Odisha TET Application Process Begins

OTET is applicable to all the candidates who aspire to become teachers for Classes I to VIII in the schools of the State government, private aided schools and private unaided schools in the State.

By Divya

Published: Thursday, August 24, 2017, 10:53 [IST]

The online application form for the State Teacher Eligibility Test 2017 is released by the Board of Secondary Education. Candidates who are interested can register and fill the application form for the exam from the official website.

The online link will be open at all hours from August 23, 2017, to 11.45 pm on September 6, 2017. Candidates should pay the exam fee and submit their applications before the last date.

When is the exam conducted?

The Odisha TET exams will be conducted on September 25, 2017.

About the paper pattern:

Paper 1 will be held from 10 am to 12.30 pm and paper 2 will be held from 2 pm to 4.30 pm. Paper 1 will be for 150 marks and will contain a question on child development and pedagogy, a regional language (Odia, Urdu, Hindi, Telugu or Bengali), English, mathematics and environmental studies.
Paper 2 will also have a weight age of 150 marks. It will include questions on three compulsory subjects- child development and pedagogy, a regional language and English- and an optional subject.
Candidates can choose between maths and science or social studies for the optional section.

How to apply for Odisha TET 2017?

Go to the Board's official website
Click on the notification for the OTET 2017 application.
Register to the site if you do not already have an account.
Fill in your details in the fields provided.
Download the results and take a print out of the same for further reference.

Note:

The Board also instructed that candidates can only appear for one category- paper 1 or paper 2. Those who apply for more than one exam will have their applications cancelled.

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