Just as other Teacher Eligibility Tests Odisha State conducts OTET every year. This exam is conducted online. The last date to apply online for the OTET 2019 is 29th July 2019. Here in this article, you will come to know about all important information about the Odisha Teacher Eligibility Exam 2019 such as exam date, admit card, result, answer key, eligibility criteria, exam pattern and syllabus etc. All the serious and interested candidates must read the complete article carefully.

OTET Basic Details

Name of Exam Odisha Teacher Eligibility Test
Other Name OTET
Year 2019
Conducting Body Board of Secondary Education Odisha
Start of Application Form 15th July 2019
End of Online Application Form 29th July 2019
Date of Exam 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16 & 17 Aug 2019
Mode of Online application form Online
Mode of Exam Online
Number of Papers 2
Negative Marking No

Odisha TET Important Dates

Dates such as exam date, date of release of answer key, OTET Result Date etc.
Important Events Dates
Commencement of online registration of application 15/07/2019
Closure of registration of application 29/07/2019 (Time:05.00 PM)
Closure for editing application details 29/07/2019 (Time:05.00 PM)
Last date for printing your application 29/07/2019 (Time:05.00 PM)
Online Fee Payment 15/07/2019 to 29/07/2019 (Time:05.00 PM)
OTET Exam Date From 5th August 2019
Odisha TET Admit Card Download From 2nd August 2019
Date of release of OTET Answer key Will be Notified Later
Date of Release of Final OTET Result Will be Notified Later

Odisha TET Eligibility Criteria 2019

Paper 1: Higher Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education (CT or D.El.Ed.). Paper 2: Graduation and 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever name known). Read Complete OTET Eligibility Criteria 2019

Odisha TET Exam Pattern and Syllabus 2019

Odisha TET Paper 1 Exam Pattern 2019

Subject No. of Questions Marks
Child Development and pedagogy 30 30
Language I (Odia, Urdu, Hindi, Telugu, Bengali) 30 30
Language II (English) 30 30
Mathematics 30 30
Environmental Studies 30 30
Total 150 150
Also, Read: OTET Paper 1 Syllabus and Exam Pattern

OTET Paper 2 Exam Pattern

Subject No. of Questions Marks
Child Development and pedagogy 30 30
Language I (Odia, Urdu, Hindi, Telugu, Bengali) 30 30
Language II (English) 30 30
Total 90 90

Optional Paper

Area No. of Questions Mark
For Mathematics, Science Teachers 60 (30 Ques from mathematics and 30 Ques from science) 60
For Social studies Teachers 60 (30 Ques from History and Political Science and 30 Ques from Geography) 60
Note: In each subject area 20 Ques will be set from contents & 10 Ques from Pedagogy
Also, See: OTET Paper 2 Syllabus and Exam Pattern
  • There shall be two papers of the OTET viz- Paper-I and Paper-II.
  • The total duration of the test in each paper shall be 2½ hours.
  • All questions will be Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ), each carrying one mark with four alternatives out of which one answer is correct.
  • The question papers in non-language subjects shall be bilingual i.e. in Odia and English.
  • 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.
  • Language-II subject shall be English for all candidates.
  • There shall be no negative marking.

OTET Application Fee 2019

Odisha TET 2019 Online Application Fee Details
  • OTET 2019 Application fee starts from 15th July 2019.
  • OTET 2019 Application fee the last date is 29th July 2019.
Category OTET Application Fee
General/ OBC/ SEBC Rs 500
SC/ ST Rs 300

OTET Result 2019

  • BSE Odisha will announce the result of OTET 2019 at bseodisha.nic.in, bseodisha.ac.in.
  • The Odisha Teacher Eligibility Test results are published via login.
  • Candidates have to login to check their result indicating score obtained in paper 1/2, and whether they have qualified or not.
  • Candidates who obtain marks equal to or more than the qualifying marks only are declared as qualified.
  • Only those who qualify as per OTET results are provided with TET eligibility certificate and they can then participate in Odisha Teacher Recruitment for classes I to VIII.

OTET Qualifying marks

As per govt norms, qualifying marks are 60% (90 out of 150) in Odisha TET.