualification	Master’s Degree in concerned subject with minimum 50% marks from Universities of Kerala or recognised as equivalent B.Ed. degree from Universities of Kerala or recognised as equivalent OR MSc. Ed. degree with 50% marks in concerned subject obtained from any Regional Institutes of Education sponsored by NCERT Must have passed State Eligibility Test (SET) for Higher Secondary School Teacher conducted by the Government of Kerala
Age Limit	20-40 years (usual relaxation for SC/ST/OBCs)
Exam Format	Written/OMR/Online Test
No: Of Questions	100
Time Limit	1 hour 30 minutes
Specific Instructions and Guidelines	Candidates can download the admit cards prior to 15 days till the day of the exam.

3) Kerala PSC HSST Exam Syllabus

The HSST Chemistry syllabus is stretched over four parts viz.,

• Part-I -core subject or Chemistry for 70 Marks
• Part-II-Teaching Aptitude and Research Methodology-10 Marks
• Part-III-Salient Features of Indian Constitution and Social Welfare Legislations and Programmes-10 Marks
• Part-IV-Renaissance in Kerala, General Knowledge and Current Affairs-10 Marks

Aspirants should have a good hold of knowledge in all the four sessions together to score a better rank. Tracking down the syllabus along with the previous year question papers gives us a vivid idea about the exam as well as help us to focus on the most important topics. The video link pinned below can help you with the PYQs (Previous Year Question papers) and its related facts.

HSST Chemistry PYQs and related Facts

Detailed syllabus for HSST Chemistry

4) Tips For Exam Preparation

The best way to prepare any exam is to first boundary out the portions that you require to learn. Next, understand the question type, exam pattern, time allotted for each questions. Unlike other exams in Kerala PSC, the HSST Chemistry exam is allotted a total of 90 minutes compared to the conventional time duration of 75 minutes. So, here the candidates can make use of the additional timing to attempt maximum number of questions.

I. Effective Study Plan for Kerala PSC HSST Exam

The syllabus for the upcoming Chemistry HSST exam or Non-Vocational Teachers exam is different from that of previous years. However, the syllabus was more or less same to the Assistant Professor (Chemistry) syllabus. And Kerala PSC in recent times has come forward with well defined mark distribution that has helped majority of aspirants to come up with an effective study plan. A good study plan should be aligned by giving more importance to the important topics.

II. Important Topics for HSST Chemistry

To know more about the important topics, click the link below and hear it out from our CC faculties!!

Important Topics for HSST Chemistry

III. Use The Best Study Materials for HSST Chemistry Exam

The HSST Chemistry syllabus are based on NCERT and SCERT in the higher secondary level. However, there can be questions linking to the graduate level as well.

Register and Download Latest Study Material for HSST Chemistry

5) Time Management and Strategies

Time management is very essential while you attempt any exam. And time management can only be improved through consistent practice using mock tests or model exams.

6) Practice Previous Year Question Papers and Mock Tests

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7) Last Minutes Exam Tips

Try to align your studies with some executable plan for the upcoming days. And focus on the important topics and gulping the whole syllabus may not be practical.

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