BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION, ODISHA, CUTTACK

GUIDELINES FOR CONDUCT OF

ODISHA SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHER ELIGIBILITY TEST

(OSSTET)
The Govt. of Odisha vide Resolution No.-18618/ SME, Bhubaneswar Dtd.-17/09/2016,
Addendum No- 19064/ SME, Bhubaneswar Dtd.- 31/08/2018 and Letter No-5636/ SME,
Bhubaneswar Dtd.- 10/02/2021 have prescribed guidelines for conducting Odisha Secondary
School Teacher Eligibility Test (OSSTET). After careful consideration, the Govt. have decided
that, to be eligible for appointment as a teacher in any of the secondary schools of the state, one
should pass teacher eligibility test and accordingly, the following guidelines have been framed for
conduct of the Teacher Eligibility Test called OSSTET in the State.
1. The Teacher Eligibility Test shall be called “ODISHA SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHER
ELIGIBILITY TEST” (OSSTET).
2. OSSTET shall be conducted once in an year or as decided by the Government as per
need.
3. The Board of Secondary Education, Odisha has been designated as the professional
body for conducting OSSTET. Detailed procedure for conducting OSSTET and
instruction for carrying out the examination shall be issued by the Board of Secondary
Education (BSE), Odisha. 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 mode.
4. Applicability
OSSTET shall be applicable to all candidates who possess requisite academic and
training qualifications with requisite percentage of marks as prescribed in the Resolution
No.- 18618/ SME, Bhubaneswar Dtd.-17/09/2016 of the Govt. of Odisha in Department of
School & Mass Education, or are in the process of acquiring the requisite training
qualification (in the final year of Training Course or appearing / have appeared in the
training examination but results awaited) as on the date of publication of the
advertisement for the OSSTET and desire to become teachers in Secondary Schools i.e
Govt./ Aided/ Recognised Unaided Secondary Schools in the State of Odisha.
 5. Eligibility
A. General Eligibility
He or she must be a citizen of India.
B. Ability to Read and Write Odia.
The candidate must be able to read and write in Odia. Any one of the following
qualification will be taken into consideration to ascertain this ability of the candidate.
(a) He/ she must have passed HSC Examination conducted by Board of Secondary
Education, Odisha or an equivalent examination conducted by any other State
Board or Central Board (like CBSE, ICSE) with Odia as a language subject i.e.
First/ Second or Third Language.
(b) He/ She must have passed +2/ Higher Secondary Examination conducted by
Council of Higher Secondary Education, Odisha with Odia as an examination
subject.
(c) He must have passed Odia Examination of HSC/ 10th Standard Single Subject
Examination conduct by the B.S.E., Odisha.
In case the candidate desire to be language teacher like Hindi/ Classical Teachers
(Sanskrit/ Telgu/ Urdu), passing Odia Examination of 07th Standard conducted by B.S.E.,
Odisha shall be allowed.
C. Requisite Academic and Professional Qualification
The examination will be conducted in two different parts for the prospective
teachers in two different categories such as :-
Category I :- Education Teachers (Trained Graduate Teachers in Science/ Arts,
Hindi/ Classical Teacher (Sanskrit/ Urdu/ Telgu).
Category II :- Physical Education Teacher.
The requisite academic and professional qualification for admission to the OSSTET
for these two categories are mentioned in the schedule/ table below :-
Sl Category Subject/ Stream Academic and Professional qualification
No.
1 I Trained Graduate 1. Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/ Commerce with two school subjects as Honours/

Arts Elective / Pass/ Optional (list of school subjects at annexure-I) from a

recognised university having 50% marks in aggregate (45% for SC/ ST/ PH/
SEBC candidates)
AND
Bachelor in Education (B.Ed)/ 3 year integrated B.Ed.- M.Ed course from a
NCTE Recognised Institution.
OR
2. Four year integrated B.A.B.Ed from NCTE recognised Institution with two
school subjects as Honours/ Elective / Pass/ Optional (list of school subjects
at annexure-I) having 50% marks in aggregate (45% for SC/ ST /PH / SEBC
candidates).
2 I Trained Graduate 1. Bachelor’s Degree in science / B.Tech / B.E.Degree with two schools subject

Science (PCM/ as Honours/ Elective / Pass/ Optional (list of school subjects at annexure-I)

CBZ) from a recognised university having 50% marks in aggregate (45% for SC/
ST /PH / SEBC candidates).
AND
Bachelor in Education (B.Ed)/ 3 year integrated B.Ed.- M.Ed course from a
NCTE Recognised Institution.
OR
2. Four year integrated B.Sc.B.Ed from a NCTE Recognised Institution with two
school subjects as Honours/ Elective / Pass/ Optional (list of school subjects
at annexure-I) having 50% marks in aggregate (45% for SC/ ST/ PH/ SEBC
candidates).
3 I Hindi Teacher 1. 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 candidates.)
AND
Any one of the following training qualifications.
a) Hindi Sikshyan Parangat from Kendriya Hindi Sansthan, Agra.
b) B.H.Ed. a course prescribed by NCTE, from a recognized University/
Institution.
c) B.Ed in Hindi, a course prescribed by NCTE , from Dakhin Bharat
Hindi Prachar Sabha, Madras.
OR
2. Bachelor’s Degree from a recognised University with minimum 50% marks in
aggregate (45% for SC/ ST/ PH/ SEBC candidates)
WITH
One of the following qualifications :
a) Rastrabhasa Ratna from Rastrabhasa Prachar Samiti, Wardha,
b) Shastri (Hindi) from Orissa Rastrabhasa Parisad, Puri.
c) Snataka (Acquired by June -2005, the date up to which the temporary
recognition has been granted) from Hindi Sikshya Samiti, Odisha,
Cuttack.
AND
One of the following Training qualifications;
a) Hindi Sikshyan Parangat from Kendriya Hindi Sansthan, Agra.
b) B.H.Ed. a course prescribed by NCTE, from a recognized University/
Institution.
c) B.Ed in Hindi, a course prescribed by NCTE, from Dakhin Bharat Hindi
Prachar Sabha, Madras
4 I Classical 1. Bachelor’s Degree with Sanskrit as one of the Honours/ Elective / Optional/
Pass subject from a recognised university with minimum 50% marks in
Teacher
aggregate (45% for SC/ ST/ PH/ SEBC Candidates)
(Sanskrit)
AND
Sikshya Shastri (Sanskrit), a course prescribed by NCTE, from a
Recognised University/ Institution.
OR
2. Shastri (Sanskrit) with minimum 50% marks in aggregate (45% for SC/ ST/
PH/ SEBC candidates) from a recognized university
AND
 Sikshya Shastri (Sanskrit), a course prescribed by NCTE, from a
Recognised University/ Institution.
5 I Classical 1. Alim with 50% marks in aggregate (45% for PH candidates).
AND
Teacher (Urdu)
B.Ed./ Urdu B.Ed. from a NCTE Recognised University/ Institution.
OR
2. B.A. (Persian) WITH 50% marks in aggregate (45% PH Candidates)
AND
B.Ed./ Urdu B.Ed. from a NCTE Recognised University/ Institution.
6. I Classical 1. Bachelor’s Degree in Arts having Telgu as subject with minimum 50% marks
in aggregate (45% for SC/ ST/ PH/ SEBC) candidates)
Teacher (Telgu)
AND
Telgu B. Ed. from a University / Institution recognized by NCTE.

7 II Physical 1. +2 or its equivalent examination from a recognized institution with minimum

50% marks in aggregate (45% for SC/ ST/ PH/ SEBC) candidates).
Education
AND
Teacher
2. C.P.Ed./ B.P.Ed./ M.P.Ed. From a recognized Board/ University.

“Provided that candidates who are in the process of acquiring the requisite training
qualification i.e. are in the final year of Training Course or are appearing/ have
appeared in the Training Examination but results not published, as mentioned in the
above Table as on the date of publication of the Advertisement for the OSSTET are
also eligible to appear the Test provided they satisfy all other eligibility conditions
laid down in this resolution.”
6. The Examination
I. There shall be two papers of the OSSTET viz Paper-I and Paper-II.
a) Persons having requisite academic and training qualifications as per Category-I have to
appear in Paper –I of the Examination.
b) Persons having requisite academic and training qualification as per Category–II have to
appear in Paper-II of the examination.
II. The Duration of the Test in each paper shall be 2 hours and 30 minutes.
III. All questions will be Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) each carrying one mark with four
alternatives out of which one is correct.
IV. There shall be Four Sections in each paper.
V. In section-I, Language I, Odia shall be compulsory for all categories of posts.
VI. In section-II, Language II, English shall be compulsory for all categories of posts.
VII. In section-III, under stream TGT (Arts) and TGT (Science for both PCM & CBZ), the
questions shall be in English. The questions in other streams like Classical Teacher
(Sanskrit/ Telgu/ Urdu) and Hindi Teacher shall be in respective languages/ scripts.
VIII. The questions in Section III for Paper-II (Category-II- Physical Education Teacher) shall be
from the contents of C.P.Ed. Course and shall be in English.
IX. In Section-IV the questions in Child Development, Pedagogy, School Management and
Evaluation shall be in English and Compulsory for both the categories.
X. There shall be no negative marking.
7. Qualifying Marks
The minimum pass mark in each paper is 60%. A person securing 60% or more in each
paper shall be considered to have qualified OSSTET. In case of SC/ ST/ PH/ SEBC
candidates the minimum pass mark shall be 50%.
8. Issue of Certificate and Mark Sheet
Successful candidates shall be awarded OSSTET Pass Certificate by the B.S.E.,
Odisha.
9. Validity of OSSTET Certificate
The OSSTET Pass Certificate shall remain valid till the candidate reaches the
upper age limit prescribed for recruitment of teachers as per rules or executive instructions
prescribed by the Govt. from time to time.
10. Number of Chances
There shall be no restriction on the number of attempts a person can take for
acquiring OSSTET Pass certificate.
11. Weightage
The weightage of OSSTET scores in the recruitment process may be decided by
the Government from time to time while prescribing the eligibility conditions for recruitment.
12. Qualifying OSSTET - Only an eligibility
Qualifying the OSSTET would not confer a right on any person for recruitment/
employment in any of the Govt. or Govt. Aided schools and it may be treated as one of the
essential eligibility criteria for appointment. The eligibility for recruitment shall be
determined by the concerned recruiting agency/ appointing authority on the basis of all
eligibility conditions prescribed by Govt. from time to time.
13. Conduct of OSSTET Examination.
The examination shall be conducted by the Board of Secondary Education, Odisha.
Detailed guidelines for conduct of examination including nature and standard of question,
selection of examination centres, format of application form, fee structure, valuation of
answer sheets, declaration of results, issue of pass certificates etc shall be framed by the
Board of Secondary Education, Odisha.
14. Syllabus.
The detail syllabus for subject of both the papers of OSSTET have been prepared
by the Director, TE and SCERT, Odisha in consultation with BSE, Odisha and is available
in the websites www.bseodisha.ac.in & www.bseodisha.nic.in of B.S.E., Odisha.
15. Scheme
The scheme of examination for OSSTET has been annexed to this guideline at
Annexure-II.
16. Facilities for Physically Challenged Candidates
The candidates having PH certificate with 40% disability or more shall be treated as PH
candidate and can avail the required facilities meant for PH candidate in respect of OSSTET.
I. The candidates having PH certificate with disability less than 40% shall be treated as
general candidate.
II. The PH candidate not able to read and/ or write will be provided with facility of a scribe
(helper writer) as per the following guidelines.
(a) These candidates shall have to report before the Centre Superintendent four days
prior to date of commencement of examination with original PH certificate, Admit
Card and an application requesting for a scribe (helper writer).
(b) The Centre Superintendent shall arrange scribes for these candidates whose
qualification shall be as follows.
Paper-I- Student reading in +3 Courses in regular mode or below
Paper-II- Student reading in +2 Courses or below
No relaxation form the above qualifications shall be allowed.
(c) These candidates will be given 50 minutes more time than the usual timing of the
examination.
III. The Centre Superintendent should contact the concerned District Education Officer in this
regard for smooth conduct of the examination, so that these candidates are not in any
case deprived of appearing at the examination.
17. Disputes.
All disputes pertaining to the conduct of OSSTET examination shall be subject to
jurisdiction of BSE, Odisha.

Secretary, President,
B.S.E., Odisha, Cuttack B.S.E., Odisha, Cuttack
 Annexure - I
School Subjects for TGT Arts & TGT Science
The school subjects as per the list below should have been studied at the Graduation
Level either as Honours/ Pass/ Elective/ Optional subject with not less than 200 marks.
Stream School Subjects
Trained Graduate 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
Trained Graduate Science (PCM) Any two subjects from :
Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics
Trained Graduate Science (CBZ) Any two subjects from :
Chemistry, Botany, Zoology and Biology