OTET Paper 1 case studies
OTET Paper 1 · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Odisha Teacher Eligibility Test (OTET) is a state-level eligibility examination conducted by the Board of Secondary Education, Odisha (BSE Odisha). This page covers OTET Paper I, the paper intended for candidates who wish to teach at the primary level (Classes I to V). The test is a multiple-choice, OMR-based examination. Paper I is organised around five domains: Child Development and Pedagogy, Language I (Odia), Language II (English), Mathematics, and Environmental Studies. The OTET Paper 1 case studies are 5 cases and about 4,180 words.
1The star chart that stopped working
Sunita Behera teaches Class IV in a government upper primary school in Dhenkanal district, with 41 children on roll and about 33 present on a typical day. In July she introduced a star chart: one star for every homework page completed, ten stars for a pencil.
853 words, about 4 min2Three reading profiles in one Odia classroom
Rabindra Malik teaches Odia to Class III in a primary school in Sambalpur district. Of his 36 children, most speak Sambalpuri at home, while the textbook and the classroom use standard Odia.
811 words, about 4 min3Thirty children who can recite but not answer
Anita Das teaches English to Class IV, 38 children, in a government school in Cuttack district. Her English period has followed the textbook closely: reciting the rhyme in the first unit, word lists with meanings, and copying the questions at the end of the lesson.
828 words, about 4 min4When the sticks work but the paper does not
Bikash Pradhan teaches mathematics to Class IV in a school in Balasore district; 34 children are on roll. After six periods on subtraction with borrowing he gave a ten-item test.
874 words, about 4 min5The pond visit that was cancelled
Sarita Nayak teaches Environmental Studies to Class V, 38 children, in a primary school in a coastal block of Kendrapara district. Her unit is 'Water'.
814 words, about 4 min