Bhubaneswar: In view of the COVID-19 pandemic situation, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday ordered for cancellation of this year’s Plus II board exam conducted by the Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE).
He said the safety of students is a priority of his government. “All the stakeholders would have to face a lot of trouble if the board examinations were conducted amid the second wave of the pandemic,” he said.
The CM has directed the CHSE to formulate well-defined objective criteria to evaluate the students after thorough consultations with experts within a stipulated time frame.
The announcement was made a day after School and Mass Education Minister Samir Dash held a meeting with top officials to deliberate on the issue.
Earlier this week, CBSE and CISCE had cancelled the Class XII board exams.
Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra had also scrapped Class XII board exams on Thursday.
Bhubaneswar: Days before the elections in Odisha's Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency, police have seized around…
Bhubaneswar: A team of doctors at KIMS Cancer Centre, led by Senior Surgical Oncologist Dr…
Nayagrah: A court has announced death sentence to an accused in a double murder case…
Bengaluru: A day before half of Karnataka voted in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, BJP’s Tejasvi…
Bhubaneswar: Even as 12 places in Odisha experienced unbearable hot and humid condition with the…
New Delhi: Achinthya Sivalingam, an Indian-origin woman studying at Princeton University of the US, is…
Bhubaneswar: Commerce, Transport and Water Resources Minister Tukuni Sahu has said she had opposed formation…
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha under-19 girls’ team claimed silver medal in the 67th National School Games…