Tag: Students

Bhubaneswar: The agitating teachers under the aegis of Odisha School and College Teachers’ and Employees’ United Forum have decided to discontinue their protest from tomorrow. The teachers will now return to their respective schools after 38 days and teach students by wearing black badges. However, teachers from two districts will continue to stage protest in […]

Bolangir: Students of several schools in Bolangir were left to starve after mid-day meal was not served today afternoon. Most of the schools which didn’t get the mid-day meal are under Bolangir municipality and Puintala block. Earlier, it was decided that food will be distributed to different schools from Bileisurda central kitchen which was inaugurated […]

Sambalpur: In a unique campaign, student volunteers of different universities are teaching school students under the ‘Teach for Sambalpur’ campaign in the district. The initiative has been started at Budharaja nodal high school where volunteers are teaching students for free. “We really liked the way student volunteers taught us and we learnt a lot from […]

Sambalpur: Two Class X students drowned to death while taking bath at the Jhankarpali power channel in Sambalpur today. The deceased identified as Sumit Dash and Sameer Dalai were  students of the Aurobindo school. As per reports, a group of eight students had left home for their coaching classes yesterday night and midway decided to […]

Berhampur: Expressing their anger over extremely low marks, dissatisfied Plus-III students of various colleges under Berhampur University staged protest in front of the university administration office today. According to the protestors, many Plus-III second year students have secured marks as low as zero, one and three in the recently published results. Meanwhile, university authorities are […]

Sundergarh: Setting an example for fellow bureaucrats, Sundergarh Collector Surendra Kumar Meena today sat down to eat mid-day meal with students of the higher primary school in Amgobha village of Kutra block in Sundergarh. Meena, during his visit to the school went around different classrooms, interacted with the students and also took a class. The […]

Bhubaneswar: The results of class 10 supplementary examinations conducted by the Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha were announced today. The pass percentage stood at 41.15% with 10,333 students successfully clearing the examination. “This year 10,333 students have passed and the pass percentage is 41.15%. It includes students from regular supplementary, ex-regular and correspondence course,” […]

Ganjam: Classrooms at the Nimina Adarsh Vidyalaya in Aska block of Ganjam wear a vacant look as the school struggles to meet its academic requirements with a handful of teachers. Most of the teachers here are on deputation as the school is yet to get permanent teachers. “We are only 4 teachers so there is […]

Cuttack: Ravenshaw University students, who were protesting over fee hike and other issues in campus, called off their protests today. According to sources, the students withdrew their strike after discussions with the Vice-Chancellor. Earlier today, Vice-Chancellor, Ishan Patro had said that sine die imposed following student unrest will be lifted only after normalcy returns to […]

Bhubaneswar: Students of the Government College of Physical Education (GCPE) here staged a demonstration before the Sports & Youth Services Department on Tuesday demanding better infrastructure and academic facilities. Raising slogans against lack of practice grounds, hostel facilities and shortage of teachers, the students rued the delay in construction of their new hostel building. The […]

Bhubaneswar: With instances of crime committed by students on rise, Odisha police on Tuesday decided to act tough on such offenders to make educational institutions a ‘crime free’ zone in the State. Be it rape, murder, criminal assault, eve-teasing or incidents of drug abuse, students are now found involved in several other crimes which has […]

Angul: A lecturer of the Angul Government College was allegedly abducted and thrashed by five students of the college today. As per a complaint lodged with police, the five students forcibly took the lecturer of Philosophy department with them from the college and beat up mercilessly before dropping him near Hulurisingha. Police later rescued the […]

Balasore: The flood in Bhograi block of Balasore district has not only ruined the livelihood of people, but also paralysed study of students as most of the schools are marooned while some other completely submerged. The deluge has led to undeclared holidays for the students as well as teachers in many parts of the district. […]

Bhubaneswar: Protesting government’s move to engage retired teachers through guest teacher’s scheme and lack of permanent appointments to fill vacant posts, unemployed BEd and Certificate in Teaching (CT) passouts today staged dharna in front of the State Assembly and gave a seven-day ultimatum to the government to issue notification for appointing them against the vacant […]

Bhubaneswar: In a decision that could shock many students as much as the parents, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), has come up with its decision that marksheets provided to class 12 students will henceforth clearly state the extra marks or grace marks given to them to clear a paper. Grace marks are usually […]