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AIIMS, New Delhi has taken measures to ensure strict implementation of advisory of the government of India on physical distancing at examination centres and to minimise the travel needs of the candidates

The revised dates of the examination will be notified, on assessment of the situation, in the first week of July, OJEE informed.

The Union Ministry of Education has released Rs 7,622 crore so far in 2021-22 to the States and Union Territories (UTs) under the Samagra Shiksha scheme, said Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Sunday.

An analysis reveals that the dip in undergraduate enrolment has been linked to poor job opportunities for the pass outs from general stream. The evidence is Odisha has seen a significant rise in enrolment in specialised streams/courses - from Phd to diploma courses in 2019-20

The Odisha government has decided to telecast video lessons for class 12 students on Doordarshan in view of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Putting all speculations to rest, Odisha School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash on Sunday said that the result of the annual matriculation examinations will be announced by the last week of June

The video lessons for the subjects, Physics and Chemistry, will be aired for four days in Odisha from June 17 to June 22.

Several state governments had cancelled examinations last year due to Covid-19 pandemic. Later, examinations were conducted following Supreme Court's directions.

The marks of Mathematics Standard shall be awarded in such a manner that the overall average of both Mathematics Standard and Mathematics Basic for 2020-2021 is up to the average of Mathematics in the reference year.

A day after issuing a notification asking the District Education Officers (DEOs) to make elaborate arrangements for the live-streaming online classes for secondary school students on video-streaming website YouTube, the Odisha government on Friday came out with detailed guidelines for the smooth conduct of the virtual classes.

"The CBSE has permitted a moderation of plus 2 or minus 2 marks depending upon the result of the concerned school in past three years, I believe for class 12 the moderation reference should be plus 5 or minus 5 marks,"

Online education has reached to a new level amid the COVID-19 pandemic and dropping Odia language from the Swayam Portal is unjustified and unfortunate, said Odisha Minister

The Supreme Court Friday termed as "arbitrary" the fixing of June 16 for conducting INI CET 2021 and directed All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to hold the postgraduate medical entrance test after one month.

UGC along with UNICEF- YuWaah and partners also proposes to organise multiple online capacity building sessions during June- July 2021 on topics related to Covid appropriate behaviour, vaccine hesitancy, home care prevention, reliable and verified information, knowledge.

The total enrollment was 3.42 crore in 2014-15, mentioned the report released by Education Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank'.