OTET Notification 2025 : Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha conducts the Odisha Teacher Eligibility Test (OTET) to make candidates eligible for the recruitment of Classes I to VIII teacher in government schools of Odisha.

BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION, ODISHA, CUTTACK

 Odisha Teacher eligibility Test (OTET) : 2025

OTET 2025 IMPORTANT DATE

OTET 2025 Application Fee

OTET 2025 ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

(I) Persons having the following minimum qualification shall be eligible for appearing in OTET Notification 2025 :-

(a) Category – I
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 – II :- 
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.

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

OTET Notification 2025

CANDIDATES CAN READ THE NOTIFICATION BEFORE APPLY