Odisha to start Remedial Classes For Standard 1 To 8 Students Soon

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha School and Mass Education department has decided to conduct remedial classes of Standard 1 to 8 students for the first two to three months of the next academic session to bring the student to the appropriate competency level.

The decision will be applicable to all Government-aided and all unaided private schools under School and Mass Education Department. For implementation, suitable instructions will be issued.

An official notice has been issued by the government yesterday that Class 1 to 8 students will be promoted without conduct of any examination during the 2020-21 academic session in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I am directed to say that the Government has been pleased to approve the proposal that there will be no examination/ assessment test during the academic session 2020-21 for Class 1 to 8 and all students of the said classes will be promoted to the next higher class, due to the COVID19 pandemic situation in the state,” the letter reads.