Bhubaneswar, Jan. 17 -- The Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha has suggested tough action against some teachers who recently participated in a protest outside its office in Cuttack alleging irregularities in the special Odisha Teacher Eligibility Test (OTET).

The in-service primary school teachers hailing from various districts held protests in front of the BSE office located at Bajrakabati Road in Cuttack on January 11 and 12 after they reportedly failed to qualify the special OTET.

"BSE, Odisha had conducted one OTET Examination only for the in-service primary school teachers. The result of this examination was published on 09.01.2023. After publication of the results, many of those teachers who have not qualified in the test ...