The Odisha School Education Programme Authority (OSEPA) will release a notification for the recruitment of Elementary (Primary and Upper Primary) Teachers for Odisha Government Schools in 2026. The authority plans to fill approximately 15,000 vacancies, including positions for Elementary Assistant Teacher (Regular), MLE Teacher, and Special Educator. The official notification for the Odisha Assistant Teacher Vacancy 2026 is expected to be announced soon. Consequently, all candidates are eager to know the detailed syllabus for the Primary and Upper Primary Teachers examination.
Here, we have provided the OSEPA JTS exam pattern and syllabus from the previous examination. It will help candidates understand what to expect in the upcoming OSEPA AT Examination.
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Odisha Elementary Assistant Teacher Vacancy 2026: Overview
| Organization | OSEPA |
| Name of the post | AT, MLE, Special Educator |
| Apply date | February 2026 (Tentative) |
| Last Date | March 2026 (Tentative) |
| Admit Card release date date | Before 7days of Exam |
| Exam Date | April 2026 (Tentative) |
| Exam Mode | CBT Mode |
| Result Date | February |
| Official website | www.bseodisha.ac.in |
Odisha Elementary Assistant Teacher, MLE Teacher and Special Teacher 2026: Exam Pattern For Category 1 and Category 2
| Paper | Area of Content | No. of Questions | Marks | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part-I | General English | 10 | 20 | 150 Min. (2Hrs.30 Min.) |
| General Odia | 10 | 20 | ||
| General Knowledge & Current Affairs | 10 | 20 | ||
| Reasoning Ability | 10 | 20 | ||
| Computer Literacy | 05 | 10 | ||
| Child Development, Learning, Curriculum & Assessment | 15 | 30 | ||
| Total | 60 | 120 | ||
| Part-II | Subject Contents | 40 | 80 | |
| Pedagogy | 20 | 40 | ||
| Total | 60 | 120 | ||
| Grand Total | 120 | 240 | ||
Odisha Elementary Assistant Teacher, MLE Teacher and Special Educator Vacancy 2026: Syllabus
OSEPA AT, MLE, Special Educator Syllabus 2026 For Category 1 Primary Teachers (Class 1 to Class 5)
Part-1
(Total Marks-120)
[General English, Odia, General Knowledge and Current Affairs, Reasoning Ability, Computer Literacy and Child development, Curriculum, Learning & Assessment]
General English (20 Marks)
- Questions on comprehension, inference & grammar from one unseen passage.
- Questions on comprehension, appreciation from a Poem
General Odia (20 Marks)
- Questions on comprehension, inference & grammar from one unseen passage.
- Questions on comprehension, appreciation from a Poem
General Knowledge and Current Affairs (20 Marks)
- Current events of state (Odisha), national and international importance
- History of Odisha / India
- Indian and World Geography
- Indian Polity
- Economic and Social Development
- Everyday Science
Reasoning Ability (20 Marks)
General mental ability
- Logical reasoning and analytic ability
- Basic numeracy.
- Decision making & Problem solving.
Computer Literacy (10 Marks)
- Basic computer literacy skills for use of ICT in classrooms
- Concepts, terminology and operations relating to general computer usage
- Basic hardware of computer.
- Common applications
- Networking and internet
Child Development, Learning, Curriculum & Assessment (30 Marks)
Unit-1: Understanding Child Development.
- Concept, principles and stages of child development
- Characteristics of physical, cognitive, social, emotional and moral development in childhood and early adolescence
- Significance of heredity and environment in understanding the child
- Factors influencing child development-home, school, peer-group and society
- Understanding the developmental needs of children (age-specific) Learning and developmental tasks, developmental delays, helping children to grow.
Unit-2: Understanding Learning Process
- Learning-concept and nature, individual differences in learning
- Understanding how child learns -learning through observation, imitation, trial and error, experimentation and experience
- Learning as meaning - making
- Basic conditions of learning maturation, fatigue, reinforcement, materials, tasks, organization of materials
- Promoting learning motivating learner, facilitating classroom learning environment, teacher behavior.
Unit-3: Learner in Inclusive Context
- Meaning of inclusive education; distinction from integrated education and special education
- Implementation of Inclusive Education
- Education of CWSN-types, identification, learning needs, teaching strategies and curriculum adaptation
- Education of girl child issues and strategies to address, initiatives taken so far
- Education of socio-culturally disadvantaged children
Unit-4:
- Right to Education (RTE)
- Child Right & Child Abuse
Unit-5: Curriculum
- Concept and Types -subject centered, child centered, experience centered, local - specific
- Core Curriculum- meaning and features
- Principles of curriculum construction.
- Process of curriculum development at the elementary school level.
Unit-6: Process of Curriculum Transaction
- Guiding principles for curricular transaction: NCF-2005
- Specifying objectives of curriculum in the learners context
- Selection and organization of learning activities and experiences
- Skills for classroom transaction questioning skills, communication Skills, blackboard writing skills, providing reinforcement, classroom movement
Unit-7: Approaches to Learning and Teaching
- Teacher centered, learner centered and learning centered approaches
- Competency based approach
- Activity based approach
- Activity and its elements
- Characteristics of activity
- Varieties of Activity (Curricular and other curricular)
- Constructivist approach to learning
- Major issues associated with each approach
Unit-8: Learning Assessment
- Concept of measurement, evaluation and assessment
- Continuous and comprehensive assessment
- Tools and techniques of assessment achievement test, observation, interview, rating scale, check list, case study, questionnaire, project
- Preparation of different types of test items
- Portfolio assessment
- Preparation of unit test
- Recording, reporting and sharing of assessment results.
- Use of assessment outcomes for improving learning
Part-II
(Total Marks-120)
LANGUAGE (ODIA/URDU/HINDI/TELUGU/BENGALI) (30 Marks)
(PEDAGOGY-10 Marks)
Unit-1: Learning Odia/Urdu/Hindi/Telugu/Bengali at Elementary Level (Class I to V)
- Aims and objectives of teaching Odia/Urdu/Hindi/Telugu /Bengali as mother tongue
- Principles of language teaching
- Acquisition of four-fold language skills in Odia/Urdu/Hindi/Telugu/ Bengali viz., listening, speaking, reading and writing
- Interdependence of four language skills
- Objectives and strategies of transacting integrated text for the beginners.
Unit-2: Teaching, Reading and Writing Skills
- Techniques of developing intensive and extensive reading skills.
- Teaching-learning composition and creative writing
- Critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning language for communicating ideas in written form.
- Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom, language difficulties and errors
(CONTENTS-20 marks)
Unit-3: Language items
- Part of speech-Noun, Pronoun, verb, Adverb, Adjective, Conjunction
- Formation of word using prefix and suffix
- Synonym and antonym
- Phrase and idiom
LANGUAGE (ENGLISH) (30 Marks)
(PEDAGOGY-10 marks)
Unit-1: Learning English at Elementary Level (Class I to V)
- Importance of learning English
- Objectives of learning English (in terms of content and competence specifications
Unit-2: Language Learning
- Principles of language teaching
- Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom
Unit-3: Skills in learning English
- Four-fold basic skills of learning viz., listening, speaking, reading and writing: interdependence of skills.
- Techniques and activities for developing listening and speaking skills recitation, storytelling, dialogue
- Development of reading skills: reading for comprehension, techniques and strategies for teaching reading-phonic, alphabet, word, sentence and story
- Development of writing skills teaching composition
(CONTENTS-20 Marks)
Unit-4: Language items
- Noun, Adverb, Verb, Tense and Time, Preposition, Article, Adjective, Punctuation.
MATHEMATICS (30 Marks)
(PEDAGOGY-10 Marks)
Unit-1: Mathematics Education in Schools
- Nature of mathematics (exactness, systematic, pattern, preciseness)
- Aims and objectives of teaching mathematics.
- Specific objectives of teaching mathematics
Unit-2: Methods and Approaches to Teaching-Learning Mathematics
- Methods: Inductive, deductive, analysis, synthesis, play-way
- Approaches: Constructivist and Activity-based
(CONTENT-20 Marks)
Unit-3: Number systems and operation in numbers
- Number system-natural, whole, rational, real
- Fundamental operation on numbers
- Fractional operation on numbers
- Fractional numbers and decimals operations in fractional numbers and decimals.
- Factors and multiples HCF and LCM
- Percentage and its application.
Unit-4: Measurement
- Measurement of length, weight, capacity
- Measurement of area and perimeter of rectangle and square
- Measurement of time-concept of a.m., p.m. and time interval
Unit-5: Shapes and Spatial Relationship
- Basic geometric concepts point, line segment, ray, straight line, angles
- Geometry of triangles, quadrilaterals and circles
- Symmetry
- Geometrical slides-cube, cuboids, sphere, cylinder, cone
Unit-6: Data Handling and patterns
- Pictography, bar graph, histogram, pie chart
- Interpretation of these graphs
- Patterns in numbers and figures
OSEPA AT, MLE, Special Educator Syllabus 2026 For Category 2 Primary Teachers (Class 6 to Class 8)
Part-1
(Total marks-120)
[General English, Odia, General Knowledge and Current Affairs, Reasoning Ability, Computer Literacy, Child Development, Learning and Curriculum)
General English (20 Marks)
- Questions on comprehension, inference & grammar from one unseen passage.
- Questions on comprehension, appreciation of a Poem
General Odia (20 Marks)
- Questions on comprehension, inference & grammar from one unseen passage.
- Questions on comprehension, appreciation from a Poem
General Knowledge and Current Affairs (20 Marks)
- Current events of state (Odisha), national and international importance
- History of Odisha / India
- Indian and World Geography
- Indian Polity
- Economic and Social Development
- Everyday Science
Reasoning Ability (20 marks)
- General mental ability
- Logical reasoning and analytic ability
- Basic numeracy.
- Decision making & Problem solving
Computer Literacy (10 Marks)
- Basic computer literacy skills for use of ICT in classrooms
- Concepts, terminology and operations relating to general computer usage
- Basic hardware of computer.
- Common applications
- Networking and internet
Child development, Learning, Curriculum (30 Marks)
Unit-1: Understanding Child Development
- Concept, principles and stages of child development
- Characteristics of physical, cognitive, social, emotional and moral development in childhood and early adolescence
- Significance of heredity and environment in understanding the child
- Factors influencing child development-home, school, peer-group and society
- Understanding the developmental needs of children (age-specific)
- Learning and developmental tasks, developmental delays, helping children to grow.
Unit-2: Understanding Learning Process
- Learning concept and nature, individual differences in learning
- Understanding how child learns -learning through observation, imitation, trial and error, experimentation and experience
- Learning as meaning -making
- Basic conditions of learning maturation, fatigue, reinforcement, materials, tasks, organization of materials.
- Promoting learning motivating learner, facilitating classroom learning environment, teacher behavior
Unit-3: Learner in Inclusive Context
- Meaning of inclusive education; distinction from integrated education and special education
- Implementation of Inclusive Education
- Education of CWSN types, identification, learning needs, teaching strategies and curriculum adaptation.
- Education of girl child-issues and strategies to address, initiatives taken so far.
- Education of socio-culturally disadvantaged children
Unit-4:
- Right to Education (RTE)
- Child Right & Child Abuse
Unit-5: Curriculum
- Concept and Types -subject centered, child centered, experience centered, local specific
- Core Curriculum - meaning and features
- Principles of curriculum construction.
- Process of curriculum development at the elementary school level.
Unit-6: Process of curriculum Transaction.
- Guiding principles for curricular transaction NCF-2005
- Specifying objectives of curriculum in the learners context
- Selection and organization of learning activities and experiences
- Skills for classroom transaction-questioning skills, communication skills, blackboard writing skills, providing reinforcement, classroom movement
Unit-7: Approaches to Learning and Teaching
- Teacher centered, learner centered and learning centered approaches
- Competency-based approach
- Activity based approach
- Activity and its elements.
- Characteristics of activity
- Varieties of Activity (Curricular and other-curricular)
- Constructivist approach to learning
- Major issues associated with each approach
Part-II
(Total Marrks-120)
ARTS STREAM
LANGUAGE-I: (ODIA/ URDU/HINDI/TELUGU/BENGALI) (40 marks)
(PEDAGOGY-16 marks)
Unit-1: Learning Odia/Urdu/Hindi/Telugu/Bengali at Upper Primary Level
- Aims and objectives of learning Odia/Urdu/Hindi/ Telugu /Bengali as first Language
- Principles of teaching mother tongue
- Development of Language skills- listening, speaking, reading and writing
Unit-2: Teaching Language
- Intensive and extensive reading skills at upper primary level
- Teaching of non-detailed and detailed texts (prose, poetry)
- Teaching of composition and creative writing
- Teaching of grammar
- Challenges of teaching Odia/Urdu/Hindi/Telugu/Bengali in multi-lingual context
Unit-3: Assessment of Language
- Assessment of learning Odia/Urdu/Hindi/Telugu/Bengali languages listening. speaking, reading and writing
- Planning and designing achievement tests and other tools for assessment
(CONTENT-24 marks)
Unit-4: Elements of Odia/Urdu/Hindi/Telugu/Bengali language
- Comprehension of two unseen passages (one from prose / drama and other from poem) with test items on comprehension, vocabulary and grammar
Unit-5: Language Items
- Parts of speech-noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, conjunction
- Formation of word-prefix and suffix
- Vocabulary-spelling and meaning of synonym and antonym
- Phrase and idiom
Unit-6: Contribution
- of famous literates for development of Odia/Urdu/Hindi/Telugu/Bengali language
- Odia-Fakir Mohan Senapati, Gangadhar Meher, Radhanath Ray, Surendra Mohanty, Gopinath Mohanty
- Urdu-Altaf Hussain Hali, Niaz Fatepuri, Ali SadarJafri, Aamir Khusroo, Majrooh Sultanpuri
- Hindi-Bharatendu Harischandra, Mahavir Prasad Dwivedy, Prem Chand, Jayashankar Prasad, Suryakanta Tripathy Nirala.
- Bengali- Rabindranath Tagore, Sarat Chandra Chottopadhaya, Tarasankar Bandopadhyay, Kzi Nazrul Islarn, Bibhuti Bhusan Bandopadhyay
- Telugu-Srinanthadu, Gurajuda Appa Rao, Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Arudra, C. Narayan Reddy
LANGUAGE-II: (ENGLISH)
(40 marks)
(PEDAGOGY-16 marks)
Unit-1: Learning English at Upper Primary level
- Importance of learning English
- Objectives of learning English
Unit-2: Development of English language skills
- Basic skills of language -listening, speaking, reading writing & interdependence of skills
- Teaching of prose, poetry and composition
- Teaching of creative writing
- Principles of language teaching
- Challenges of teaching English as second language at upper primary level
Unit-3: Assessment of learning English Language
- Assessment of comprehension and language skills-listening, speaking, reading and writing.
(CONTENT-24 marks)
Unit-4: Comprehension
- Two unseen passages-one from prose / drama and another from poem with questions on compression, grammar
Unit-5: language Items
- Parts of speech- tense, voice change, change of narration, use of article & use of punctuation mark
- Vocabulary meaning and spelling
SOCIAL STUDIES
(40 marks)
(PEDAGOGY-16 marks)
Unit-1: Aims and objectives of Teaching Social Studies
- Importance of teaching-learning Social Science at Upper Primary Stage
- Aims and objectives of teaching-learning Social Science
- Specific objectives of teaching-learning Social Science
Unit-2-: Methods and Approaches
- Methods: Survey, field work/trips, project & group work
- Approaches: Activity-based, theme-based
Unit-3-: Evaluation in Social Science
- Tools and techniques for assessment of learning in Social Science
- Diagnostic assessment and remedial teaching
(CONTENTS-24 marks)
Unit-4-: History and Political Science
- Methods of historical studies, social, economic and political conditions of Sultanate, Moghul and British period
- Slave, Khiligi, Tughlaq, Lodi Dynasty
- East India Company, British Crown, Impact of British rules, Ancient Period, Kharabela, Ashoka.
- Soma, Ganga, Surya, fall of Odisha, Odisha under Moghuls
- Nationalist movement in India
- Development of Nationalism in India and Europe
Unit-5-: Political Science
- Indian Constitution
- Human Rights
- Governance at Central, State and Local level
- Political Parties and Pressure group
Unit-6-: Geography
- Odisha Geography-physical features, climate, agriculture and industry
- Natural resources- land, water, forest & wild animals, minerals
- Atmosphere, biosphere and hydrosphere
- Earth-crust, internal structure, landscape-hills & mountains, plateau, plains, rivers
- Temperature zones of earth
SCIENCE STREAM
MATHEMATICS
(40 Marks)
(PEDAGOGY-16 marks)
Unit-1: Mathematics at Upper Primary Stage
- Nature of Mathematics-logical, systematic, abstractions, pattern, mathematical language
- Aims and objectives of teaching Mathematics
- Specific objectives of teaching Mathematics
Unit-2-: Methods and Approaches to Teaching-Learning Mathematics
- Methods: Induction, deduction, analysis and synthesis
- Approaches: Constructivist and Activity-based
Unit-3-: Evaluation in Mathematics
- Formal and informal evaluation
- Error analysis
- Remedial and enrichment programmes
(CONTENTS-24 marks)
Unit-4-: Number systems
- Number System (focus on real and rational numbers)
- Properties in different number system
Unit-5-: Algebra
- Basic concepts-terms, co-efficient, powers
- Algebraic equations and their applications with one variable
- Polynomials-operations in polynomials
- Laws of indices
- Identities
Unit-6-: Commercial Arithmetic
- Percentage and its application-profit and loss, simple and compound interest, banking, rebate
- Ratio and proportion
- Variation and its application
- Square, square root, cube, cube root of natural numbers
Unit-7-: Shapes and Spatial Relationship
- Triangles and Quadrilaterals
- Angles, complementary and supplementary angles, opposite angles, exterior angles of the triangle
- Angle sum property
- Parallel lines and properties relating to parallel lines
- Congruency and similarities
- Menstruations-area and circumstance of circle, higher order problems relating to area of Square, Triangle, Rectangle, Parallelogram, Trapezium, Pythagorean theory
(PHYSICAL SCIENCE 40 marks)
(PEDAGOGY-16 marks)
Unit-1-: Nature of Science
- Aims and objectives of teaching-learning science at upper primary stage
Unit-2-: Methods and Approaches
- Methods: Observation, Experimentation, Discovery, Project and Problem-solving
- Approaches: Integrated, constructivists approach
Unit-3-:Evaluation in Science
- Tools and techniques for assessing learning in Science
(CONTENTS -24 marks)
Unit-4-:Physical Science
- Metal, Non-metal and Metalloid
- Elements and compounds
- Symbol, valence and chemical equation
- Acid, Base and Salt
- Physical and Chemical