Bhubaneswar: The Special Odisha Teacher Eligibility Test (Special OTET) 2025 will be conducted on August 31. The examination will be held in two sittings on the same day, the Board of Secondary Education (BSE) of Odisha announced on Friday
As per the BSE notification, Paper-I of the Special OTET will be held from 9 am to 11.30 am, while Paper-II will be conducted in the afternoon session from 2 pm to 4.30 pm.
Candidates can download their Special OTET admit cards on the website www.bseodisha.ac.in from August 22.
The admit card will be generated basing on the information submitted by the candidates through online. In case the information at any time is found to be false/ fake, the candidature/ result of the candidate shall be cancelled and he/she shall be liable for prosecution as per rule, said the notification.
The PH candidates should report to the concerned Centre Superintendents before four days of commencement of examination with all original supporting documents for availing concerned benefits allowed as per the guidelines issued by the Board in consonance with resolutions of Department of SSEPD, it added.
The fresh date for this Special OTET has been fixed after the previous examination was cancelled due to a question paper leak incident. The Board has taken necessary precautions to ensure the integrity of the upcoming test.
Notably, the Special OTET-2025 earlier scheduled to be held on July 20 for in-service primary school teachers across the state, was cancelled and postponed indefinitely following a late night notification. The announcement followed the recent leak of the special OTET question paper, which led to the postponement of the exam scheduled for July 20.
The abrupt cancellation left over 75,000 candidates in shock and dismay. A total of 75,403 in-service primary teachers had applied for the Special OTET, which was scheduled to be held across 193 centres in 30 districts of the state. Many candidates had already travelled to their respective centres, only to be informed late at night about the cancellation.