The CTET 2018 notification will be released by the Board by Mach and the test for the same will be held by June, Hindi Newspaper Hindustan reported.
CBSE will be conducting the exam, as being entrusted by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.
It is worth mentioning that the Right to Information Act mandates that that an aspiring teacher must pass Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) , as per a notification dated August 23, 2010 and July 29, 2011 laid down the minimum qualifications for a person to be eligible as a teacher for class I to VIII.
Moreover, an official told the newspaper that the delay in notification is due to the changes being applied to the CTET syllabus, NDTV reported.
OTET is conducted in order to select candidates for the appointment of teacher for Classes I to VIII in government, private aided, and private unaided schools in the State.
How to check the answer keys of OTET 2017?
1) Go to the official website of Board of Secondary Education, Odisha and click on the link for OTET Examination
2) Click on the link for answer keys on the top
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Meanwhile, candidates can challenge the provisional answer keys, in case they find anything wrong, from October 9 to October 15. To challenge the responses given in the answer key, a payment of Rs 500 is required per response.
The candidates can upload authentic documents in support of their challenges which will be examined and analysed by the 'Question Analysis Committee' of the Board.
Final answer keys of OTET-2017(1st) will be hoisted after detailed analysis of the challenged responses by the said committee. The result shall be processed on basis of the final answer as decided by the committee. The decision of the committee shall be final and binding on candidates.
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Education minister Partha Chatterjee told reporters here, "I have urged the Primary Education Board to issue a notification after the Board office opens on October 9 stipulating the two conditions as per the guidelines mentioned by the Department of School Education, Government of West Bengal."
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"The eligibility criteria for TET candidates will be securing at least 50 per cent marks in HS examination and completing the two year teachers' training programme," Chatterjee said after meeting state Primary Education Board President Anik Bhattacharya here yesterday.
"Those having met these two criteria can apply online," the minister said.
The date of the examination and other particulars will be declared on October 9, Board president Bhattacharya said.
The TET, 2018 will be held to fill around 30,000 posts.
A government spokesperson said the results of the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) held last year and the subsequent court orders would be the basis for filling vacancies.
The test was held for 69,000 vacancies but only 31,661 posts would be filled as per a Supreme Court order, which said all seats except those posts of assistant teachers held by Shiksha Mitras can be filled.
"Basic education department conducted Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) for recruitment of 69,000 teachers on January 6, 2019. A day later, the government fixed a 65 per cent cut-off for the general category candidates and 60 per cent for the backward and other reserved categories. The order was challenged by some students in the high court, which has given its judgment," the government spokesperson said.
The high court, on March 29 passed an order in favour of the Uttar Pradesh government on the main petition of Ram Sharan Maurya versus state government and others.
"Deciding on a special leave petition (SLP), the Supreme Court, on May 21, 2020, directed the state government to complete the recruitment process on all posts except those of assistant teachers which are held by Shiksha Mitras," the official said.
A meeting with all boards and commissions which are responsible for the recruitments, has been called on September 21 in which the Chief Minister will review other vacancies in each department and draw up an action plan to fill posts within six months.
The Chief Minister, earlier in the week, had asked all departments to identify vacant posts. The process of advertising for these posts should be completed within three months.
(IANS)