OSSTET case studies
OSSTET · Put your knowledge to work in context.
OSSTET stands for the Odisha Secondary School Teacher Eligibility Test. It is an eligibility test administered by the Board of Secondary Education, Odisha, the body corporate constituted under the Odisha Secondary Education Act, 1953, which regulates, controls and develops secondary education in the state. The Board's notification for the 2023 cycle was titled "NOTIFICATION FOR ODISHA SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHER ELIGIBILITY TEST–2023 (OSSTET)", and the site lists OSSTET cycles for 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The test is meant for candidates who intend to teach at the secondary stage in Odisha and who must first clear an eligibility test; it is not a recruitment examination in itself, and clearing it does not by itself confer a posting. The OSSTET case studies are 5 cases and about 3,463 words.
1Art in a Resource-Scarce Tribal School: Heritage, Syllabus, and Access
You teach Art to Classes IX and X at a government high school in a tribal block of Mayurbhanj district. Class IX has 38 students.
674 words, about 3 min2Ohm's Law Practical with One Working Ammeter
You are the PCM teacher for Class X in a government high school in Cuttack district. Class X has 40 students.
716 words, about 4 min3Onion Root Tip Mitosis with One Microscope and Multiple Accommodations
You teach Science (CBZ) to Class IX in a government high school in Koraput district. The class has 46 students.
667 words, about 3 min4Heat, Injury, and the Inter-House Athletics Meet
You are the Physical Education teacher at a high school in Bhubaneswar. The annual inter-house athletics meet is in ten days.
686 words, about 3 min5Hindi as a Second Language in a Multilingual Classroom
You teach Hindi as a second language to Class IX in a government school in Sambalpur, where most students speak Odia at home. The class has 42 students: 31 are Odia-medium, 9 came from Hindi-medium schools, and 2 are first-generation learners who recently moved from a Munda-speaking area.
720 words, about 4 min