Bhubaneswar, 05 July (H.S.): The Odisha Teacher Eligibility Test (OTET), conducted by the Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha, was held smoothly across all 30 districts of the state on Sunday, with officials confirming an incident-free examination process.
The examination was conducted in two sessions—9:00 AM to 11:30 AM and 2:00 PM to 4:30 PM.
On the occasion, Commissioner-cum-Secretary of the School & Mass Education Department, Dr. N. Thirumala Naik, visited several examination centres in Cuttack to review the conduct of the examination. During his visit to the BSE Secondary Board High School examination centre, he interacted with candidates, including specially-abled examinees and their scribes, to assess the facilities and support systems provided.
Dr. Naik also visited the Command and Control Centre at the Board of Secondary Education headquarters, where he reviewed real-time monitoring of examination centres across the state through live CCTV surveillance. He observed the inspection process being carried out by District Education Officers and senior Board officials at various centres via the monitoring system.
In the presence of BSE President Srikanta Tarai, the Commissioner-cum-Secretary reviewed the overall examination management, including the live CCTV surveillance and Digi Lock systems installed across all 311 examination centres in the state. He also interacted with the technical team to assess the technological arrangements and monitoring mechanisms deployed to ensure the smooth and secure conduct of the examination.
Expressing satisfaction over the seamless and incident-free conduct of the OTET examination, Dr. Naik appreciated the meticulous planning and coordinated efforts of the Board and all officials involved in the process.
During his visit to the BSE headquarters, he also held discussions with Cuttack District Education Officer Nityananda Barik and Additional District Education Officer Manoranjan Barik regarding overall examination management and supervision. Senior officials and staff of the Board of Secondary Education were also present.
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Hindusthan Samachar / Monalisa Panda
