AP DSC 2026 SA Physics Syllabus [Official Release] School Assistant Physics

AP DSC 2026 SA Physics Syllabus [Official Release] School Assistant Physics. The AP DSC 2026 School Assistant Physical Science Syllabus, issued by the Government of Andhra Pradesh, Department of School Education and the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT), outlines the subjects and topics for candidates preparing for the Andhra Pradesh DSC 2026 Physical Science examination.

AP DSC 2026 SA Physics Syllabus. The syllabus covers General Knowledge and Current Affairs, Perspectives in Education, Classroom Implications of Educational Psychology, Physical Science Content from Classes 6 to Intermediate, and Physical Science Teaching Methodology. Major subject areas include measurement, motion, force, gravitation, work and energy, sound, heat, light, electricity, magnetism, chemistry, atoms and molecules, periodic classification, acids and bases, intermediate Physics and Chemistry, and science teaching methods.

AP DSC 2026 SA Physics Syllabus – Overview

The supplied syllabus document divides the examination into five sections carrying a total of 80 marks.

Part I: General Knowledge and Current Affairs (10 Marks)

General Knowledge and Current Affairs – 10 marks.

Part II: Perspectives in Education (5 Marks)

1. History of Education

• Education in Ancient India – Pre-Vedic and Post-Vedic period, Medieval Education.
• Education in Pre-Independent era – Woods Despatch (1854), Hunter Commission (1882), Hartog Committee (1929), Sargent Committee (1944).
• Education in Post-Independent era – Mudaliar Commission (1952–53), Kothari Commission (1964–66), Ishwarbhai Patel Committee (1977), NPE-1986, POA-1992.

2. Teacher Empowerment

Need and interventions for empowerment; professional code of conduct for teachers; teacher motivation; professional development of teachers and teacher organizations; national/state-level organizations for teacher education; maintenance of records and registers in schools.

3. Educational Concerns in Contemporary India

• Democracy and Education, Equality, Equity, Quality in Education, Equality of Educational opportunities.
• Economics of Education, Education as Human Capital, Education and Human Resource Development, Literacy – Saakshar Bharat Mission.
• Population Education; Gender Equality, Equity and Empowerment of Women; Urbanization and migration; Life skills.
• Adolescence Education.
• Value Education – Moral Value and Professional Ethics in Education.
• Health and Physical Education.
• Inclusive Education – Classroom Management in Inclusive Education.
• Role of Education in view of Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization.
• Programmes and Projects – APPEP, DPEP, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, National Programme for Education of Girls at Elementary Level (NPEGEL), Rashtriya Madhyamika Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan (RAA), KGBVs, Model Schools.
• Incentives and special provisions – Mid Day Meals, Free Books, Scholarships, Awards, Welfare Hostels, Transportation.
• Current Trends in Education.

4. Acts / Rights

• Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act – 2009.
• Right to Information Act – 2005.
• Child Rights.
• Human Rights.

5. National Curriculum Framework – 2005

Perspectives, Guiding Principles, Learning and Knowledge, Teaching Learning Process, Assessments, Systemic Reforms.

6. National Education Policy – 2020

Part III: Classroom Implications of Educational Psychology (5 Marks)

1. Individual differences: Inter- and intra-individual differences; meaning, nature and theories of intelligence with special emphasis on multiple intelligence; IQ; assessment of intelligence; EQ; creativity; attitude, aptitude, interest and habit and their influence on intelligence – classroom implementation.
2. Learning: Theories and approaches of learning; learning curves; factors, phases and dimensions of learning; types of learning; transfer of learning; memory; forgetting; learning and assessment – classroom implementation.
3. Personality: Nature, characteristics and theories of personality; factors of personality; assessment of personality; mental health; adjustment; stress – nature, symptoms and management; emotional intelligence; management of emotions – classroom implementation.

Part IV: Physical Science Content (40 Marks)

Content syllabus: Class VI to Intermediate level.

Classes 6–10

1. Measurement

Story of transport; non-standard units of measurements; measuring the length of a curved line; measurement of length, area, volume and time; CGS and SI units of length, area, volume and time; conversion of units from CGS to SI and vice versa.

2. Motion

Describing motion; motion and rest; motion along a straight line; types of motion (translatory, rotatory and oscillatory); scalars and vectors; distance, displacement, speed, velocity, average speed, average velocity, acceleration; graphical representation of motion; distance-time and velocity-time graphs; uniform and non-uniform motion; equations of motion; uniform circular motion; laws of motion; balanced and unbalanced forces; Newton’s first law, inertia and mass; momentum; second law and third law of motion.

3. Force, Friction and Pressure

Force as a push or pull; exploring forces; effect of force on objects; field and contact forces; net force; static, sliding and rolling friction; factors affecting friction; friction as a necessary evil; increasing and reducing friction; fluid friction; pressure; pressure exerted by liquids and gases; pressure of liquids at different depths; atmospheric pressure.

4. Gravitation

Uniform circular motion; universal law of gravitation; free fall; acceleration due to gravity; motion of objects under Earth’s gravitational force; mass and weight; thrust and pressure; pressure in fluids; buoyancy; floating and sinking objects; Archimedes’ principle.

5. Work and Energy

Scientific conception of work; work done by a constant force; energy and its forms; kinetic and potential energy; mechanical energy; law of conservation of energy; conversion of energy from one form to another; power and its units.

6. Sound

Sound as a form of energy; production of sound; musical instruments; medium required for propagation; human ear; hearing impairment; noise and music; propagation of sound; longitudinal and transverse waves; wavelength, frequency, time period and speed of waves; relation between frequency and time period; pitch, loudness, quality and intensity of sound; speed of sound in different media; reflection of sound; echo; reverberation; uses of multiple reflection; range of hearing; infrasonic and ultrasonic sound; applications of ultrasound; sound pollution.

7. Heat

Heat and temperature; transfer of heat by conduction, convection and radiation; clothes worn in summer and winter; Celsius, Fahrenheit and Kelvin scales and conversions; expansion of liquids due to heat; types of thermometers; thermal equilibrium; temperature and kinetic energy; specific heat and applications of specific heat capacity; principle of method of mixtures; determination of specific heat of a solid; evaporation, condensation, humidity, dew and fog; boiling; latent heat of vaporisation; melting; latent heat of fusion; freezing; temperature-time graph.

8. Light

Light; transparent, opaque and translucent objects; shadows and images; rectilinear propagation; pinhole camera; regular and diffused reflection; reflection by plane surfaces and laws of reflection; periscope, multiple images and kaleidoscope; characteristics of images in plane mirrors; spherical mirrors and images; spectrum; wave nature of light; Fermat principle; sign convention; refraction; refraction at plane surfaces; refractive index, absolute and relative refractive index; Snell’s law; critical angle and total internal reflection; applications of total internal reflection; mirages; optical fibres; refraction through a glass slab and lateral/vertical shift; refraction at curved surfaces; lenses and terminology (focal length, focus, optic centre, principal axis, radius and centre of curvature, focal plane); behaviour of light rays through a lens; images formed by lenses at different object distances; UV method; lens formula and lens maker’s formula; human eye; least distance of distinct vision; angle of vision; myopia, hypermetropia and presbyopia; care of eyes; Braille system; visually impaired persons; power of lens; refractive index of a prism; dispersion through prism and sunlight; rainbow; scattering of light.

9. Electricity

Simple electric circuit and components; conductors and insulators; dry and liquid cells; electric symbols and uses; series and parallel connections of cells and bulbs; heating effects of electricity; CFL; fuse and MCBs; chemical effects of electric current; conducting and poorly conducting liquids; electroplating; magnetic effects of current; electromagnet and electric bell; electric current; Drude and Lorentz theory; potential difference and EMF; drift velocity and working of a cell; Ohm’s law; electric shock; factors affecting resistance; series and parallel resistors; multimeter; Kirchhoff’s laws; sign convention in a circuit; electric power, power consumption and electric energy; overload.

10. Magnetism and Electromagnetism

Discovery of magnets; magnetic and non-magnetic materials; types and poles of magnets; properties and safe storage of magnets; magnetic compass; Earth as a magnet; magnetic induction; Oersted’s experiment; magnetic field and magnetic flux/flux density; field due to a straight wire, circular coil and solenoid carrying current; magnetic force; electric motor; electromagnetic induction; Faraday’s law; Lenz’s law; applications of electromagnetic induction; induced current and EMF; electric generator; DC and AC currents; RMS values.

11. Principles of Metallurgy

Metallurgy; occurrence of metals in nature; ores and minerals; extraction of metals; activity series; concentration or dressing of ore; hand picking, washing, froth flotation and magnetic separation; extraction of crude metal; reduction of purified ore; purification of crude metal; distillation, poling, liquation and electrolytic refining; corrosion and prevention; thermite process; smelting, roasting, calcination, flux and gangue; blast and reverberatory furnaces.

12. Carbon and Its Compounds

Allotropes of carbon; amorphous and crystalline forms; diamond, graphite, Buckminsterfullerene and nanotubes; versatile nature of carbon; catenation and tetravalency; hydrocarbons; saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons; homologous series; isomerism; functional groups; nomenclature and IUPAC names of aliphatic hydrocarbons; chemical properties of carbon compounds including combustion, oxidation, addition and substitution reactions; ethanol; ethanoic acid; esters and esterification; soaps, saponification and micelles; cleansing action of soap; detergents.

13. Some Natural Phenomena

Story of lightning; charging by rubbing; electric charge and its properties; types of charges and their interactions; transfer of charge; lightning and lightning safety; lightning conductors; earthquakes and tsunami; causes, effects and protective measures.

14. Stars and Solar System

The Moon and its surface; phases of the Moon; solar and lunar eclipses; stars; movement of stars; constellations and pole star; movement of the Sun; Solar System; planets and other members of the Solar System; artificial satellites.

15. Changes Around Us

Slow and fast changes; temporary and permanent changes; natural and man-made changes; physical and chemical changes; rusting of iron; crystallisation; galvanization; corrosion; rancidity; oxidation and reduction.

16. Matter

Objects around us; properties of materials; physical nature of matter; characteristics of particles; states and properties of solids, liquids and gases; change of state due to temperature and pressure; evaporation and factors affecting it; sublimation; deposition; boiling; latent heat of vaporisation and fusion; mixtures and types; solutions and their properties; types and concentration of solutions and ways to express concentration; suspensions and their properties; colloidal solutions, properties and examples; separation methods including handpicking, threshing, winnowing, sedimentation, decantation, sieving, filtration, sublimation, chromatography, distillation, fractional distillation, evaporation and condensation; combined separation methods; saturated and unsaturated solutions; separation of immiscible liquids; elements and compounds as pure substances.

17. Atoms and Molecules

Laws of chemical combination: conservation of mass and constant proportions; atoms and symbols of elements; atomic mass; atomicity; valency; molecules of elements and compounds; ions (cations and anions), polyatomic ions, names and symbols of ions and ion formation; chemical formulae; molecular mass, molar mass and formula unit mass; structure of atom and subatomic particles; charged particles in matter; Thomson, Rutherford, Bohr and Bohr-Sommerfeld atomic models; neutrons; electron distribution into orbits; atomic number and mass number; isotopes and isobars; atomic line spectra; Planck’s quantum theory; quantum numbers; shapes of orbitals; electronic configuration; Pauli Exclusion Principle; Aufbau principle; Hund’s Rule.

18. Classification of Elements – The Periodic Table

Dobereiner’s law of Triads; Newlands’ law of Octaves; Mendeleev’s Periodic Table; Modern Periodic Table; periodic properties of elements and their gradation in the modern periodic table.

19. Chemical Bonding

Lewis dot structures; covalency; electronic theory of valence by Lewis and Kossel; octet rule; ionic and covalent bonds and compounds; bond lengths and bond energies of covalent bonds; valence shell electron pair repulsion theory; valence bond theory; hybridisation.

20. Metals and Non-metals

Physical and chemical properties of metals and non-metals; their uses; examples; reactivity order of metals.

21. Synthetic Fibres and Plastics

Natural and synthetic fibres; preparation and uses; types and characteristics of synthetic fibres; plastics as materials of choice; types of plastics; plastics and the environment; biodegradable and non-biodegradable materials.

22. Coal and Petroleum

Exhaustible and inexhaustible resources; types of fuels; coal and its story; uses of coal and coal products; refining of petroleum; petrochemical products in various sectors; constituents of petroleum and their uses; formation of coal and petroleum; natural gas; misuse of energy resources and consequences.

23. Combustion, Fuels and Flame

Combustion and its types; ignition temperature; inflammable substances; flame; fuel efficiency; harmful products from burning fuels; fire control; structure of flame, colour zones and intensities.

24. Air

Atmosphere; components of air; availability of oxygen to plants and animals; replacement of oxygen in the atmosphere.

25. Acids, Bases and Salts

Natural, synthetic and olfactory acid-base indicators; universal indicator; chemical properties of acids and bases; reactions of acids and bases with metals; reactions of acids with carbonates and metal hydrogen carbonates; neutralisation; reactions of acids with metal oxides and bases with non-metal oxides; production of H+ and OH− ions; electrical conductivity; properties of bases; dilution; strength of acids and bases; pH scale and importance of pH in everyday life; chemical defence by animals and plants; family of salts and pH of salts; chemicals from common salt; chlor-alkali process and products; water of crystallisation; common salt, bleaching powder, baking soda, washing soda, plaster of Paris and gypsum and their uses.

Intermediate Physics

• Physical World
• Units and Measurements
• Motion in a Straight Line
• Motion in a Plane
• Laws of Motion
• Work, Energy and Power
• System of Particles and Rotational Motion
• Oscillations
• Gravitation
• Mechanical Properties of Solids
• Mechanical Properties of Fluids
• Thermal Properties of Matter
• Thermodynamics
• Kinetic Theory
• Waves
• Ray Optics and Optical Instruments
• Wave Optics
• Electric Charges and Fields
• Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance
• Current Electricity
• Moving Charges and Magnetism
• Magnetism and Matter
• Electromagnetic Induction
• Alternating Current
• Electromagnetic Waves
• Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter
• Atoms

Intermediate Chemistry

• Atomic Structure
• Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties
• Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure
• States of Matter: Gases and Liquids
• Stoichiometry
• Thermodynamics
• Chemical Equilibrium and Acids-Bases
• Hydrogen and its compounds
• s-Block Elements (Alkali and Alkaline Earth Metals)
• p-Block Elements Group 13 (Boron family)
• p-Block Elements Group 14 (Carbon family)
• Environmental Chemistry
• Organic Chemistry – Some Basic Principles and Techniques and Hydrocarbons
• Solid State
• Solutions
• Electrochemistry and Chemical Kinetics
• Surface Chemistry
• General Principles of Metallurgy
• p-Block Elements (Groups 15, 16, 17 and 18)
• d- and f-Block Elements and Coordination Compounds
• Polymers
• Biomolecules
• Chemistry in Everyday Life
• Haloalkanes and Haloarenes
• Organic Compounds Containing C, H and O (Alcohols, Phenols, Ethers, Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids)
• Organic Compounds Containing Nitrogen

Part V: Physical Science Methodology (20 Marks)

1. The Nature of Science: Nature and scope of science; science, ideology and society; structure of science: (a) substantive structure – empirical and theoretical knowledge (facts, concepts, hypothesis, theory, principle, law); (b) syntactic structure – scientific inquiry, processes of science and attitudes of inquiry.
2. History and Development of Science: Brief introduction to oriental and western science; contributions of Aryabhatta, Bhaskaracharya, Aristotle, Copernicus, Newton, Einstein and C. V. Raman; organizations working for the development of science in India.
3. Aims and Values of Teaching Physical Sciences: Aims and values of teaching Physical Science; correlation of Physics and Chemistry with other subjects.
4. Objectives of Teaching Physical Sciences: Meaning and importance of objectives; Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives; specific/behavioral/instructional objectives; critique of Bloom’s Taxonomy.
5. Approaches and Methods of Teaching Physical Sciences: Inductive and deductive approaches; micro teaching; team teaching; lecture method; lecture-cum-demonstration method; historical method; heuristic method; project method; laboratory method; problem-solving method; scientific method; multimedia approach in the teaching-learning process; programmed learning; CAI and CAL.
6. Planning for Effective Instruction in Science: Year plan, unit plan, lesson plan; learning experience, its characteristics, classification, source and relevance.
7. Teaching Learning Material (TLM): Characteristics and importance; classification and types; hardware and software in TLM; principles to be followed; Edgar Dale’s Cone of Learning Experience.
8. Science Laboratories: Importance of practical work; planning science laboratories; procurement, care and maintenance of laboratory equipment; registers; management of safety and science kits; development of improvised apparatus.
9. Physical Science Curriculum: Principles of curriculum construction; defects in the existing school science curriculum; qualities of a good Science textbook.
10. Non-formal Science Education: Science clubs and science fairs – purposes, levels, organization and advantages; science library; role of NGOs and the State in popularizing science.
11. Evaluation: Concept and process of evaluation; tools of evaluation; preparation of Scholastic Achievement Test (SAT); analysis and interpretation of scores.

Apply Online – AP DSC 2026

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