Classes 10, 12 to be suspended in Odisha from April 19

Bhubaneswar: Classroom teaching for students of classes 10 and 12 in schools and higher secondary schools across Odisha will be suspended from April 19, announced Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today.

This apart, all english medium schools and their hostels in the state will be closed from April 19, the CM said.

The annual Matric examinations (Class-10 exams) conducted by the Odisha Board of Secondary Education (BSE) and +2 examinations conducted by the CHSE for the year 2021 have been postponed in view of the rising COVID-19 cases.

The Central Government has already cancelled the CBSE Class-10 examinations and postponed the CBSE Class-12 examinations for this year due to the COVID-19 situation.