Odisha Students Missing PG Admission Deadline, Dharmendra Urges CM To Issue Final Semester Marksheet

Bhubaneswar: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has sought the personal intervention of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for immediate issue of the final marksheet or an attested provisional marksheet to undergraduate students for their admissions into PG courses.

“I understand that these students who appeared for the final (6th) semester examination through online mode in the 1st and 2nd week of August have not been provided with their 6th-semester marksheet and the results are expected to be declared later in the month of September. Despite repeated pleas to colleges and state education authorities, these students have not been provided a provisional mark sheet. I am also in receipt of multiple grievances in this regard from the student community in Odisha,” Dharmendra wrote.

Stating that late publication of provisional result/non-issuance of marksheet is jeopardizing the career prospects of the students, he said they are required to submit it for seeking postgraduate admission in various state and central universities outside Odisha, where the admission procedure has already commenced.

“I am distressed to learn that many students have already missed admission deadline for Central University of Mizoram and Bharathiar University, and are under severe stress due to fast-approaching deadlines for other universities such as Mumbai University, Kumaun University etc. In this context, it is also relevant to mention that these students will also be deprived of appearing in any offline university entrance examinations being held outside the state,” he pointed out.

Keeping the career prospects of final semester undergraduate students in Odisha, Dharmendra urged the CM to take necessary action for the immediate issue of the final marksheet or an attested provisional marksheet.