Tag: Samir Dash

Bhubaneswar: The ruling BJD in Odisha and opposition BJP accused each other of having an unholy nexus with the Congress in the state Panchayat elections. The first phase of results for the Odisha Panchayat elections was officially announced today. The issue was raised in the Assembly today during Zero Hour when senior BJP lawmaker Pradip […]

With concerns growing over online classes in Odisha, School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash on Tuesday (June 23) informed that the state government has decided to reduce the syllabus of Class 9th and 10th this year too.

Amid concerns of a possible third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, will schools in Odisha reopen anytime in the near future? On Sunday, State School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash said that an appropriate decision in this regard will be taken soon.

In a major update for the matric students, Odisha School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash informed that results of the annual matriculation examinations 2021 will be announced by June last week.

Bhubaneswar: With the pass out percentage in the Plus-2 Science stream hitting nearly a decade low of 72.33 per cent, it seems the clueless Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) has put the blame on the nearly 99 per cent CCTV surveillance of the examination centres this year. Significantly, a look at the details brings […]

Balasore: Odisha School and Mass Education Minister, Samir Das today informed that the sexual harassment allegation by a lady Sanskrit teacher of Krushnabhanu High School against head master of the same school in Baliapal under Balasore district, is baseless and fabricated. Das said, “As per the enquiry report, the allegations of sexual harassment brought by […]

Bhubaneswar: Acknowledging the delay in distribution of free Textbooks to class-10 SC/ST students in the State, Odisha School and Mass Education Minister, Samir Dash on Sunday assured to take strict action after a probe in connection with the incident. After the matter came to limelight following a report by OTV, Dash said, “There must have […]

Bhubaneswar: State School and Mass Education Minister Samir Dash seemed optimistic today when he said that the department is ready to conduct the remaining of the Plus-II exams post the COVID-19 lockdown period. Dash, however, mentioned that the department is awaiting confirmation from the government in this regard. Reportedly, the Plus-II exams commenced on March […]

Bhubaneswar: Schools in Odisha which remained closed in view of COVID-19-induced lockdown will not reopen on June 17 as announced earlier, informed State School and Mass Education Minister Samir Dash on Sunday. Earlier the State government had decided to reopen all educational institutes in the state on June 17. However, as per the latest guidelines […]

Bhubaneswar: The evaluation of Plus II answer sheets is likely to be affected after Odisha government re-enforced 14-day complete lockdown in four high caseload-districts — Cuttack, Khurda, Gajam and Jajpur, and Rourkela Municipal Corporation (RMC) with effect from tonight. “There are 35 major Plus II copy checking centres in the 4 districts and Rourkela city […]

Bhubaneswar: A total of 74.95 per cent students have passed the annual Plus 2 Commerce examinations 2020, the results of which were declared today by the Council of Higher Education (CHSE), Odisha. Students can check their scores by visiting www.chseodisha.nic.in  and www.orissaresults.nic.in. “Altogether 32,772 students had appeared in the examinations this year of which 19,318 […]

Bhubaneswar: After weeks of speculations, the Odisha government on Wednesday finally reduced the syllabus of Class 1 to 12 students for 2020-21 academic session by 30 per cent. The development comes after the Central Board of Secondary Education syllabus for classes 9 to 12 was reduced by 30% this year due to the disruption caused […]

Puri: Jagannath Sena, a Puri-based outfit led by Priyadarshan Pattnaik on Tuesday alleged that Puri police is not taking action against State minister Samir Dash and Satyabadi MLA Uma Samantaray despite knowing the fact that both of them violated Covid-19 guidelines during the funeral of MLA Pradeep Maharathy at Puri Swargadwar. Staging a protest with […]

Bhubaneswar: Notwithstanding the famous lines of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik ‘People will choose my successor’, dynasty politics has been the cream of the crop in the ruling BJD when it comes to ticket distribution during any elections. Doing a ‘Pipili live’ today, School and Mass Education Minister Samir Dash advocated the dynastic lessons. He said, […]