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📚 Ultimate GTLE General Knowledge Exam Guide (EPS, Literacy & Numeracy)

Preparing for the Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination (GTLE) General Knowledge Paper? This comprehensive breakdown covers all three components:
✅ Essential Professional Skills (EPS)
✅ Literacy
✅ Numeracy

📝 Exam Structure (100 Questions Total)

Component	Number of Questions	Weight
Essential Professional Skills (EPS)	40	40%
Literacy	30	30%
Numeracy	30	30%

🔍 Detailed Syllabus Breakdown

1️⃣ ESSENTIAL PROFESSIONAL SKILLS (EPS) – 40%

A. Professional Values & Attitudes (23%)

✔ Professional Development (reflective practice, leadership skills)
✔ Community of Practice (role modeling, ethical conduct)

B. Professional Knowledge (27%)

✔ Ghana’s Education Policies (Free SHS, NaSIA, NTC)
✔ Curriculum Frameworks (New JHS/Primary curriculum)
✔ Child Development (inclusive teaching strategies)

C. Professional Practice (50%)

✔ Classroom Management (discipline, seating arrangements)
✔ Teaching Strategies (lesson planning, critical thinking)
✔ Assessment Methods (feedback, rubrics, portfolios)

📌 Exam Focus:

35% Strategic Thinking (e.g., solving classroom challenges)
25% Skill/Concept (e.g., curriculum application)

2️⃣ LITERACY – 30%

Key Topics Tested:

Topic	Sample Questions
Concord	Subject-verb agreement corrections
Direct/Indirect Speech	Converting “He said, ‘I am tired'” to reported speech
Active/Passive Voice	Changing “The teacher marked the books” to passive
Error Identification	Spotting grammatical mistakes in passages
Idioms & Phrasal Verbs	Meaning of “kick the bucket” or “call off”

📌 Pro Tip:

35% Strategic Thinking (e.g., rewriting sentences with correct grammar)

3️⃣ NUMERACY – 30%

Key Domains Tested:

Domain	Key Concepts
Number Operations	Fractions, ratios, percentages
Algebra	Linear equations, patterns
Geometry	Angles, symmetry, volume
Statistics	Mean/median, data interpretation

📌 Exam Focus:

40% Number Operations (e.g., multi-step word problems)
20% Probability (e.g., calculating event likelihoods)

📊 Cognitive Levels & Weighting

Depth of Knowledge (DoK)	EPS	Literacy	Numeracy
Level 1 (Recall)	20%	20%	20%
Level 2 (Concepts)	25%	25%	25%
Level 3 (Strategic Thinking)	35%	35%	35%
Level 4 (Extended Thinking)	20%	20%	20%

💡 Top Preparation Tips

EPS: Memorize National Teachers’ Standards and Ghanaian education policies.
Literacy: Practice error-spotting exercises and sentence transformations.
Numeracy: Solve real-life math problems (e.g., profit/loss, geometry applications).
Time Management: Allocate 1 minute per question—practice timed mock exams!