At a presser in Bhubaneswar, CHSE Examination Controller Ashok Nayak said that the Council has decided to publish the results on same day this year.
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The Plus II examination will conclude on March 20, 2024. The evaluation process will start from March 22 and the like the previous years, evaluation for MIL, Science, Commerce and other languages will be done online. For the rest subjects, Arts and Vocational, will be done in offline mode.
The first phase evaluation will start from March 22 while the second phase will start from April 4 to April 15, 2024.
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On results, Nayak said that if the general elections are held after April 20 or 22, the results will be published by May 15. There is no doubt that the results of Arts, Science and Commerce will be announced on same day, he said.
As far as the examiners are concerned, the CHSE has decided to rope in 15,000 examiners for the evaluation process.
Both regular and ex-regular students appeared for the Plus II examination in Physics subject on February 22, 2024. The CHSE today clarified that after the preliminary examination, it has been observed that the questions were not out of the syllabus, rather there was choice deficit.
The choice deficit was for 19 marks, informed CHSE Examination Controller Ashok Nayak while addressing a presser on Tuesday.
When asked if grace marks will be awarded to students, the CHSE official said that the Expert Committee will review the issue soon and an appropriate decision will be taken in this regard.
“There was no problem with the question paper of ex-regular students. Only there was choice deficit for regular students. Whenever such issues crop up, CHSE always takes appropriate decisions and soon an Expert Committee will meet and take up necessary action,” said Nayak.
Usually, the Expert Committee suggests remedial measures and compensates the students with grace marks. Under this, the students who have attempted will be given grace marks as per the suggestion of the Expert Committee, said Nayak.
“There was choice deficit for 19 marks in Physics paper. Not every student will get full grace marks but marks will be awarded as per attempts made by students and suggestions of the Expert Committee as per the scheme of valuation,” Nayak added.
CHSE informed that the syllabus was changed in the month of August and already the course was completed. This time, above 95 per cent students have done well in the exam.
“Only after the completion of the exam, we will evaluate why such an issue cropped up,” informed CHSE.
As per the allegations, the students took the Physics paper on Friday as part of the ongoing exam conducted by the Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE). The full mark of the subject was 70. As per allegations, while writing their papers, the students came across some questions that were out of the syllabus.
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“After attending long questions, we went for 3-mark questions. There were 10 questions and we were asked to answer seven questions. Then we found two questions out of the syllabus. Had they been from the syllabus, we could have attempted them as well. Similarly, when we attempted 2-mark questions, we found 3 questions out of 10 beyond our prescribed syllabus,” alleged Sagarika Sahu, a student.
“In the Physics exam yesterday, we came across questions of 27 marks out of the syllabus,” said Sangram Sahu, another student.
No reaction was received from the CHSE.
The examination schedule has been released for arts, science, and commerce including distance education (DE), correspondence courses, and vocation steams, CHSE said.
The exams will be conducted on all exam days between 10 am and 1 pm.
The examination (Theory and Practical) will be held as per the program even if any of the date (s) is subsequently declared as a holiday.
Candidates have been advised to enter the examination center 30 minutes before the commencement of the examination in a sitting and enter the examination room/hall 15 minutes before the examination to occupy the seats allotted to them.
The examinations will be conducted under CCTV Surveillance. The center superintendents have been requested by the CHSE to ensure that CCTV is made functional in all examination halls well in advance of the commencement of examination and to see that CCTVs are functioning throughout all sittings uninterruptedly, CHSE officials said.
With barely 20 days left for the exams, the CHSE has initiated preparations to send examination materials to all the centres. The materials will be dispatched from CHSE head office to all the Examination Centres from December 26 and are expected to reach all centres by December 31.
The CHSE Controller of Examinations wrote a letter to all the college Principals and Centre Superintendents mentioning guidelines for the practical exams and handling of related materials.
The CHSE requested them to remain alert to receive the materials (Practical question papers & blank answer script, other examination related confidential forms etc.) with respect to their H.S. School & tagged H.S. School(s) (if any) on any day between December 26, 2023 and December 31, 2023. In stray cases, the CHSE officials may reach their institution even after normal office hours.
The CHSE further wrote to acknowledge the receipt of the materials after careful verification and counting. Any discrepancy/shortfall of items (as per list) is to be reported to the Controller of Examinations instantly. The question paper packets are to be stored securely under the supervision of the Center Superintendent/Principal in the Strong Room/Examination Section under CCTV surveillance. All packing materials of the opened question papers need to be preserved in the strong room/examination section at least for one month after the publication of the results of the Annual H.S. Examination, 2024.
The Council also requested to hand over the examination-related materials (Practical question papers, blank answer scripts & mark foils), if any, to the tagged institutions, receiving proper authorization and acknowledgement from the Principal of tagged institutions.
The Plus 2 theory examination 2024 will start on February 14 and will continue till March 13. The result of the examination will be announced in April last week or May first week.
The State Higher Education Department has also expressed concerns over such shocking lapses as such institutions are running for years together without valid recognition and even conducting admissions. The Higher Education Department recently found that several colleges have failed to secure valid recognition, even after seven years of obtaining permission for their respective institution, streams, and courses.
Despite the lack of recognition, such colleges have gone ahead and admitted students for the academic session 2023-24. The Higher Education Department has now sought a list of such colleges from Regional Directors. Subsequently, appropriate legal action will be taken against such colleges, sources said.
“We had received a letter and submitted a response stating that there are no such institutes here. The Odisha government from time to time conducts inspection to find if any college or university is functioning without affiliation or other stipulations,” said Trinath Rath, Regional Education Director, Jeypore.
It is pertinent to mention here that several colleges are struggling to obtain affiliation from concerned Universities. But they are still conducting admissions into their institutions.
Under such circumstances, the question remains how such things are going on in Odisha? How admissions in colleges that are not recognised are being done under SAMS? Some colleges are also conducting admissions in offline mode as well in the state.
The students, who are taking admission in such non-recognised colleges, are unable to give exams and the University is also not publishing results.
“As seats are limited in Government colleges, students are forced to opt for private colleges. It is difficult for a student to ascertain the veracity of an institute as everything fraud is being uploaded on the official website,” alleged a student.
Another student said, “From the SAMS website, students are getting phone calls and information and subsequently taking admission. The certificates that are issued to students are not recognised by the government. As a result, precious three years of students are getting affected.”
In a letter to all the Principals of all affiliated high schools, the CHSE has informed that “For the interest of the students, the Council has made a new initiative in creating a question bank for the students. The questions made are for reference and practice of the students for the Annual H.S Examination and other competitive examinations.”
In the first phase, the question bank will be available for Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Mathematics. Subsequently, questions in other subjects will be made available to the students and the process is currently underway, CHSE officials said.
The students can access the question bank on the official CHSE website- www.cheseodisha.nic.in.
It is believed that the question bank will certainly benefit the students in preparing for the examinations.
It is pertinent to mention here that CBSE and other boards come up with such a pattern for the larger interest of the students apart from issuing toll-free helpline numbers. CHSE officials said that question bank for other streams will be made available to the students soon.
Ravenshaw Higher Secondary School in Cuttack has topped the list in all streams.
While Ravenshaw has set the cut off mark of 91.67 per cent in science stream, it is 80 per cent in arts. Similarly in commerce stream, the cut off mark is 79.20 per cent.
In science stream, FM College in Balasore is second in the list with 90 per cent cut off mark followed by BJB College in Bhubaneswar with 89 per cent. SSVM college in Nilakantha Nagar is fourth in the list with 89 per cent and UN College in Soro with 86.83 per cent is on the fifth spot.
In the arts stream, Rourkela Government College is behind Raveshaw with 79 per cent cut off mark. It is followed by DAV College in Titlagarh with 78.67 per cent and FM College Balasore with 78 per cent. Bhawanipatna College is in the fifth spot with 77. 5 per cent cut off mark.
Rourkela Government College is second in the list with 77.33 per cent cut off mark in the commerce stream. It is followed by BJB College in Bhubaneswar with 77.33 per cent and JKBK College in Cuttack with 72.20 per cent. Shailabala Women’s College in Cuttack is on the fifth spot with the cut off mark of 72.17 per cent.
According to a notification issued by the School and Mass Education department, the first selection merit list will now be published on July 2 instead of June 28.
Similarly, the first phase of admission of students will commence on July 3 and continue till July 8, the notification read.
The second selection merit list will be published on July 16 and the admission process will be completed by July 19.
Likewise, the online spot admission will commence on July 17 and continue till July 27.
However, the classes will begin as per the schedule i.e. July 29.
Notably, as many as 4,45,887 students have applied on the SAMS portal seeking admission into various Plus 2 courses.
According to CHSE, 78.88 percent of students cleared the Plus 2 Arts examination, while pass percentage of 67.48 was recorded in vocational studies this year.
As many as 1, 81, 869 students cleared the Plus 2 Arts examination, while 3,860 candidates passed in vocational studies.
For Arts stream, Balasore recorded highest 84.97 pass percentage, Nabarangpur recorded the lowest 70.74 per cent.
Students can check their results by visiting - www.orissaresults.nic.in
Number of students appeared: 2,30,545
Number of students passed: 1,81,869
First division: 32,782
Second division: 32,461
Third division: 1,16,179
Boys pass percentage: 70.43 per cent
Girls pass percentage: 85.66 per cent
Number of candidates passed: 3860
Boys pass percentage: 64.23 per cent
Girls pass percentage: 71.10 per cent
First division: 843
Second division: 1751
Third division: 1115
Speaking to reporters, Nayak said, “Results of Arts stream will be published by June 8.”
Meanwhile, the Council is reportedly bracing up for reforms in the Plus 2 syllabus as well as the evaluation pattern.
Asked about the proposed reforms, Nayak said, “Our academic council will decide on the reforms in the syllabus. We are discussing the modalities now. The academic committee will meet very soon to review the syllabus and evaluation pattern.”
It is pertinent to mention here that the CHSE was subjected under immense criticism for delay in publishing +2 results.
“Our evaluation was interrupted in Sambalpur for seven days during Ram Navami violence, otherwise we would have published it a week earlier,” Nayak clarified.
After 17 days of publication of CBSE results, the CHSE finally published Plus 2 (Science, Commerce) results on Wednesday.
As per CHSE officials, 93, 734 students had enrolled to appear the examination in Science stream and 92, 950 students had finally appeared the exam this year.
Of the total students, 78,938 (84.93 percent) students have passed in the Science stream.
As far as the Commerce stream is concerned, out of the total 24,331 students who had enrolled for the Commerce stream, 24,082 students had appeared in the Plus 2 examination including 23,0002 regular and 1065 ex-regular students. Of the total students, 19, 536 students passed in the Commerce stream.
The overall pass percentage in Commerce stream stands at 81.12 per cent.
As per CHSE officials, of the total 24, 331 students who had enrolled for the Commerce stream, 24,082 students had appeared in the Plus 2 examination including 23,0002 regular and 1065 ex-regular students. Of the total students, 19, 536 students passed in Commerce stream.
The overall pass percentage in Commerce stream stands at 81.12 per cent.
Number of boys Appeared: 15,241
Number of boys Passed (out of total boys appeared): 12,121
% of boys passed (out of total boys appeared): 79.52
% of boys passed (out of total students appeared): 50.33
Number of girls Appeared: 8841
Number of girls Passed (out of total girls appeared: 7415
% of girls passed (out of total girls appeared): 83.87
% of girls passed (out of total students appeared): 30.79
7410 students have passed the Commerce stream examination in first division.
4543 students have passed in second division.
7492 students have passed in third division.
102 students have secured 90 per cent or above marks.
94 higher secondary schools have recorded 100 per cent results.
Nayagarh district has recorded the highest pass per centage of 93.9 per cent while Boudh recorded lowest pass percentage of 55.55 per cent.
In Science stream, 84.93 per cent students have passed in the examination this year.
School and Mass Education Minister, Sudam Marndi announced the results at CHSE office in Bhubaneswar today.
As per CHSE officials, 93, 734 students had enrolled to appear the examination in Science stream and 92, 950 students had finally appeared the exam this year.
Of the total students, 78,938 students have passed in the Science stream.
39, 573 students have passed in first division in Science stream.
24,257 students cleared the examination in second division.
14, 852 students passed in third division.
256 students have passed the science stream in compartmental category.
358 students have passed the examination with 90 percent or above marks.
291 higher secondary schools have registered 100 per cent results.
2 higher secondary schools have registered nil results
Nayagarh district recorded the highest pass percentage of 96.41 per cent.
Gajapati district recorded the lowest pass percentage of 61. 55 per cent.
Result links are now active on official websites, chseodisha.nic.in and on orissaresults.nic.in. Students can check their results using board exam roll numbers.
As per the CHSE Controller of Examinations, the Plus 2 Science and Commerce stream results will be announced at 11 am tomorrow.
It is pertinent to mention here that the Plus 2 exams concluded on April 5. However, the delay in results had stoked resentment among students and parents as CHSE had earlier assured to publish the results within 45 days.
Educationist RN Panda said, “As the CBSE and ICSE have already declared the Plus 2 results, there was much anticipation among students because a lot of students move out of Odisha for higher studies.”
According to Panda, CHSE should also take measures to ensure that if any student has any doubts over their results, they should address such issues at the earliest.
“Board authorities should ensure that students get their revised marksheet at the earliest as it is a matter of their career. Many students will pursue higher education for a better career,” Panda added.
Many also opined that the Council should take measures to ensure error-free results.
As per the official announcement made by the school and mass education minister and department secretary, the Plus seats will be increased from 2023-24 academic year.
The decision has been taken in view of a higher pass percentage in Matriculation or the Class 10 board examination, the results of which were announced recently. The Minister said that the seats will be increased as per the necessity.
Notably, the overall pass percentage in the Matriculation exemption stands at 96.4% this year as compared to 90.55% last year.
While 4158 candidates scored A1 grade, 29838 students secured A2 grade, 77567 students B1 and 118750 students got B2 grade.
The overall pass percentage of boys is 95.75 percent and pass percentage of girls is 97.05 percent.
The Online Common Application Form (CAF) for the admission was made available on SAMS Odisha website- www.samsodisha.gov.in from 11 am today. The last date of applying online through the official website is 20 June 2023.
According to a notification issued by the Higher Education department, the first merit list will be published on June 28 and the classes will commence on July 29.
1. Commencement of online Common Application Form (CAF) for admission into Class-XI in the SAMS Portal (www.samsodisha.gov.in): 29.05.2023(11.00 AM)
2. Last date for submission of online Common Application Form (CAF) by the Applicant through Student Login (www.samsodisha.gov.in): 20.06.2023 (11.45 PM)
3. Publication of the First Selection Merit List and downloading of Intimation Letter in the Student Login: 28.06.2023 (11.45 PM)
4. Reporting of First Selection applicants and admission data updation at Higher Secondary Schools level: 29.06.2023 to 05.07.2023 (up to 06.00 PM)
5. Admission Data updation of the First Selection Applicants and Error Correction by Higher Secondary Schools in the SAMS e-Space: 29.06.2023 to 06.07.2023 (up to 06.00 PM)
6. Online submission of Slide-up Request by students who have taken admission in First Selection: 29.06.2023 to 07.07.2023 (up to 06.00 PM)
7. Publication of Second Selection Merit and downloading of Intimation Letter in the Student Login: 13.07.2023 (up to 03.00 PM)
8. Reporting of Second Selection applicants and admission data updation at Higher Secondary Schools level: 14.07.2023 to 17.07.2023 (up to 06.00 PM)
9. Admission Data updation of the Second Selection Applicants and Error Correction by Higher Secondary Schools in SAMS e-Space: 14.07.2023 to 17.07.2023 (up to 09.00 PM)
10. Last date for the opening of Choice Locking (only Slide-up request opted candidates) facility in the remaining higher option for SPOT admission: 19.07.2023 (up to 11 AM)
11. Last date for submission of Choice Locking in the remaining higher options for SPOT admission: 19.07.2023 to 21.07.2023 (up to 11.45 PM)
12. Publication of SPOT Selection and downloading of Intimation Letter in the Student Login: 26.07.2023 (up to 11.00 AM)
13. Reporting of First Selection applicants and admission updation at HSS level: 26.07.2023 (12.00 PM) to 27.07.2023 (up to 06.00 PM)
14. Commencement of Class-XI: 29.07.2023
According to a notification issued by the Higher Education department, the last date for submission of the online application form is June 20.
While the first merit list will be published on June 28, the classes will commence on July 29, the notification read.
1. Commencement of online Common Application Form (CAF) for admission into Class-XI in the SAMS Portal (www.samsodisha.gov.in): 29.05.2023(11.00 AM)
2. Last date for submission of online Common Application Form (CAF) by the Applicant through Student Login (www.samsodisha.gov.in): 20.06.2023 (11.45 PM)
3. Publication of the First Selection Merit List and downloading of Intimation Letter in the Student Login: 28.06.2023 (11.45 PM)
4. Reporting of First Selection applicants and admission data updation at Higher Secondary Schools level: 29.06.2023 to 05.07.2023 (up to 06.00 PM)
5. Admission Data updation of the First Selection Applicants and Error Correction by Higher Secondary Schools in the SAMS e-Space: 29.06.2023 to 06.07.2023 (up to 06.00 PM)
6. Online submission of Slide-up Request by students who have taken admission in First Selection: 29.06.2023 to 07.07.2023 (up to 06.00 PM)
7. Publication of Second Selection Merit and downloading of Intimation Letter in the Student Login: 13.07.2023 (up to 03.00 PM)
8. Reporting of Second Selection applicants and admission data updation at Higher Secondary Schools level: 14.07.2023 to 17.07.2023 (up to 06.00 PM)
9. Admission Data updation of the Second Selection Applicants and Error Correction by Higher Secondary Schools in SAMS e-Space: 14.07.2023 to 17.07.2023 (up to 09.00 PM)
10. Last date for the opening of Choice Locking (only Slide-up request opted candidates) facility in the remaining higher option for SPOT admission: 19.07.2023 (up to 11 AM)
11. Last date for submission of Choice Locking in the remaining higher options for SPOT admission: 19.07.2023 to 21.07.2023 (up to 11.45 PM)
12. Publication of SPOT Selection and downloading of Intimation Letter in the Student Login: 26.07.2023 (up to 11.00 AM)
13. Reporting of First Selection applicants and admission updation at HSS level: 26.07.2023 (12.00 PM) to 27.07.2023 (up to 06.00 PM)
14. Commencement of Class-XI: 29.07.2023
This was informed by School and Mass Education minister Pramila Mallik on Saturday.
Speaking to the media, Mallik said, “The Odisha government will increase Plus 2 seats if the need arises. Necessary measures will be taken so that no student will suffer.”
“Some changes will be made in summative I and II examinations. We are going to start the form fill up process for the supplementary examination and it will be conducted soon so that a student will not incur a loss of one academic year,” Mallik added.
Notably, the overall pass percentage in the Matriculation exemption stands at 96.4% this year as compared to 90.55% last year.
While 4158 candidates scored A1 grade, 29838 students secured A2 grade, 77567 students B1 and 118750 students got B2 grade.
The overall pass percentage of boys is 95.75 percent and pass percentage of girls is 97.05 percent.
As many as 3,222 schools have registered cent percent results. Cuttack and Jagatsinghpur districts registered the highest pass percentage of 97.99 in the state. On the other hand, the tribal-dominated Malkangiri district reported the lowest pass percentage of 92.68% in the state.
The annual Matriculation examination was conducted from March 10 to 20. As many as 5.32 lakh students appeared in the Matriculation or the Class 10 high school certificate examination in 3,218 examination centers across the state.
“Twenty percent weightage of the total marks in a paper, theory and practical/Project separately, shall be awarded based on the best two performance of the candidate out of three quarter end examinations of class XIl, and 80% weightage of total marks in a paper, practical/Project separately, shall be theory and awarded based on the performance of the candidate in Annual HS Examination, 2023 conducted by CHSE,” a notification issued by the board.
This is how the calculation will be done:
1. Marks in a paper will be awarded based on
a) Best two marks out of three quarter end marks (Theory & Practical marks taken separately)
b) Marks obtained in annual exam/instant examination (theory and practical marks taken separately).
2. Weightage for the final exam (annual/instant) is 80 percent (both for theory & practical taken separately).
3. Weightage for the quarter-end examination is 20 percent (both for theory & practical taken separately).
4. The calculated mark of a paper (80% weightage given to final in the examination mark in the paper+20% weightage given to the quarter end examination mark in the same paper) and the actual mark obtained in the final examination (annual/Instant) shall be compared. The higher mark out of these two will be awarded to the candidate in that paper.
5. If a candidate remains absent in a paper in any quarter-end examination, then it will be treated as "zero"(0) for the purpose of calculation.
6. If one candidate has not appeared the Quarter End Examination in one or more papers, the marks obtained in the final Examination (Annual/Instant) will be awarded.
7. If a candidate has appeared the final examination in a paper but has remained absent in quarter end examinations in that paper (theory/practical or project paper), then the marks obtained in final examination will be taken into consideration for computation of result.
8. However, as usual, absence in one or more papers (in Theory and/or practical) in final examination/instant examination conducted by CHSE will affect the result, i.e. the result will be "FAIL".
9. If after calculation, calculated number is less than marks obtained in quarter end or final examination, then the obtained marks will be awarded.
10. Every awarded fraction will be rounded off to the next whole number.
The statement is likely to provide some respite for the students as they are anxiously waiting for the publication of the results.
Similarly, the Minister further informed that processes are already underway for the publication of Plus II results as well.
According to Dash, the Plus II Science and Commerce stream results are likely to be announced by May last week. The dates for the publication of Matriculation and Plus II results will be announced shortly, the Minister said.
"So far no dates have been fixed, we are hopeful to announce the results of Plus II Science and Commerce streams by end of May," said Dash.
According to Dash, the evaluation of Plus II answer sheets is underway and the Council is expected to announce the result publication date soon.
The Minister further informed that the Board of Secondary Education (BSE) is also in the process of early publication of matriculation examination.
According to Dash, the process of evaluation of answer sheets is likely to start from tomorrow. The evaluation will be conducted at 65 centres in offline mode and 39 centres in online mode. The first phase of evaluation will continue till April 22-23 and the second phase of evaluation will be completed by May 7, informed Dash.
“Only after the entire process of evaluation is completed, the process for tabulation of marks will begin. We hope that the Plus II results will be announced by May end,” Dash added.
The annual Plus II examination was conducted in several centres across Odisha from March 1. The 662 category college teachers, who were on strike, on Saturday announced their decision to take part in the evaluation process.
The 662 category college teachers had been staging a sit-in at the Lower PMG, demanding ‘equal grade, equal salary’. They had earlier threatened to boycott the Plus II examination management.
According to sources, Odia subject answer sheets of as many as 12 students have reportedly gone missing. The incident was reported from Srimaa Mahila Mahavidyalaya in Baripada.
The matter came to fore after the evaluation centre wrote to the concerned college authorities in this regard.
In the letter, the Government Science College, Chhatrapur authorities mentioned that the answer sheets of students bearing roll numbers from 149KA090 to 149KA102 are missing and urged the centre superintendent to take necessary steps for the missing answer sheets.
“We received information from Government Science College that 12 answer sheets are missing. We have searched all over, but in vain,” said Natabara Giri, principal of Srimaa Mahila Mahavidyalaya.
According to the principal, the answer sheets were sealed and handed over to the observer after completion of the examination. Later, the observer took the packets of answer sheets to the hub centre and then they were sent to the evaluation centre via post.
Meanwhile, the development has pushed the students and parents into anxiety.
“They could not even conduct the examination properly. Such carelessness of the college authorities is totally unacceptable. We are tensed about the future of our children,” said Ajit Kumar Das, a parent.
Meanwhile, the council has come up with a clarification that the missing answer sheets have been found and that the answer sheets were mistakenly sent to another college.
On the other hand, the School and Mass Education minister has order a probe into the matter and necessary action against errant officials.
(Reported by Maniklal Pani, Ashok Bramha and Jagdish Das, OTV)
According to sources, the student identified as Lipsa Rani Sahoo, a resident of Dadhibabanpur village, was getting ready to leave for Anandapur College to appear for the annual examination when a snake bit her.
However, Lipsa went to the college and sat for the examination. Midway into the exam, she complaint of uneasiness, sources said.
Later, Lipsa was rushed to Anandapur sub-divisional hospital as her health condition deteriorated.
“She (Lipsa) went to the backyard of the house before leaving for the examination. In the meantime, a black-colored snake bit her. However, she went to attend the exam and was later shifted to hospital after she felt sick,” said a relative of the girl student.
(Reported by Lokanath Singh, OTV)
According to sources, the miscreant, who is a resident of Bissamcuttack area, was waiting near Droupadi College. As soon as the girl came out of the college, he slit her throat with a sharp weapon.
The bystanders overpowered the youth and handed him over to Gumuda Police, sources informed.
The victim was rushed to Padampur hospital and was later shifted to MKCG hospital in Berhampur after her condition deteriorated.
Though the exact reason behind the attack is yet to be known, it is believed that it might be fallout of a love affair.
Meanwhile, police have detained the youth and further investigation is on. However, the police are yet to comment on the matter.
(Reported by Indrajit Kumar Panda, OTV)
Amid the chaos, the School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash on Wednesday confirmed that the question papers doing rounds on the internet are fake ones and urged students not to believe in them.
Speaking to the media, Dash said, “A complaint has been lodged with the cyber police station in this regard. Besides, the board has also clarified that the question papers circulating on the internet are fake.”
“Some mischievous people are circulating the fake question papers to dupe students and make some money out of it. I urge students not to fall into that trap,” the Dash added.
The minister also thanked the agitating 662 category teachers for participating in the board examination management.
“I would like to thank the 662 category teachers for participating in the Plus II examination management. The Odisha government will soon launch a mega recruitment drive to fill up vacant teaching and non-teaching posts,” Dash informed.
Earlier yesterday, CHSE Ashok Kumar Nayak, the Examination Controller of CHSE had also clarified that the viral question papers are fake.
“The question papers doing rounds on social media are fake ones. Students shouldn’t believe in them. Besides, some people would target gullible students and fleece them promising more marks in certain subjects. Stay away from them. We will lodge police complaints at cyber police stations against those who are spreading such rumours,” Nayak had said.
(Reported by Harihar Chand, OTV)
According to sources, more than 3.5 lakh students appeared for the board examinations in 1,145 examination centres across Odisha.
The exam began with the Modern Indian Language (MIL) subject and students expressed their satisfaction over the question pattern.
“I have done well in the first day of the examination. The teachers were cooperative. While the grammar part of the question paper was easy, other parts were bit hard. I am satisfied with the question pattern,” a student said.
Echoing the same view, another student said, “I was bit nervous at the beginning. But, as I entered the examination hall everything settled down and I did well in the examination,” said another student.
“We could not appear for Class 10 board examination due to Covid-19. As I am appearing the board examination for the first time, I was bit nervous and excited too. But the questions came really easy and I am sure I will score good marks in the paper,” another student stated.
“We thought the question papers will be tough, but it was very easy. I think all students must have done well in the examination. I am also well prepared for the next paper,” a student of FM College in Balasore said.
Notably, as many as, 2,19,110 students are expected to appear in the Arts stream, while 91,379 and 23,148 students will appear in the Science and Commerce streams, respectively.
(Reported by Rashmi Ranjan Das, OTV)
“The question papers doing rounds on social media are fake ones. Students shouldn’t believe in them. Besides, some people would target gullible students and fleece them promising more marks in certain subjects. Stay away from them. We will lodge police complaints at cyber police stations against those who are spreading such rumours,” said Nayak.
The CHSE Plus II board examinations will begin from tomorrow (March 1). More than 3.5 lakh students will appear for the examination. For this, a total of 1,145 examination centres have been set up across Odisha.
While 2,19,110 students will appear in the Arts stream, 91,379 and 23,148 students will appear in the Science and Commerce streams, respectively.
The CHSE has also set up 202 examination management hubs where the question papers will be kept before being dispatched to the exam centres. These hubs have already received the questions papers since February 25. Question papers from these hubs will be dispatched to the exam centres at 7 AM, three hours before the exam time, i.e. 10AM.
The first day will see science students writing exams for Modern Indian Language (MIL) subject.
As many as, 2,19,110 students will appear in the Arts stream, while 91,379 and 23,148 students will appear in the Science and Commerce streams, respectively.
Apart from the 1,145 Centres, the CHSE has also made 202 examination management hubs where the question papers will be kept before being despatched to the exam centres.
As per reports, question papers have already been sent to all the hubs since February 25. Relevant question papers will be sent to the exam centres at 7AM tomorrow as the exams are scheduled to commence from 10 AM.
Speaking on the exams, an examination controller, Ashok Nayak said, “All the questions papers of the first nine days of the exams have already been sent to the hubs. The hubs are under 24-hour CCTV surveillance and police protection.”
“We are fully prepared as per the government guidelines. Our team is on the job to ensure an uneventful conduct of exams," said the Principal of FM Junior College, Pradeep Kumar Rana.
The students are directed by the board to report at their respective centres at 9AM. They will only be allowed to carry the admit card, black ballpoint pen and water bottle inside the centres.
Interestingly, students who had cleared the matriculation without taking offline exams due to Covid restrictions, will be taking their first offline board exams tomorrow. The CHSE exams this year will be conducted as per the old format and with a full syllabus.
“This is a good thing that our teachers have ensured complete preparation for the exams. We are ready to face any question that the board may throw at us from the syllabus,” said a student from Balasore.
Meanwhile, the agitating 662 category teachers have agreed to participate in the Plus II examination management, ending apprehensions of students and parents over the examinations.
The teachers’ association took the decision to put aside their Plus II examination boycott threat after a preliminary-level discussion with the government on Tuesday. However, the association said a token protest will continue at the Lower PMG square in Bhubaneswar till demands are not met.
Speaking to media about the arrangements for the annual board examinations, Dash said, “The Plus 2 examinations will start from March 1. All practical examinations are over and question papers have been sent to question hubs across the State.”
“Like last year, all necessary arrangements have been made for the smooth conduct of the examinations. Besides, CCTVs have been installed at the examination centres,” Dash added.
The minister also urged the agitating teachers of 662 category colleges to cooperate during the examinations.
“I have already urged the agitating teachers to cooperate in the exams taking the future of the students into consideration. I am hopeful that they will cooperate,” Dash said.
On the other hand, the teachers of 662 category colleges, who are staging an agitation at the Lower PMG in Bhubaneswar demanding ‘equal grade, equal salary’, on Monday, reiterated their demand, saying they would boycott the Plus II examinations if their demands are not met.
“The State government is solving some big issues in a trice. But our issues are being neglected. Our demand is not a big one. We request the government to take a decision with respect to our issues,” said Golak Nayak, president of the association.
“If the government does not take a favourable decision, we will boycott the Plus II examinations to be held on March 1. For this, the State government, the Chief Secretary, the School and Mass Education Minister, the Higher Education Minister and the Chief Minister will be responsible,” warned Satabuddin Ahmad Shah, secretary of the association.
Mounting pressure on the government, Milita Prathamika Sikshaka Sangha on Monday also took to the street. They staged protests in front of all the MLAs and ministers and handed their memorandum over to them. They urged them to raise their issue in the Assembly.
Their demands include consideration of initial six-year contractual job period as the actual job period and implementation of pension system.
“The government has abolished the contractual system. But it has forgotten the system started in 2001. Today we urged the MLAs to raise our issues in the Assembly and we hope the government will pay heed to our demands,” said Bijay Kumar Nayak, Secretary, Milita Prathamika Sikshaka Sangha.
Notably, the exams for Plus 2 Science stream will begin from March 1, and the exams for Commerce and Arts streams will begin on March 2. Similarly, the vocational studies examinations will commence on March 3.
(Reported by Jagdish Das and Soumya Ranjan Sahoo, OTV)
The students are unable to prepare themselves for the national-level competitive exams due to unavailability of study materials in Odia language, particularly the Science subjects at Plus-II level, the examination of which is conducted by the CHSE.
“In Plus II, students are taught and exams are conducted in English. If priority is given on imparting education in Odia with adequate study materials, then the students can take the competitive exams like NEET and JEE in Odia,” said Nailini Nayak, a student.
After much deliberations and controversies, the Institute of Odia Studies and Research (IOSR), Bhubaneswar has started to prepare text books for Plus-II second year students in Odia.
IOSR, with help from eminent teachers and educationists, has already completed the work for 50 percent syllabus. The text books will be printed and are likely to be available in the markets by June-end, IOSR officials said.
Dr Subrat Prusty, member secretary IOSR, said, “We have already completed 50 percent work for mathematics and biology and 25 percent for physics and chemistry. The remaining work will be completed by May-June.”
In the first phase, text books will be published for the second year students and subsequently the study materials in Odia language will be available for the Plus-II first year students as well.
Every year around 85,000 students appear in the Plus-2 CHSE board exams in Science stream and out of the total, 60,000 students are from various Odia medium schools. It is believed that if these students are aided with proper study materials from Plus-II level, then the success rate in national-level examinations will certainly go up in the state.
Educationists believe that the students can do well in national-level examinations like NEET and JEE by writing in their mother tongue, if they study Science in Odia in Plus II level. However, some educationists are of the opinion that there could be some issues during evaluation on the part of the examiners due to the language barrier.
Dr Prasanna Satpathy, translator and mathematician said, “The teachers, who will teach in Plus II and high school, need to be well versed with Odia as it might create problems in imparting education to students.”
Educationist, Dr Prabodh Panda said, “It will become easy for the students to understand subjects if the text books and terminologies are in Odia. It will also help them to appear NEET and JEE in Odia as well.”
(Reported by Jagdish Das)
As per a notification from the CHSE, while exams for Science stream will begin from March 1, the exams for Commerce and Arts steams will begin on March 2.
Similarly, the vocational studies examinations will commence on March 3.
The examlnations wlll be conducted under CCTV Surveillance. The centre superintendents have been requested to ensure that CCTV is made functional in all examination halls well in advance of the comenencement of examlnation and to see that CCTVS are functloning throughout at all the sittings uninterruptedly.
The examinations of Biology (Section A: Botany & Section-B: Zoology) for both regular and ex-regular candidates will be held in a single sitting with a gap of 20 minutes in between. First, the candidates will be supplied with Biology Paper-i (Botany) questions at 10 A.M. After that, Biology-ii (Zoology) questlon paper shall be given at 11.50 AM after collection of answer booklets used by candidates for answering Biology-l (Botany) paper.
Schedule:
The practical exams will commence on February 1, 2023 and will continue till February 10.
All Regular candidates (registered in the year 2021) appearing for Annual H.S. Examination,2o23 shall appear the examination with full syllabus(100%) and previous pattern as detailed in the 2019 syllabus. The Ex-Regular candidates with registratlon up to the year 2020 shall appear AHS Examination-2023 with reduced syllabus, and the pattern of question will be like that of AHS Examination-2o22.
All examinatlons will be conducted following COVID appropriate behavior, and all personnel engaged in the examination process will ensure this, informed the Council.
(Reported By Jagdish Das, OTV)
The announcement was made by School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash today.
According to Dash, already around 3.5 lakh students have taken admissions in Class 11 this year.
“The classroom teaching for the Class 11 students will begin from September 22. Already, 3.5 lakh students have taken admissions and dates have been extended for the students who are yet to complete their admission process,” said Dash.
As per the latest CHSE notice, the dates for form fill-up and submission have been extended. The decision to extend the dates has been taken in view of the prevailing flood situation in different parts of Odisha.
The Instant Higher Secondary Examination 2022 in Arts, Science, Commerce and Vocational stream including distance education is scheduled to be held on September 13, 2022.
Details:
Date of On-line filling up of Examination form in the H.S. Schools: Extended up to 29.08.2022
Date of deposit of Examination fees by the H.S. School through SB Collect: 29.08.2022 to 02.09.2022
Date of submission of Annexure-2, SB Collect receipt etc. in the Head Office/Zonal Offices of the Council: 03.09.2022 to 05.09.2022
Submission of Forms by Zone office in Head Office: 06.09.2022
“No further extension will be made with regard to filling up forms for Instant Examination,2022 under any circumstance,” the CHSE notice read.
"After careful consideration, the government have been pleased to allow the conduct of qurter-end examination for the academic session 2022-23," a notification issued by the Odisha School and Mass Education department read.
Earlier, the Odisha government had announced to re-introduce 100 per cent syllabi in CHSE Plus 2 courses. However, it had not made any official announcement on the examination pattern.
It is pertinent to mention here that the syllabus for Class 10 and Plus 2 students were earlier reduced in view of the Covid-19 pandemic situation in the past couple of years. Similarly, the Council had introduced quarter end examination pattern and hold internal examination in every trimester.
The marks of the students were calculated based on the 20 per cent of the mark scored in the last quarter end examination and 80 per cent mark from the board examination.
It is pertinent to mention here that the syllabus for Class 10 and Plus 2 students were earlier reduced in view of the Covid-19 pandemic situation in the past couple of years. Similarly, the Council had introduced quarter end examination pattern and hold internal examination in every trimester.
The marks of the students were calculated based on the 20 per cent of the mark scored in the last quarter end examination and 80 per cent mark from the board examination.
However, this year the board is yet to make any official announcement regarding the examination pattern which has left the students and parents anxious.
“While the government has made it clear that the annual Matric examination will be held, but it is to make an announcement on the examination pattern of Plus 2 examination. We urge the government to make the announcement soon so that we can plan accordingly,” said a Plus 2 final year student.
Echoing the same opinion, another Plus 2 second year student said, “We are running out of time as only five months are left before the final examination. So, the government should clear our doubts on the examination pattern soon.”
“Though the government has announced to re-introduce 100 per cent syllabus from the present academic session, but no decision on examination pattern has been declared,” said 448 Block Grant College President Pabitra Mahala.
Meanwhile, School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash said the board will finalise the examination pattern.
“The council is an independent body and they will decide on the examination pattern,” the minister said.
On the other hand, CHSE chairman Ashwini Mishra said the examination pattern will be announced soon.
“100 per cent syllabus will be covered from this academic session and a decision on the examination pattern will be declared soon,” said Mishra.
All the preparations for the publication of the results have reached the final stages. The students can access their results on – www.odisharesults.nic.in after 1 hour of the official publication of the results.
Candidates can follow the steps provided below to check the Odisha CHSE class 12 results 2022.
1. Step 1st: Visit the Odisha Board official website.
2. Step 2nd: Click on the Odisha class 12 result link.
3. Step 3rd: Enter the class 12 registration number in the link provided.
4. Step 4th: The Odisha Plus 2 results will be displayed.
Earlier, the CHSE had announced the results of +2 Science and Commerce streams on July 27. The pass percentages in Commerce and Science stood at 94.12 and 89 percent respectively.
Science & Commerce results at a glance:
Stream Science:
Candidates enrolled: 78077 (74511 - Regular, 3566 - Ex-Regular)
Candidates appeared: 76604 (Regular - 73711, Ex Regular - 2833)
Candidates passed: 72106 (Pass percentage - 94.12)
Number of boys appeared: 42203
Number of boys passed: 39587 (Pass percentage 93.80)
Number of girls appeared: 34401
Number of girls passed: 32519 (Pass percentage 94.52)
Students in first division: 50157
Students securing more than 90 percent marks: 1124
100 percent results in HS schools: 393
Highest pass percentage: Nayagarh (99.11)
Lowest pass percentage: Kandhamal (76.81)
Commerce Stream:
Candidates enrolled: 24162 (23155 - Regular, 981 - Ex-Regular, Correspondence - 26)
Candidates appeared: 23726 (Regular - 22876, Ex Regular - 826, Correspondence - 24)
Candidates passed: 21165 (Pass percentage - 89.20)
Number of boys appeared: 14958
Number of boys passed: 13211 (Pass percentage 88.32)
Number of girls appeared: 8768
Number of girls passed: 7954 (Pass percentage 90.71)
Students in first division: 10863
Students securing more than 90 percent marks: 273
100 percent results in HS schools: 134
Highest pass percentage: Boudh (100) Lowest pass percentage: Deogarh (61.53)
Speaking to the media, Dash said, "In the first phase, the results of the Plus 2 science and commerce team will be declared at 4 pm (Wednesday). We will try to publish the results of Plus 2 arts stream within a week."
"The Plus 2 syllabus was reduced to 60 per cent owing to the COVID-19 situation and made necessary arrangements for the smooth conduct of the examination," the Minister added.
Students can download their results by visiting the websites-- orissaresults.nic.in, chseodisha.nic.in
It is pertinent to mention here that students had appeared in the Plus 2 examination in offline mode this year. The exam was held from April 28 to May 31, 2022.
A total of 3,21,508 students in Arts, Science, Commerce and Vocational streams had appeared for the examinations at different centres. As many as 2,13,432 students from Arts steam had registered for the examination, including 78,077 examinees in science stream. Likewise, 24,136 from Commerce steam and 5,863 vocational steam students had registered for the examination.
A total of 1,133 examination centres were set up and three-tier security arrangements were put in place in the examination centres. While all the examination centres had CCTV surveillance, mobile phones were also banned.
The arrangements were made keeping in view the prevailing heat wave conditions and Covid situation.
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As per the latest notification, the CHSE has decided to re-introduce 100 per cent syllabus along with its question paper pattern prevailing in the session 2019- 20 with effect from session 2022-23 in Arts, Commerce, Science and Vocational stream.
Such a decision has been taken following necessary approval from the Odisha government. In its notification, the CHSE has further clarified that the regular students appearing for Annual H.S.Examination, 2023 and onwards shall appear the examination with full syllabus (100%).
Similarly, the pattern of questions will be similar as provided in 2019 syllabus. However, the students registered up to 2020 and failed in H.S.Examination Annual/Instant 2022, will appear the 2023 and 2024 annual examination with reduced syllabus and the pattern of questions will be that of the 2022 annual examination.
It is pertinent to mention here that the syllabus for Class 10 and Plus 2 students were earlier reduced in view of the Covid-19 pandemic situation in the past couple of years.
According to the notification, the evaluation will be suspended on the above mentioned date for the smooth conduct of the examination papers which were rescheduled in view of the by-polls in the State.
"The valuation, both online and offline, of papers related to Annual H.S. Examination, 2022 will start on 2 June 2022, and the examinations of Mathematics, Home Science and Biology (BFC: Voc.) are also scheduled to be held on 4 June 2022," the notification read.
"Hence, keeping the conduct of examination as top priority on 4 June, different functionaries such as Centre Superintendent, Deputy Centre Superintendent, Invigilators, Hub Officials, Members of Squad/Observers engaged by Zone offices/CHSE and others connected with examination process shall be on examination related duties on 4 June 2022," the notification stated.
"Keeping this in view, the valuation centres, both offline and online, shall remain closed on 4 May 2022 and Principals shall relieve the teachers, appointed as evaluators by CHSE and having examination related duties in the college, on the condition that they must report for duty related to conduct of examination on 4 June, 2022 without fail," it read further.
The question is: was it really unavoidable? After all, it's just a by-election. Why on earth should lakhs of students across the state, who have been preparing diligently for the examination for weeks, suffer just because there is a bypoll to one of the 147 assembly constituencies of the state? Studies of all students, including those in the higher secondary classes, have already been badly affected for two years due to the pandemic. In this backdrop, was it really necessary to subject them to another round of anxiety, even trauma, just because of a by-election? The answer, I am afraid, has to be an unequivocal 'No'.
The government could argue that it had no control over the scheduling of the by-election, which was in the domain of the Election Commission (EC). It may say it can't be faulted if the EC decided to hold the bypoll on a day an examination had already been scheduled. But the counter to that argument is: why did it take so long for the government to announce the rescheduling of the exam? The date for the Brajarajnagar by-election was announced by the EC on May 2. The School and Mass Education (SME) department must have realised immediately that the bypoll date would clash with the examination. So, what was it waiting for before announcing the rescheduling? Was it sleeping or had it forgotten all about the exam for 18 days?
The other argument the government could offer is the deployment of poll personnel and setting up of polling booths. But both these arguments are tenuous. There was nothing that prevented the government from deploying personnel from places other than Brajarajnagar for poll duty? As for the polling booths, surely there are enough primary and higher secondary schools in the constituency to accommodate the less than two lakh voters in the constituency. There is thus no justification for the shifting of the Plus Two examinations scheduled for poll day.
Examinations are serious business for students just as elections are for politicians. It involves months of rigorous preparations and any last minute change in the schedule throws their preparations off gear. The state government has no business upsetting their preparations with a cavalier approach to exams.
But then it is unrealistic to expect politicians and babus to be burdened by such 'mundane' considerations affecting the hoi polloi, isn't it? We have already seen, most tellingly during the Pipili bypoll, how electoral considerations overshadow everything else - even something involving matters of life and death as in the case of the deadly second phase of the pandemic. All precautions were thrown out of the windows as hordes of politicians and party workers descended on Pipili and held meetings and road shows even as the government kept issuing advisories and the authorities came down heavily on those who violated the norms elsewhere.
But even by its lousy standards, the decision to postpone the examinations on May 31 marks the height of callousness. After all, it's just a by-election!
(DISCLAIMER: This is an opinion piece. The views expressed are the author’s own and have nothing to do with OTV’s charter or views. OTV does not assume any responsibility or liability for the same.)
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As per the CHSE notification, the Plus 2 board exams scheduled on May 31 (Tuesday), for Mathematics (Arts/Science), Home Science (Arts) and BFC-Biology (vocational) have been postponed and rescheduled for June 4, 2022 (Saturday) in view of the bypoll to the Assembly constituency.
The Annual Higher Secondary Examination(Theory), 2022, conducted by the CHSE commenced on April 28. After a gap of two years, students are appearing for the examinations in offline mode.
The exams are being conducted in one sitting everyday starting from 9 am. On the first day, students of Arts and Commence streams wrote MIL (Odia) paper.
A total of 3,21,508 students in Arts, Science, Commerce and Vocational streams will appear for the examinations at different.
While 2,13,432 from Arts steam will appear for the examination, 78,077 examinees are from science stream. Likewise, 24,136 from Commerce steam and 5,863 vocational steam students will appear for the examination.
A total of 1,133 examination centres and 202 management hubs have been set up. Three-tier security arrangements have been made in the examination centres.
The Odisha government today warned stern action against those circulating fake question papers and rumours regarding answersheets on social media.
At a high-level meeting held at Lok Seva Bhawan, Mohapatra directed the districts Superintendent of Police to keep a close watch on mischief mongers who circulate fake question papers and answercopies and take necessary action against them.
The Chief Secretary has also directed to strengthen security and installation of CCTV cameras at the nodal centres where question papers and other confidential materials will be stored.
It is pertinent to mention here the Matriculation examination will be conducted from April 19 to May 7. Similarly, the Plus II exam will be held from April 28 to May 31.
Details
Matriculation (Class 10) Exam
Around 5,85,730 students, including 5, 71,909 regular students scheduled to appear matriculation exam.
Total number of exam centres: 3540
Number of nodal centres: 315
Plus II Exam:
Total number of students: 3, 21432
Arts: 2, 13,432 students
Science: 78,077 students
Commerce: 24,136 students
Vocational: 5,863 students
Total exam centres: 1, 133
No. of. Nodal centres: 202
Mathematics (Arts and Science), Home Science (Arts), and Biology (Vocational) exams, which were earlier scheduled to be held on May 19, will now be conducted on May 31.
Meanwhile, the CHSE further informed that the rest of the schedule of the exams notified in the earlier examination programme 'shall remain unchanged'.
As per CHSE, all the exams will be conducted in offline mode and there will be one sitting everyday starting from 9 am. More than 3.2 lakh students in Arts, Science, Commerce and Vocational streams will appear for the exams.
However, the practical exams will be conducted internally by the Higher Secondary Schools with their own teachers. Weightage of 20 per cent in both theory and practicals will be given from the performance of the students in quarter-end exams which were conducted by the schools internally.
A student's performance in the best two internal tests out of three shall be taken into account with students being assessed in two separate schemes in a paper.