Odisha Announced To Reopen Schools, Colleges From February 7

(The Quiver) :The Odisha government today announced to reopen educational institutions in the State for students from Class VIII onwards from February 7, 2022. This was informed by Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra today.

Mahapatra said the decision to reopen schools, colleges and other educational institutions has been taken considering the larger interest of students. Further adding on he said that physical classes for students of KG up to Class VII will resume from February 14, 2022 and the class promotion of students from KG up to Class 9 will be done on basis of classroom assessment mark whereas students of Class 10 and 12 will appear exam conducted by concerned board and council as per their guidelines.

As mentioned by the Chief Secretary , “ Short-term training and skill development training centres will reopen from February 7. Hostels associated with the educational institutions and training centres will reopen as well from Monday”.

Different departments will issue separate SOPs for the institutions and training centres functioning under their purview regarding the conduction of offline classes.

As per the announcement , the educational institutions under the Higher Education Department will conduct exams as per the guidelines issued by the government before January 10, 2022.

The schools and colleges have been also directed to conduct bridge course and short-term course to make up the loss of study of students during the past two years. The institutions can also decrease the summer vacation period if the need arises.