The Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha has released the new exam date for Odisha Teacher Eligibility Test (OTET). Previously, the exam was scheduled on 23 June but it was postponed due to administrative reasons. Now, the written test will be held on 01 July 2023. For this exam, the board will release admit cards at least 5 days before the exam. Candidates can download their OTET Admit Card from the official website only.
Candidates who are going to appear in the Odisha TET must check the examination scheme, detailed syllabus and previous year’s OTET question paper along with its solution key so that they can prepare well for this exam. For your ease, we have added a subject-wise syllabus here. Read this article thoroughly for the previous year’s question papers and other exam details.
bseodisha.ac.in OTET Previous Year’s Papers

Organization Name |
Board of Secondary Education, Odisha |
Exam Name |
Odisha Teacher Eligibility Test |
OTET Exam Date |
01st July 2023 |
Exam Mode |
Offline |
Exam Level |
State Level |
Exam Timings |
Paper 1- 8:00 am to 10:30 am
Paper 2 – 12:00 pm to 2:30 pm |
OTET (Odisha TET) Exam Scheme
- In the exam, there will be a total of 150 MCQs.
- This Exam will be bilingual i.e. in Odia and English
- Each question will be of one mark.
- There is no negative marking for a wrong answer.
- Candidates will be given 2 hours and 30 minutes to complete the exam.
Examination Scheme
Topic Name |
Marks/Questions |
Child Development and Pedagogy |
30 |
Language-I (Odia/ Urdu/ Hindi/ Bengali/ Telugu) |
30 |
Language-II English |
30 |
Mathematics |
30 |
Environmental Studies |
30 |
Total |
150 |
Odisha Teachers Eligibility Test Syllabus
Subject Name |
Topics |
Child Development and Pedagogy |
- Learning theories, dialogic learning, and critical pedagogy
|
Language-I (Odia/ Urdu/ Hindi/ Bengali/ Telugu) |
- Aims and objectives of teaching Odia / Urdu / Hindi / Telugu / Bengali
- Principles of language teaching
|
Language-II English |
- Language Learning
- Skills in learning English: listening, speaking, reading and writing
- Comprehension
- Nouns
- Adverbs
- Verbs
- Tense
- Preposition
- Articles
- Adjectives
- Punctuation
- Prepositions
|
Mathematics |
- Nature of Mathematics – logical, systematic, abstractions, pattern
- Aims and Objectives of Teaching Mathematics
- Specific Objectives of Teaching Mathematics
- Methods and Approaches to Teaching-Learning Mathematics
- Induction, deduction, analysis and synthesis
- Approaches: Constructivist and activity-based
- Formal and informal evaluation
- Error analysis
- Remedial and enrichment programmes
- Number System
- Algebra
- Commercial Arithmetics
|
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