Odisha TET exam 2017: The Board of Secondary Education, Odisha has released the online applications forms for Odisha Teacher Eligibility Test (OTET) 2017 on its official website at bseodisha.ac.in. Candidates who wish to apply for the same can do so now until September 6, 2017. The online link will be open at all hours from August 23 to 11.45 pm on September 6, 2017. Candidates should pay the exam fee and submit their applications before the last date. The Board also said that candidates can only appear for one category— paper 1 or paper 2. Those who apply for more than one exam will have their applications cancelled. Here is all the information that you need about the exam-

Odisha TET 2017: Eligibility-

1. For paper I- Candidates need to have a minimum of 50% marks at +2 or equivalent examination and a 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education or a 2-year Diploma in Education(Special Education)

2. For paper II- Candidates need to have a minimum of 50% marks at their graduation level examination and 1-year Bachelor in Education (B.Ed.) or 1-year B.Ed.(Special Education) or Higher Secondary (+2 or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and 4-year B.A.Ed./ B.Sc.Ed.

Odisha TET 2017: Steps to register-

Candidates can follow the below mentioned steps to register themselves for the state examination-

Step 1: Visit the official website of Board of Secondary Education, Odisha at bseodisha.ac.in

Step 2: On the homepage, click on the link that says ‘Online Application for OTET-2017’

Step 3: Now click on the ‘New Registrations’ link

Step 4: Enter your name, password, Mobile number and email ID

Step 5: Click on Submit

Step 6: Now Login to your Account using the e-Mail ID & Password

Step 7: Complete the process and pay the application fee through SBI Collect

Odisha TET 2017: Syllabus-

Paper I-

Child Development & Pedagogy- 30 questions
Language-I, Odia/ Urdu/ Hindi/ Telugu/ Bengali- 30 questions
Language-II (English)- 30 questions
Mathematics- 30 questions
Environment Studies- 30 questions

Paper II-

Child Development & Pedagogy- 30 questions
Language-I, Odia/ Urdu/ Hindi/ Telugu/ Bengali- 30 questions
Language-II (English)- 30 questions

All the best!