SSB Odisha PGT 2024 exam dates out on ssbodisha.ac.in; to be held on November 17

NEW DELHI: The Odisha State Selection Board (SSB) has announced the exam dates for the Post Graduate Teachers (PGTs) recruitment exam 2024. As per the official schedule, the Odisha PGT 2024 exam will be held on November 17. Candidates who applied for the SSB Odisha PGT recruitment exam 2024 can check the exam schedule through the official website, ssbodisha.ac.in.

The exam will take place in three shifts on November 17, 2024. The first shift will be conducted from 9 am to 11 am, covering subjects such as commerce, education, botany, chemistry, geography, geology, economics, history, Hindi, home science, and English.

The second shift is scheduled from 12 noon to 2 pm and includes subjects such as IRPM, mathematics, logic and philosophy, and Sanskrit. The third shift will be held from 3 pm to 5 pm, featuring subjects like political science, Odia, physics, psychology, zoology, sociology, Telugu, and Urdu.

Candidates in the Persons with Disabilities (PwD) category will be granted an additional 20 minutes per hour in each sitting. As per the official notice, the exam will be conducted in nine zones across Odisha, including Balasore, Berhampur, Bhawanipatna, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jeypore, Keonjhar, Rourkela, and Sambalpur.

SSB Odisha PGT Admit Card 2024

The board will issue the Odisha PGT admit card 2024 on November 8, 2024. Candidates will have to use their login credentials such as date of birth and mobile number to download the SSB Odisha PGT 2024 admit card.

“The candidates are advised to download their "Hall Tickets (Admit Cards)" & "Instruction to candidates" from the website of the State Selection Board from 08.11.2024 onwards by entering their Date of Birth and Mobile Number,” the official notice read.

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Odisha PGT 2024: Selection process

The SSB Odisha PGT 2024 exam selection process will have a written test and a career assessment test. The written test carries a total of 150 marks, while the career assessment test is worth 50 marks. There will be a total of 100 multiple-choice questions, each carrying 1.5 marks. For every incorrect answer, 0.5 marks will be deducted.

The qualifying marks for the written test are set at 40% for unreserved candidates and 30% for candidates belonging to scheduled caste (SC), scheduled tribe (ST), and persons with disabilities (PwD) categories.