The Teacher Eligibility Test is called “ODISHA SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHER ELIGIBILITY TEST” (OSSTET). OSSTET Online Apply 2024. Eligibility OSSTET shall be conducted once in a year or as decided by the Government as per The Board of Secondary Education, Odisha has been designated as the professional body for conducting OSSTET. OSSTET Previous Year Question
Syllabus Detailed procedure for conducting OSSTET and instruction for carrying out the examination shall be issued by the Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha. OSSTET Online Test Series The application form for OSSTET shall also be prescribed by the Board of Secondary Education, Odisha and submission of application form shall be in online. OSSTET Online Apply 2024
| Terms | |
| Qualifying Marks
| UR- 60% |
| SC/ ST/ PH/ SEBC- 50% | |
| Issue of Certificate and Mark Sheet | By Board of Secondary Education, Odisha |
| Validity of Certificate | Unlimited |
| Number of Attempts | Unlimited (OSSTET Online Apply 2024) |
| Weightage | The weightage of OSSTET scores in the recruitment process will be decided by the Government. OSSTET Online Apply 2024 |
| Conduct of Examination | By Board of Secondary Education, Odisha |
| Syllabus | Click Here |
Eligibility-
Qualification-
There are tow categories of teacher
| Category | Name |
| Category-1 | Trained Graduate Teachers in Science/ Arts, Hindi/ Classical Teacher (Sanskrit/ Urdu/ Telugu). |
| Category-2 | Physical Education Teacher |
| Stream | Qualification |
| TGT Arts | # Bachelor’s Degree in Education with Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/ Commerce with have two school subjects as Honours/ Elective / Pass/ Optional (Check below for list of school subjects ) OSSTET Online Apply 2024 OR # Four year integrated B.A.B.Ed from NCTE recognised Institution with two school subjects as Honours/ Elective / Pass/ Optional # UR candidates should have 50% marks in aggregate & 45% for SC/ ST / PH / SEBC candidates |
| TGT Science | # Bachelor’s Degree in Education with Bachelor’s Degree in Science with have two school subjects as Honours/ Elective / Pass/ Optional (Check below for list of school subjects ) OSSTET Online Apply 2024 OR # Four year integrated B.Sc.B.Ed from a NCTE Recognised Institution with two school subjects as Honours/ Elective / Pass/ Optional # UR candidates should have 50% marks in aggregate & 45% for SC/ ST / PH / SEBC candidates |
| Hindi Teacher | # Bachelor’s degree from a recognised University with Hindi as one of the Honours/ Elective/ Optional/ Pass subject with minimum 50% marks in aggregate (45% for SC/ ST/ PH/ SEBC ) OSSTET Online Apply 2024 AND # Any one of the following training qualifications. # Hindi Shikshan Parangat from Kendriya Hindi Sansthan, # H.Ed. a course prescribed by NCTE, from a recognized University/ Institution. # B.Ed in Hindi, a course prescribed by NCTE , from Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha, Madras. OR # Bachelor’s Degree from a recognised University with minimum 50% marks in aggregate (45% for SC/ ST/ PH/ SEBC candidates) OSSTET Online Apply 2024 WITH # One of the following qualifications : # Rastrabhasa Ratna from Rastrabhasa Prachar Samiti, Wardha, # Shastri (Hindi) from Orissa Rastrabhasa Parishad, # Snataka (Acquired by June -2005, the date up to which the temporary recognition has been granted) from Hindi Shiksha Samiti, Odisha, AND # One of the following Training qualifications; # Hindi Shikshan Parangat from Kendriya Hindi Sansthan, # H.Ed. a course prescribed by NCTE, from a recognized University/ Institution. # B.Ed in Hindi, a course prescribed by NCTE, from Dakhin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha, Madras. OSSTET Online Apply 2024 |
| Sanskrit Teacher | # Bachelor’s Degree with Sanskrit as one of the Honours/ Elective / Optional/ Pass subject from a recognised university AND # Shiksha Shastri (Sanskrit), a course prescribed by NCTE, from a Recognised University/ Institution. OR # Shastri (Sanskrit) from a recognized university AND # Shiksha Shastri (Sanskrit), a course prescribed by NCTE, from a Recognised University/ Institution. OSSTET Online Apply 2024 # UR candidates should have 50% marks in aggregate & 45% for SC/ ST / PH / SEBC candidates |
| Urdu Teacher | # Alim with 50% marks in aggregate (45% for PH candidates). OSSTET Online Apply # AND # B.Ed./ Urdu B.Ed. from a NCTE Recognised University/ Institution. OR # A. (Persian) WITH 50% marks in aggregate (45% PH Candidates) AND # B.Ed./ Urdu B.Ed. from a NCTE Recognised University/ Institution. |
| Telugu Teacher | # Bachelor’s Degree in Arts having Telgu as subject with minimum 50% marks in aggregate (45% for SC/ ST/ PH/ SEBC) candidates) AND # Telugu B. Ed. from a University / Institution recognized by NCTE. |
| PET | # +2 or its equivalent examination from a recognized institution with minimum 50% marks in aggregate (45% for SC/ ST/ PH/ SEBC) candidates). AND # 2 C.P.Ed./ B.P.Ed./ M.P.Ed. From a recognized Board/ University. |
| Stream | School Subjects |
| TGT Arts | One of the subject shall be from : English, Odia, Hindi & Sanskrit |
| Another subject shall be from : History, Geography, Economics, Political Science, Indian Economy, Landmarks in Indian History, Indian Geography & Indian Polity | |
| TGT PCM | Any two subjects from : Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics |
| TGT CBZ | Any two subjects from : Chemistry, Botany, Zoology and Biology |
| Paper | Section | Subject | Language | |
| paper-1 | Sec-1 | Odia | Odia | # The Duration of the Test in each paper shall be 2 hours and 30 # All questions will be Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) # There shall be no negative Marking |
| Sec-2 | English | English | ||
| Sec-3 | Professional Content | English | ||
| Sec-4 | Child Development, Pedagogy, School Management and Evaluation | English | ||
| paper-2 | Sec-1 | Odia | Odia | |
| Sec-2 | English | English | ||
| Sec-3 | Professional Content | English | ||
| Sec-4 | Child Development, Pedagogy, School Management and Evaluation | English |
Table of Contents
| Category-I (Education Teachers) | ||||
| Paper-I | ||||
| A. Section-I & II | ||||
| (Compulsory for all streams such as TGT (Arts) , TGT (Science) PCM, TGT (Science) CBZ, Classical Teacher (Sanskrit), Classical Teacher (Telgu), Classical Teacher (Urdu,), Hindi Teacher. OSSTET Online Apply 2024 | ||||
| Section | Subject | No. of Questions | Full marks | |
| I | Odia | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| II | English | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| B. Section-III | ||||
| Stream | Subjects | No of Questions | Full Marks | |
| TGT (Arts) | Odia | 15 | 15 | 60 |
| English | 15 | 15 | ||
| History & Pol Sc. | 15 | 15 | ||
| Geography & Economics | 15 | 15 | ||
| TGT (Science) PCM | Mathematics | 20 | 20 | 60 |
| Physics | 20 | 20 | ||
| Chemistry | 20 | 20 | ||
| TGT (Science) CBZ | Chemistry | 20 | 20 | 60 |
| Botany | 20 | 20 | ||
| Zoology | 20 | 20 | ||
| Classical Teacher(Sanskrit) | Sanskrit | 60 | 60 | |
| Hindi Teacher | Hindi | 60 | 60 | |
| Classical Teacher(Telugu) | Telugu | 60 | 60 | |
| Classical Teacher (Urdu) | Urdu | 60 | 60 | |
| C. Section IV | ||||
| Section | Stream | Subject | No of Questions | Full Marks |
| IV | TGT (Arts) | Child Development, Pedagogy, school Management & Evaluation | 50 | 50 |
| TGT (Science) PCM | ||||
| TGT (Science) CBZ | ||||
| Classical Teacher(Sanskrit) | ||||
| Hindi Teacher | ||||
| Classical Teacher(Telugu) | ||||
| Classical Teacher (Urdu) | ||||
| Category-II (Physical Education Teacher) | ||||
| Paper-II | ||||
| A. Section I & II : Same as Paper-I | ||||
| B. Section-III | ||||
| Stream | Subject | No of Questions | Full Marks | |
| Physical Education Teacher | Contents of C.P Ed. Course | 60 | 60 | |
| C. Section IV : Same as Paper-I | ||||
| Subject | Chapter Wise Syllabus Link |
| PEDAGOGY | Download |
| Odia & English (Compulsory) | Download |
| CBZ | Download |
| PCM | Download |
| HINDI | Download |
| TELUGU | Download |
| PAPER-II | Download |
| URDU | Download |
| TGT ARTS | Download |
| SANSKRIT | Download |
| Subjects | 2019 | 2018 | 2016 |
| English (Optional) | Click Here | Click Here | Click Here |
| Geography & Economics | Click Here | Click Here | |
| History & Political Science | Click Here | Click Here | |
| Odia (Optional) | Click Here | Click Here | Click Here |
| Sanskrit | Click Here | Click Here | Click Here |
| Pedagogy | Click Here | Click Here | Click Here |
| Odia (Compulsory) | Click Here | Click Here | Click Here |
| English (Compulsory) | Click Here | Click Here | Click Here |
| Botany (CBZ) | Click Here | Click Here | Click Here |
| Zoology | Click Here | Click Here | Click Here |
| Physics (PCM) | Click Here | Click Here | |
| Chemistry (CBZ) | Click Here | Click Here | Click Here |
| Chemistry (PCM) | Click Here | Click Here | |
| Math (PCM) | Click Here | Click Here | |
| Hindi | Click Here |