Category: Education

Bhubaneswar: Morning classes for students of Classes I to XI began on Tuesday in view of the soaring heat and humidity across Odisha. The School and Mass Education Minister Sameer Ranjan Dash had earlier announced that the timing of the morning classes will be from 7.00 am to 11.30 am.   However, District Collectors have been allowed to make changes in the schedule of morning classes depending on the weather in their districts. At the same time, the schools have been instructed to ensure the provision of drinking water and…

Bhubaneswar: The Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha, will begin the evaluation of answer papers for the matriculation examination on April 3. The BSE president Ramasis Hazra Monday said that around five lakh students appeared for the examination and barring some mistakes, the exam passed off smoothly. “Evaluation of answer scripts will be held at 56 centres,” Hazra added. Teachers, who will be engaged in the evaluation exercise, will be given the necessary training. Meanwhile, students across the state heaved a sigh of relief after the annual board examination concluded…

Puri: Three centre superintendents and invigilators of Haripur Adarsha High School were removed on Monday after an audio clip of a malpractice-related conversation during the annual HSC and SOS examinations went viral. The District Education Officer (DEO) Biswajit Ghose also removed centre superintendents of Kakatpur and Nayahata Girls high schools for negligence in discharging their duties and suspended Kakatpur Girls High School clerk for using mobile phones during the exams. The audio clip purportedly featured a deal between a teacher and guardian to allow matriculation students to indulge in malpractice…

Achievers News: All arrangements have been made for the smooth conduct of the Summative Assessment-II of the Class X board (Matric) exam which is scheduled to begin on March 10, informed School & Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash. The Minister said that question papers for the exam have been despatched to the question hubs. He said that most of the schools have installed CCTV cameras. He also said that special squads have been formed by the Board of Secondary Education, Odisha for surprise checking to prevent malpractice. People have been…