12/11/2018
BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION, ODISHA, CUTTACK
ODISHA TEACHER ELIGIBILITY TEST (OTET) – 2018
1. APPLICABILITYAs
per Resolution No.14302/SME, Bhubaneswar, dated the 04/06/12 of the
Government of Odisha, Department of School and Mass Education and
Corrigendum No.- SME-EL2-EL2-0063-2018-23082/ SME, Bhubaneswar, dated
22/10/2018, OTET is applicable to all candidates who possess requisite
academic and training qualifications with requisite percentage of marks and to
all candidates pursuing the final year of the teacher training courses before the
date of publication of advertisement for conducting OTET who aspire to become
teachers for Classes-I to VIII in the schools of the State Govt., private aided
schools and private unaided schools in the State of Odisha. However, the
candidates intending to seek employment as teachers in private un-aided
schools shall also have the option of appearing at Central Teacher Eligibility
Test (CTET) conducted by Central Govt. through CBSE, if they so desire. The
candidates after being qualified in OTET can also apply for further improvement.
2. ELIGIBILITY-
(I) Persons having the following minimum qualification shall be eligible for
appearing in OTET :-
(a) Category – A
Higher Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and 2 year
Diploma in Elementary Education (CT or D.El.Ed.).
OR,
Higher Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 45% marks and 2 year
Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever name known), in accordance
with the NCTE (Recognition Norms and Procedure) Regulations, 2002.
OR,
Higher Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and 4 year
Bachelor of Elementary Education (B.El.Ed.).
OR,
Higher Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and 2 year
Diploma in Education (Special Education).
OR,
Graduation and two year Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever
name known).
OR,
Graduation with at least 50% marks and Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.), on
the condition that who has acquired the qualification of Bachelor of
Education from any NCTE Recognised Institution shall be considered for
appointment as a teacher in classes I to V provided the person so appointed
as a teacher shall mandatorily undergo a six month Bridge Course in
Elementary Education recognized by the NCTE, within two years of such
appointment as primary teacher.
(b) Category – B
Graduation and 2 year Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever name
known).
OR,
Graduation with at least 50% marks and 1 year bachelor in Education
(B.Ed.).
OR,
Graduation with at least 45% marks and 1 year Bachelor in Education
(B.Ed.) in accordance with the NCTE (Recognition Norms and Procedure)
Regulations issued from time to time in this regard.
OR,
Higher Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and 4 year
Bachelor in Elementary Education (B.El.Ed.).
OR,
Higher Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and 4 year
B.A./ B.Sc, Ed or B.A. Ed./ B.Sc. Ed.
OR,
Graduation with at least 50% marks and 1 year B.Ed. (Special Education).
Provided that relaxation of 5% minimum qualifying marks in Higher
Secondary or graduation level, as the case may be, shall be allowed to the
candidates belonging to SC, ST, SEBC & PWD category.
Provided further that candidates having minimum marks in Higher
Secondary or graduation level, as the case may be, prescribed at the time of
admission in teacher education courses are also eligible to appear in OTET.
(b) Persons having D.Ed. (Special Education) or B.Ed (Special Education)
qualification shall undergo, after appointment, an NCTE recognized 6 month
Special Programme in Elementary Education.
(II) Persons having qualification or pursuing final year of any of the teacher
education courses (recognized by the NCTE or by the RCI, as the case may
be) can appear in the respective category for which he/ she is eligible.
(III) Persons declared eligible by the State Govt./ NCTE/ Govt. of India from time
to time.
(IV) Eligibility for appearing in examination papers for persons covered under
Para- 2 (III) will be notified by the Govt. after declaration of their eligibility.
3. Examination Paper -
(I) There shall be two papers of the OTET viz- Paper-I and Paper-II.
(II) Total duration of the test in each paper shall be 2½ hours.
(III) All questions will be Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ), each carrying one
mark with four alternatives out of which one answer is correct.
(IV) The question papers in non-language subjects shall be bilingual i.e. in Odia
and English.
(V) Following languages shall be offered in Language – I:- Odia, Hindi, Telugu,
Urdu, Bengali. The candidate has to choose any one of the above languages
for Language-I subject.
(VI) Language-II subject shall be English for all candidates.
(VII) There shall be no negative marking.
