WB TET Primary exam-day guide
WB TET Primary · Prepare for the day ahead.
Your checklist
Printed admit card
Carry a clean, legible printout of the admit card downloaded from the official portal - do not rely on a phone screenshot, since phones are usually banned inside the centre. Check that the photograph, roll number, centre address and reporting time are readable. Some boards ask for two copies, one to be pasted with a photo and signed; confirm the exact requirement in your admit card instructions.
Original photo ID plus one photocopy
Bring the original government photo ID you quoted in the application (Aadhaar, voter ID, PAN, driving licence or passport) and a photocopy. The name and date of birth must match the admit card. If there is a spelling mismatch, carry supporting documents or raise it with the board before exam day - do not wait until the gate.
Passport-size photographs
Carry 2–3 recent photographs of the same specification used in the application (white background, plain clothes, no cap). They are needed if the board requires a photo pasted and attested on the admit card or attendance sheet.
Blue or black ballpoint pen
Carry two pens. OMR bubbles are normally filled with a ballpoint pen, not a gel pen or pencil. Confirm the permitted ink colour on the OMR sheet's printed instructions, and never use correction fluid or tape on the answer sheet.
Transparent pouch or folder
Keep admit card, ID, photos and pens in one clear pouch so the security check is quick. Opaque bags are often refused entry; confirm whether bags are allowed at your centre at all.
Transparent water bottle
A clear, label-free bottle is normally allowed. Avoid carry bags, snacks with wrappers, and any container the invigilator cannot inspect.
Simple analogue watch
A basic non-digital or plain digital watch helps you pace the paper, since many halls have no visible clock. Smart watches, fitness bands and any device with storage or connectivity must be left at home.
Nothing electronic
Leave mobile phones, Bluetooth earpieces, smart watches, calculators and study material outside the hall or at home. Possession inside the hall is treated as unfair means even if the device is switched off.
Centre reconnaissance
Locate the exact centre building, gate number and nearest transport a day in advance. Many centres are schools with similar names in the same locality; confirm the full address and pin code printed on the admit card, not the one you remember from the notification.
Personal medication and spectacles
Carry prescribed medicines and your spectacles if you need them for reading the booklet. Inform the invigilator if you may need to take medicine during the test, and confirm the centre's policy on this in advance.
Read the admit card instructions line by line
Instructions about reporting time, gate closing time, permitted items and the photo/signature process differ between TET cycles. Treat the current admit card as the only authoritative source and confirm anything unclear with the board's helpdesk.
Plan the day
Re-read the official notification and admit card instructions rather than starting new topics. Revise your own one-page summary of Child Development and Pedagogy, the arithmetic and geometry formulas for Mathematics, and the EVS topics you kept getting wrong. Do one full-length timed paper in the same slot as your exam (Paper I of the West Bengal TET Primary is a 150-question, 150-mark MCQ paper; recent cycles allow 2 hours 30 minutes - confirm the exact duration and mode, OMR or computer-based, on your own admit card). Do not attempt a new mock in the last 24 hours.
Sort logistics: print the admit card, get photocopies of your ID, buy two ballpoint pens and a clear pouch, dry-run the journey to the centre at the same time of day you will travel on exam morning, and arrange childcare, leave from work or an overnight stay if the centre is far. Sleep on a normal schedule from tonight onward - do not shift to late-night study.
Pack the pouch completely: admit card, original ID plus photocopy, photographs, pens, water bottle, spectacles, medicines. Set two alarms. Charge nothing that you are not allowed to carry - plan to leave the phone at home or with a companion. Check the weather and any local transport disruption, and confirm the reporting time once more. Eat a normal dinner and sleep at your usual hour; a tired candidate loses more marks through bubble-filling errors than through one forgotten fact.
Eat a light, familiar breakfast and avoid heavy or very oily food. Reach the centre well before the reporting time so you absorb the queue and security check without panic. Use the washroom before entering the hall. Keep the pouch in your hand, not in a bag. Once seated, check that your booklet and OMR sheet carry the correct paper code and your roll number, and fill the roll-number bubbles yourself.
Fill the roll number and booklet code first, then work in three passes. Pass one: answer every question you are sure of, marking only the OMR bubble for the answer and a light tick on the booklet. Pass two: return to the medium-difficulty items. Pass three: guess only on questions you have not attempted, and only if the paper carries no negative marking - the current position on negative marking should be confirmed from the board's notification, because it changes the guessing strategy completely. Keep 10–12 minutes at the end to verify that question numbers and bubble numbers are in step, with no skipped or double-filled rows. Never leave an OMR row half-shaded or use a tick or cross instead of a full bubble.
Rules to check
Identity: carry the original photo ID that matches the admit card exactly. If the invigilator cannot match the name, photograph and ID, admission to the hall can be refused, and that is decided at the centre, not by you.
Electronic devices: do not carry a phone, smart watch, Bluetooth device or calculator into the hall. Possession itself, even switched off, is normally treated as adoption of unfair means and can lead to cancellation of your candidature for that paper and possibly future TET cycles. Confirm the exact penalty in the board's notification.
Answer-sheet discipline: darken one bubble per question with a ballpoint pen as instructed, keep the sheet uncreased and away from water, and do not make stray marks or write anything in the margins. Marks are awarded only for what the scanner reads, not for what you intended.
Test procedure: do not open the booklet seal before the invigilator's signal, and stop writing immediately when the final bell is given. Hand over the OMR sheet and booklet and do not carry either out of the hall - carrying the question booklet out is treated as misconduct.
Breaks: there is normally no scheduled break in the paper, so plan your water intake and use the washroom before the test begins. If you feel unwell, raise your hand and inform the invigilator; leaving the hall unescorted may not be permitted. Confirm the centre's specific policy with the provider.
Late entry and early exit: candidates are usually not admitted after the gate closes and cannot leave the hall before the paper ends. Take the reporting time on your admit card as a deadline, not a suggestion, and confirm both rules with the provider.
Scoring: each question is normally worth one mark, the paper is marked out of 150, and shortlisting uses the qualifying cut-off rather than raw merit order. The qualifying percentage and any relaxation for reserved categories are fixed by the board each cycle - verify the figure in the current notification rather than relying on previous years' cut-offs.
Copying and communication: do not look at another candidate's sheet, talk, pass material or exchange stationery during the test. Even a borrowed pen can attract a misconduct entry, so carry spares.