As the results of annual Class 10 board examination were published a few days ago, it was only pertinent to draw that dates of Plus-II admissions was on the cards.
Informing about development, the education minister said, “Council of Higher Secondary Council has submitted the related files with the department. The government will notify the dates as soon as the files get final approval in a day or two.”
Elaborating further on the roadmap for the coming academic year, Das mentioned about a decision by the department to conduct 5-day training for 101 schools announced as the school of excellence earlier, 30 plus-II colleges and 30 District Institute for Education and Training (DIET) institutes.
Given the rising cases of COVID-19 in the state and the consequent decision to impart online learning to the students, the 5-day workshop has been envisioned to upskill the teachers and lecturers in the changing scenario of online teaching.
It is worthwhile to mention that, Odisha government has already started online education for Under Graduate and Post-Graduate students from July 13. A guideline for the same was issued to all the Universities.
Earlier, the State school and mass education department had initiated measures to facilitate e-learning for students from Class I to Class X in 24 districts through Madhu app and EDUSAT. The department has roped in Microsoft to provide technical support in this regard.
Speaking on the schools that performed very poorly in the matriculation examinations with zero success, Das said, “There are 31 such schools and I will be conducting a meeting with the Head Masters of those schools soon.”
(Edited By Suryakant Jena)
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Officials in the district education office said that a decision had been taken to distribute a total of 36,720 copies of the book among students sitting for the upcoming matriculation or the high school certificate (HSC) examination this year.
An official at the District Educational Office said that the remaining 24,720 books will be received by February 12. “The book will be made available to all aspirants for preparation for the examination as promised by the School and Mass Education Minister Sameer Ranjan Dash,” the official said.
It is worth mentioning here that the long closure of schools on account of the COVID-19 situation had resulted in fear and frustration among students as they were apprehensive about the modalities for the important examination in their career.
Earlier on 27th January, the Odisha government had released ‘Pariksha Darpana’ a 700 page guide to be provided to students who will appear the upcoming High School Certificate (HSC) examination free of cost.
Meanwhile, speaking to reporters, a teacher from a school in the district said, “The Pariksha Darpana guide book is up to the mark and follows the current MCQ pattern. It also has the long answer type questions which will help students in fetching good marks. It will prove productive and advantageous for the students.”
With the introduction of Pariksha Darpan the government aims at benefiting around 6.5 lakh students as the guide is likely to help them prepare for the crucial board examination in a short time. The state government had said that the decision to introduce the reference book was taken by the School of Mass Education department following the directive of the Chief Minister to reduce the stress among students.