In accordance to the section 23(1) of the RTE Act, 2009, the National Council for Teacher Education has laid down minimum qualification for any candidate to be eligible for appointment as a teacher at elementary level. As per the NCTE notification dated 23rd August, 2010, one of the essential qualification for any candidate for appointment as a teacher is that he/she should pass the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) which will be conducted by Government. The TET conducted by the Government of Odisha, School and Mass Education Department is named as Odisha Teacher Eligibility Test (OTET).
Structure and Content of OTET :
- There shall be two papers in the OTET. Paper I will be for a candidate who intends to be a teacher for class I to V. Paper II will be for a candidate
- who intends to be a teacher for classes VI to VIII. A candidate who intends to be a teacher either for classes I to V or for classes VI to VIII will have to
- appear in both papers (paper I and Paper II).