OSSTET Syllabus 2024 and Exam Pattern for Paper 1 and 2

OSSTET Syllabus 2024: The detailed and updated OSSTET Syllabus will be released by the Board of Secondary Education, Odisha (BSEO) along with its official notification. The updated knowledge of the syllabus is the prior step for beginning the preparation. To score good marks in the Odisha Secondary School Teacher Eligibility Test, candidates must first check the subject-wise syllabus before starting their preparation for the exam. The OSSTET Syllabus 2024 includes essential details about the subjects and important topics of each subject that are included in the OSSTET exam 2024. Check this article to learn about the complete OSSTET exam pattern and syllabus for the OSSTET 2024 exam.

OSSTET Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2024

The Odisha Secondary School Teachers Eligibility Test (OSSTET), conducted by the Board of Secondary Education, Odisha (BSEO) has a different syllabus for all subjects of the exam. Knowing the complete syllabus is proven to be very helpful for better scores in any exam. Some of the important information of the OSSTET is tabulated below.

OSSTET Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2024
Name of the Board	Board of Secondary Education, Odisha (BSEO)
Examination Name	Odisha Secondary School Teacher Eligibility Test (OSSTET)
Category	Syllabus
OSSTET Exam Date 2024	19th January 2024
OSSTET Paper	Paper 1 – TGT (Science – PCM/ CBZ), TGT Arts, Hindi Teacher, Classical Teacher – Urdu/Telugu/Sanskrit Paper 2 – Physical Education
Exam Mode	Offline
Exam Level	State
Negative Marking	No
Official Website	bseodisha.nic.in

OSSTET Admit Card 2024 Out- Click to Download

OSSTET Exam Pattern 2024

OSSTET Paper 1 is conducted for TGT (Science – PCM/ CBZ), TGT Arts, Hindi Teacher, and Classical Teacher – Urdu/Telugu/Sanskrit while OSSTET Paper 2 is for Physical Education. There will be 150 questions in each paper with 1 mark for each correct answer. There shall be no negative marking for incorrect answers in the OSSTET Exam. The exam pattern of the OSSTET 2024 is as follows below.

OSSTET Exam Pattern 2024 for Paper 1

There will be no negative marking
The Time Duration for the Paper 1 Exam of OSSTET 2024 will be 2½ hours.

OSSTET TGT Science Exam Pattern 2024
Subjects	No. Of Questions	Marks	Duration
Language-I (Odia)	20	20	2.5 hours
Language-II (English)	20	20
Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry	60	60
Child Development, Pedagogy, School Management & Evaluation	50	50
Total	150	150

OSSTET TGT PCM/ CBZ Exam Pattern 2024
Subjects	No. Of Questions	Marks	Duration
Language-I (Odia)	20	20	2.5 hours
Language-II (English)	20	20
Chemistry, Botany, Zoology	60	60
Child Development, Pedagogy, School Management & Evaluation	50	50
Total	150	150

OSSTET TGT Arts Exam Pattern 2024
Subjects	No. Of Questions	Marks	Duration
Language-I (Odia)	20	20	2.5 hours
Language-II (English)	20	20
Geography & Economics, History & Political Science, English	60	60
Child Development, Pedagogy, School Management & Evaluation	50	50
Total	150	150

OSSTET Exam Pattern 2024 for Urdu/Telugu/Sanskrit/Hindi
Subjects	No. Of Questions	Marks	Duration
Language-I (Odia)	20	20	2.5 hours
Language-II (English)	20	20
Hindi/Telegu/ Urdu/Sanskrit	60	60
Child Development, Pedagogy, School Management & Evaluation	50	50
Total	150	150

OSSTET Exam Pattern 2024 for Paper 2

OSSTET Paper 2 is for the candidates who applied for the Physical Education Teacher post.
The Time Duration for the Paper 2 Exam of OSSTET 2024 will be 2½ hours.
A total of 150 objective-type multiple-choice questions.

OSSTET Physical Education Exam Pattern 2024
Subjects	No. Of Questions	Marks	Duration
Language-I (Odia)	20	20	2.5 hours
Language-II (English)	20	20
Contents of C.P.Ed. and B.P.Ed. Course	60	60
Child Development, Pedagogy, School Management & Evaluation	50	50
Total	150	150

OSSTET Admit Card 2024 Out- Click to Download

OSSTET Syllabus 2024

The OSSTET Syllabus is prepared by the Board of Secondary Education Odisha for Paper 1 and Paper 2. To qualify for OSSTET, candidates need to thoroughly know the syllabus and must start the preparation accordingly. The Odisha Secondary School TET syllabus 2024 according to the two categories is given below.

OSSTET Syllabus 2024 For Paper 1

OSSTET Syllabus 2024 for Child Development, Pedagogy, School Management & Evaluation has been discussed below and for the rest of the exams, the pdfs has been provided.

OSSTET Syllabus 2024
Topics	Syllabus
Child Development (Process Of Growing Up)
Growth and Development	Concept and Principles of Development Difference between growth and development Factors influencing development (Nutrition, Intelligence, Psychosocial, Heredity, environment, diseases, injury, Siblings & peers)
Theories of development	Cognitive development theories of Piaget Language development theories of Noam Chomsky) Social development theories of Erikson Moral development theories of Kohlberg Developmental characteristics during childhood ( Physical, Social, Cognitive, and emotional) Needs and problems at Childhood and adolescence
Approaches to Understanding the Nature of Intelligence	Psychometric approach (Guilford, Gardner, Thurstone) Information Processing Approach – Sternberg Social Constructivist Approach – Vygotsky
Addressing Problems of Adolescence	Role of Teachers, Parents, and Community Development of Self – concept of adolescents Counselling Services for the adolescents
Learning Process / Pedagogy
Understanding the Learning Process	Learning as a process and as an outcome Relevance & applicability of theoretical perspectives on learning – Humanistic (Karl Rogers), Constructivist (Piaget and Vygotsky) Basic Conditions of learning – Readiness, Maturation, Motivation, Maturation, Attention, Task and Methods
Organizing Learning	Characteristics and Process of Teacher – centric Learner – centric Learning – centric
Critical Pedagogy	Concept, Characteristics, Stages & approaches of Critical Pedagogy
Addressing Classroom Diversity	Using varieties of TLMs Using Context of the learner Using Variety of activities while group learning, small group learning, and independent learning Adopting curriculum to the needs of children with special needs multilingual education.
Educational (School) Management
Educational Management	Concept, Scope, Importance, and Types – -Centralized and decentralized, Democratic & Autocratic Structure at National, State, District, and Sub-district (BRCCs, CRCs, SMCs, SMDC) and their roles
Management Structure at different levels	National State District Subdistricts (BRCs, CRCs, SMCs, SMDC)
School Development Plan (SDP)	Meaning, Importance, Purpose Key Actions – Headmaster, Teachers, Students, Parents & SMDC)
School-Based Management (SBM)	Concept, Importance, Scope, and Process Objectives of SBM Resource management – Sources, Utilization & Mobilization Infrastructural resources Financial Resources Human resources Community resources
Assessing The Learner / Performance (Evaluation)
Assessment and Evaluation	Assessment and evaluation in a constructivists perspective Concept, Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation, Formative, Summative and Diagnostic Assessment
Assessment and Learning	Assessment of learning, Assessment for Learning, Assessment as Learning Subject-based learning from a constructivist perspective Assessment tools and techniques – Projects, Assignments, observation, Teacher made Tests Self – Assessment, Peer – Assessment Portfolios, Rubrics
Test Construction	Steps and principles of Test Construction Development of blueprint Preparation of test items
Recent Developments in Assessment	Grading Assessment in the co-scholastic area Implementation strategy of Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation Recommendations of NCF – 2005

OSSTET Syllabus 2024 PDFs

The Odisha Secondary School Teacher Eligibility Test syllabus pdfs for all subjects have been attached below for your reference.

OSSTET Syllabus 2024 PDFs
Papers	Subjects	Download PDF
Paper 1	Language – I MIL (Odia)	Download Syllabus of OSSTET- MIL ODIA
	Language – II (English)	Download Syllabus of OSSTET- MIL English
	Math and Science Social Studies Language	Download Syllabus of OSSTET- Math, and Science Download Syllabus of OSSTET- Social Studies Download Syllabus of OSSTET- Language
	Child Development, Pedagogy, School Management, and Evaluation	Download Syllabus of OSSTET- Child Development
Paper 2	PET	Download Syllabus of OSSTET- PET

OSSTET Syllabus 2024- FAQ's

Ans. The OSSTET exam is held offline, which means the exam is conducted in pen-and-paper mode.

Ans. No, there is no negative marking for any wrong answer in OSSTET 2023.

Ans. The OSSTET 2023 is conducted in English language except for the language paper which is conducted in Odia language.