OSSTET Syllabus 2025 and Exam Pattern for Paper 1 and 2

The Odisha Secondary School Teacher Eligibility Test (OSSTET) is a state-level eligibility test held every year to assess the eligibility of candidates as secondary teachers in Odisha schools. Candidates aspiring to become teachers in Odisha state must first check the subject-wise syllabus to begin their preparation on the right note and score good marks in exams. Check this article to learn about the complete OSSTET Syllabus 2025 and Exam Pattern.

OSSTET Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2025

The Board of Secondary Education, Odisha (BSEO) has released the OSSTET Notification PDF at www.bseodisha.nic.in. 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 2025
Name of the Board	Board of Secondary Education, Odisha (BSEO)
Examination Name	Odisha Secondary School Teacher Eligibility Test (OSSTET)
Post Name	TGT (Science – PCM/ CBZ), TGT Arts, Hindi Teacher, Classical Teacher – Urdu/ Telugu/ Sanskrit, Physical Education
Category	Syllabus
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	www.bseodisha.nic.in

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OSSTET Exam Pattern 2025

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 on 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 2025 is as follows below.

OSSTET Exam Pattern 2025 for Paper 1

There will be no negative marking
The Time Duration for the Paper 1 Exam of OSSTET 2025 will be 2½ hours.

OSSTET TGT Science Exam Pattern 2025
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 2025
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 2025
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 2025 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 2025 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 2025 will be 2½ hours.
A total of 150 objective-type multiple-choice questions.

OSSTET Physical Education Exam Pattern 2025
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 Syllabus 2025

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 2025 according to the two categories is given below.

OSSTET Syllabus 2025 For Paper 1

OSSTET Syllabus 2025 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 2025
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 2025 PDFs

Candidates must check the OSSTET Syllabus 2025 PDF before commencing the preparation. This will help them to prepare a study plan based on the topic-wise weightage and other latest requirements. The Odisha Secondary School Teacher Eligibility Test syllabus pdfs for all subjects have been attached below for your reference.

OSSTET Syllabus 2025 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