Board of secondary education, odisha, cuttack

BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION, ODISHA, CUTTACK.
NOTIFICATION
Applications are invited strictly ONLINE by logging on to Board of Secondary Education web sitefrom the intending eligible candidates, to appear at the 2nd OTET 2013 as per the terms and conditions given below: ELIGIBILITY
Candidates having the following minimum qualifications shall be eligible for appearing at 2nd OTET 2013, as specified in Resolution No.14302/ SME/ Dt.04.06.2012 and letter No.23860/SME Dt.21.10.2013 of Govt. in School & Mass Education Department, Odisha, Bhubaneswar. Higher Secondary (+2 or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and 2 years Diploma in Elementary Education / 2 years Diploma in Education (Special Education) approved by RCI (Rehabilitation Council of India)/ Graduation with 2 years Diploma in Elementary Education / 2 years Diploma in Special Education approved by RCI. Graduation with at least 50% marks with 1 year Bachelor‟s Degree in Education (B.Ed.)/ 1 year B.Ed. (Special Education) approved by RCI/Higher Secondary (+2 or equivalent) with at least 50% marks and 4 years B.A. Ed./ B.Sc. Ed. (integrated Provided that relaxation of 5% in qualifying marks in +2 or at the graduation level, as the case may be; shall be allowed to the candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC/ SEBC Provided further that candidates who have secured minimum marks in +2 or graduation level, as the case may be; as prescribed at the time of admission into Teacher Education Course; shall also be eligible to appear at 2nd OTET 2013. Candidates who are pursuing (Final Year) of any of the teacher education courses (recognized by NCTE or by the RCI as the case may be) specified above, in both the categories; can also appear at 2nd OTET 2013. Untrained candidates, ONLY belonging to SC, ST & PH category having required percentage of marks (5% relaxation in minimum qualifying marks in +2 or Graduation Level as the case may be, for the candidates belonging to SC, ST categories) shall be eligible. THIS IS INTENDED TO FACILITATE BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO SC, ST & PH CANDIDATES AND THIS DOES NOT GIVE THEM ANY ENTITLEMENT / RIGHT FOR ENGAGEMENT. Candidates eligible to apply under category –„B‟ of the State‟s guide line (Resolution No.14302/SME/Dt.04.06.2012), shall not be eligible to apply SYLLABUS STRUCTURE AND QUALIFYING CRITERIA : 1. The duration of the test in each paper shall be two hours & thirty minutes. 2. All questions shall be of multiple choice category carrying one mark with four alternatives; out of which the candidates are required to find out one correct 3. The candidates shall record the answers on OMR Sheet by darkening the circles completely with Blue/ Black ball point pen only. 4. The question papers in non-language subjects shall be in Odia & English. 5. The candidates have to choose any one of the following language for language-I, in both paper; i.e. Odia, Hindi, Telugu, Urdu and Bengali. 6. Language-II shall be English for all candidates in both the papers. 7. Candidates applying for Paper-II shall have to choose either Mathematics & Science or Social Studies as one the Optional Subject. 9. The minimum pass mark in each paper is 60%. A person securing 60% or more in a paper shall be considered OTET Pass. In case of SC, ST, PH, OBC/ SEBC candidate, the minimum pass mark shall be 50%. 10. There shall be no restriction on the number of attempts a person can make for acquiring OTET qualifying certificate. A person who has qualified in OTET may also appear again for improving his / her score. 11. The validity period of OTET qualifying certificate / mark sheet shall be a period of 07(seven) years from the date of OTET Exam. 12. Successful candidates shall be awarded with an OTET Certificate by Board of Secondary Education, Odisha. Eligibility mentioned at para (i) to (iv)/ above, shall be verified by the recruiting agency/ appropriate authorities at the time of 13. The result shall be processed on the basis of the information furnished by the candidates in the online application. No complaints/ revision shall be entertained after online submission of application or after publication of result. QUALIFYING THE OTET WOULD NOT CONFER ANY RIGHT FOR RECRUITMENT/ EMPLOYMENT AS IT IS ONLY ONE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA SYLLABUS STRUCTURE
(Paper – I)
questions will be set form contents & 10 questions from Pedagogy. All 150 questions (Paper – II)
Compulsory
questions will be set form contents & 10 questions from Pedagogy. All 150 questions OPTIONAL
Either A or B
A- Mathematics &
B - Social Studies.
IMPORTANT
QUESTIONS WILL BE SET TO ASSESS THE CANDIDATE‟S ABILITY TO ANALYZE, INTERPRET AND APPLY HIS / HER KNOWELDGE ON THE SUBJECT. Please note that as per NCTE guide line, the questions in the paper-I will be
based on the topics of the Prescribed syllabus of the state for class I to V but their
difficultly standard as well as linkages could be up to the secondary stage.
The questions in the paper-II will be based on the topics of the prescribed
syllabus of the state for Class VI to VIII but their difficulty standard as well as
linkages could be up to senior secondary/ higher secondary /+2 stage.
The guide lines prescribed by the competent authority, do not indicate any specific Text or author for OTET Examination. The OTET-2012 syllabus as developed by the TE & SCERT, Odisha as per the guidelines of the NCTE, shall be applicable for the 2nd OTET-2013. The detail syllabus of OTET is available in at the link “OTET Syllabus” & Questions of 2nd OTET-2013 along with scoring keys shall be uploaded soon after the examination is over in the Board of Secondary Education, Odisha website inviting objections in respect of questions or answers, if any. Objection shall be submitted to the Board within 7 days from the publication of Questions & Scoring keys in the website. No objection shall be entertained after the due date. How to apply & pay Fees for the examination.
HOW TO APPLY :
Application should be submitted strictly ONLINE by logging on to Board of Secondary Education , Odisha, Cuttack websiteand click on “OTET 2013” and subsequently enter relevant paper (Paper-I or Paper-II). Application will not be accepted through any other mode. The website will be kept open from 03.01.2014 and close on 17.01.2014 at 23.59 hrs for submission of online application form. Candidates are allowed to apply only once and applications once submitted cannot be altered under any circumstances. Candidates are required to possess a valid e-mail ID and mobile number, which is to be entered in the Application form, so that intimation regarding downloading of Hall Ticket for Written Test can be sent. Board of Secondary Education, Odisha will not be responsible for bouncing / loss of any e-mail sent to the candidates, due to invalid/ wrong email ID provided by the candidate or for delivery of e-mail to spam/ bulk mail folder or for delay/ non receipt of information, if the candidate fails to access his/her mail/ website in time. However, necessary information will be hoisted on Board of Secondary Education, Odisha website from time to time. Candidates are required to pay the application fee of Rs. 350/- (Rupees Three Hundred Fifty) only through SBI Challan generated from the web site or Online. On submission of forms and fees candidate will get e-mail and SMS regarding his / her registration number and password. The system will generate challan and the candidates have to print the Challan Copy. Candidate, using Application number and Password can also print the application for future reference. Candidates have to upload the following documents/ certificates while filling up the online a. Scan copy of Date of Birth (SSLC/ Matriculation Marks List as applicable). b. Scan copy(s) of Qualification documents. c. Scan copy of Caste/ Community Certificate (Applicable for SC/ST/OBC/SEBC) d. Scan copy of Disability Certificate, if applicable. e. Scan copy of +2 Certificate for Untrained Candidate (SC/ST/PH) f. Scan copy of “Continuing certificate” for candidate appearing Qualifying Exam.-2014. Online Registration would open on 04.01.2014 and closes on 18.01.2014 at 23:59 hrs. Step- 1 : Log on to
Step-2 : Click on “OTET” and subsequently enter the relevant paper applied for.
Step-3 :Read the Advertisement carefully and be ready with the scan copies of the
documents mentioned above and then click on “Register Online” & fill up the Online Step-4 : Click SUBMIT, take a print of the Challan copy after it is displayed or follow the
Step -5 : Please save the filled in application on to your local system for future printing/
reference using Application number and password. NOTE : CANDIDATES MUST NOTE DOWN THEIR REGISTRATION NO. AND KEEP A
COPY OF FILLED IN APPLICATION AND ALL OTHER DOCUMENTS FOR FUTURE The date of Examination will be notified in due course. DISCLAIMER
All possible care has been taken to scrupulously adhere to the instructions and guidelines issued by the competent authority. Hence the Board, NIC and the software service provider are not responsible for any disputable content in the notification. Memo No.02(OTET) Dt.01.01.2014 Copy submitted to the Commissioner-cum-Secretary, School & Mass Education Department, Odisha, Bhubaneswar for kind information and necessary action.

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