Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will be addressing students and teachers at 7.30 pm on Monday.
The CM is likely to speak to students o
n how to move ahead after the pandemic severely affected classroom teaching since March 2020.
Notably, physical classes have been resumed for students of Class VIII and above, after a gap of almost one month. Colleges, ITIs, polytechnics, professional institutions and universities were also reopened on Monday following a steady decline in COVID cases in the state. Hostels in colleges and universities were reopened the day before, on Sunday.
Students of Class I to VI will also attend school from February 14, after almost a gap of two years.
They, however, have been allowed to opt for offline or online teaching. The schools and colleges have been also directed to conduct bridge and short-term courses to make up for the loss of study of students during the past two years.