As many as 93,952 candidates appeared in the second Odisha Teachers’ Eligibility Test (OTET), conducted by the Board of Secondary Education (BSE) at 207 centres across the State on Sunday. The test was held in two sittings. The first sitting began from 10 am to 12.30 pm while the second sitting was held from 2 pm to 4.30 pm.
Sources said while 50,634 appeared for Paper-I in the first sitting, 43,318 candidates appeared for Paper-II in the second sitting. The second OTET exam-2014 was held across the State despite reports of leakage of question papers in Gajapati district.
Earlier on Saturday the Gajapati police had detained two persons on charges of selling of question booklets. As soon as the report spread, the BSE authorities swung into action and asked the district administration to confirm the report. later, BSE president Dakhya Prasad Nanda informed media the report of leakage is a rumor.