Board of Secondary Education, Odisha
Ph : 2415460, 2415428, 2415429, 2415439,
E-mail: info@bseodisha.ac.in
Website:- www.bseodisha.ac.in
Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha has released the online application form for the Odisha Teacher Eligibility Test (OTET) 2017
Applicants who wish to apply for OTET then send online application form. The selected applicants will be appointed as Primary School Teacher. Candidates can submit Odisha TET Application Form between 23rd August 2017 to 06th September 2017.
Eligibility
The following conditions of eligibility have been laid down by the Government of Odisha, Department of School and Mass Education vide the Resolution No.14302/SME, Bhubaneswar, dated the 04/06/12
(I) Persons having the following minimum qualifications shall be eligible for appearing in OTET
(a) Category-A (Paper-I) Higher Secondary (+2 or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education (CT) OR Higher Secondary (+2 or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and 2-year Diploma in Education (Special Education) OR Graduation and 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education/ 2-year Diploma in Special Education
(b) Category-B (Paper- II) Graduation with at least 50% marks and 1-year Bachelor in Education (B.Ed.) OR Graduation with 50% marks and 1-year B.Ed. (Special Education) OR Higher Secondary (+2 or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and 4-year B.A.Ed./ B.Sc Ed. Provided that relaxation of 5% minimum qualifying marks in +2 or graduation level, as the case may be, shall be allowed to the candidates belonging to SC, ST,OBC/ SEBC category
Provided further that candidates having minimum marks in +2 or graduation level, as the case may be, prescribed at the time of admission in teacher education courses shall also eligible to appear in OTET
(II) Persons who are pursuing (final year) any of the teacher education courses (recognized by the NCTE or by the RCI, as the case may be) specified above in both the categories
(III) Persons declared eligible by the State Govt./ NCTE/ Govt. of India from time to time
Untrained Candidates
(a) As per Govt. of Odisha, School and Mass Education Department Letter No.23860/SME dated 21/10/2013, the untrained candidates, belonging to SC/ST & PH Category having required percentage of marks (5% relaxation in minimum qualifying marks in +2 or Graduation Level as the case may be, for the candidates belonging to SC & ST categories) shall be eligible
(b) As per ADDENDUM No.SME-EL2-EL2-0060-2015 1646/ SME dt.21/01/2016 of the Govt. of Odisha, School and Mass Education Dept., the following guide lines shall be added to the Para-4 of the Resolution issued from the Govt., Dept. of School and Mass Education Vide No.14302/SME dtd-04/06/2012 regarding eligibility of minimum qualification for appearing OTET Exam
Exam Test Details
Detail instruction for online exam can be gone through by downloading the same which is attached at the student log in page; after signing in "My Exams" page will be displayed
There are two sections under the field Action. One is View Detail and the other is "Attempt Now". Clicking the “View Detail” button, some of the important information regarding the examination shall be displayed
Now the questions will be displayed section after section. The total time allowed from opening of the link shall be one and half an hour. Display of questions and question related information will automatically stop at 12.30 pm
The questions shall be displayed starting from question no.-1. The number of questions in different sections will be as follows:
a) Section-I - 30 questions
b) Section-II - 20 questions
c) Section-III - 2 questions
Questions of Section-I & II will be multiple choice type and that of Section-III will be essay type
Questions displayed may be attempted by clicking one of the four circles or can be skipped by clicking next button displayed below the question; two essay type questions under section-III shall be answered in a A4 paper writing the Roll No. on the top
How to Apply for OTET 2017/application procedure
The Information Brochure and Online Application Form is available in the website www.bseodisha.ac.in. Syllabus of the entrance examination is available in the website as well as in the Information Brochure.
Application Fee is Rs.500/- to be paid through SBI Collect Portal
Online link will be available (24x7) from 23rd August 2017, 08.00 am to 06th September 2017, 11.45 pm; the payment of fee shall be done through SBI Collect either in online or offline mode latest by 11.45 pm of 06th September 2017
However filling up of forms through online can be carried out till 07th September 2017 midnight
Admit Card
The candidates can download their Admit Cards from the website www.bseodisha.ac.in by entering their Registration Number and Email ID from 12th September 2017; the change of examination centre is not permissible; the hard copy of the admit cards shall be issued by the B.S.E Odisha
Important Dates
Starting Date for Submission of Online Application Form: 23rd August 2017
Last Date for Submission of Online Application Form: 06th September 2017
Admit Card Available from 12th September 2017
Date of Exam for OTET 2017: 25th September 2017 till 11.45 P.M.
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