The Odisha State Selection Board (SSB) has officially announced the exam dates for the Post Graduate Teachers (PGTs) recruitment examination 2024. Scheduled for November 17, 2024, the exam will be conducted across three shifts, providing aspiring teachers a structured opportunity to showcase their knowledge.
The first shift will take place from 9 am to 11 am, covering subjects such as commerce, education, botany, chemistry, geography, geology, economics, history, Hindi, home science, and English.Following this, the second shift is set from 12 noon to 2 pm, which will include subjects like Industrial Relations and Personnel Management (IRPM), mathematics, logic and philosophy, and Sanskrit. Finally, the third shift will run from 3 pm to 5 pm, featuring subjects such as political science, Odia, physics, psychology, zoology, sociology, Telugu, and Urdu.
Candidates belonging to the Persons with Disabilities (PwD) category will receive an additional 20 minutes per hour for each sitting. The examination will be conducted in nine zones throughout Odisha, including Balasore, Berhampur, Bhawanipatna, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jeypore, Keonjhar, Rourkela, and Sambalpur.
Admit cards for the Odisha PGT 2024 exam will be available from November 8, 2024. Candidates can download their admit cards by entering their date of birth and mobile number on the SSB Odisha website.
The selection process will consist of a written test worth 150 marks and a career assessment test worth 50 marks, with the qualifying marks set at 40% for unreserved candidates and 30% for candidates in the SC, ST, and PwD categories.