The online application for the Odisha Teacher Eligibility Test (OTET), 2018 has been opened by the Odisha Board of Secondary Education. The OTET 2018 applications will be available from November 12, 2018 8 am to November 27, 2018 11:45 pm. The filling up of the forms through online mode will be accepted till November 28, 2018 midnight. It will be received through online mode only using the website bseodisha.ac.in.
The payment of fee shall be done through SBI Collect either in online or offline mode till the last date. The official website has listed out the step by step instructions for online registration, applicability and eligibility of candidates, syllabus and its structure, instructions for physically handicapped candidates and format for continuing certificate.
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 Government, private aided schools and private unaided schools in the State of Odisha.
OTET examination consists of two papers; Paper I and Paper II. The total duration of the test in each paper shall be two and half hours. The OTET question paper follows the Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) pattern. Each question carries one mark with four alternatives out of which one answer is correct.
The question papers in non-language subjects will be bilingual i.e. in Odia and English. And the following languages shall be offered in Language: Odia, Hindi, Telugu, Urdu, Bengali. The candidate has to choose any one of the above languages for Language-I subject. Language-II subject will be English for all candidates.
There shall be no negative marking in OTET exam.
Candidates can appear Paper I or Paper II or both the papers as per their eligibility. The candidates appearing both Papers I and II will have to fill up application form separately.
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