The Board of Secondary Education (BSE) cancelled the Odisha Teacher Eligibility Test (OTET) and ordered a probe after its question paper leaked on social media on Wednesday.
The OTET question paper went viral on the social media while the first sitting of the test was underway on Wednesday. The exam was scheduled to be held in two shifts.
While the first shift of the exam was conducted from 10 a.m. to 12.30 p.m., the second was scheduled for 2 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.
A staggering 1.12 lakh aspiring teachers were scheduled to appear for the OTET exam in 250 examination centres across the state.
--IANS
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