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Odisha to reopen schools for classes 8 and 11

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There has been a decline in Covid cases in he state in last few weeks. (Photo credit: Pixabay)

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to resume offline classes for class 11 and class 8 students from October 21 and 25 respectively, reported IANS.

“Following the direction of chief minister Naveen Patnaik, we have decided to start the physical teaching for class 11 students from October 21. Similarly, a decision has been taken to resume the physical mode teaching for Class 8 students from October 25,” state school and mass education minister Samir Ranjan Dash said on Friday.

“A meeting will be held tomorrow with all district education officers (DEOs) of the state in this regard and instructions will be issued to initiate preparations for the commencement of classes,” he said.

He said the classes will be conducted at usual timings and a detailed programme will be released by his department soon.

The state government has already resumed physical classes for the class 9, 10 and 12 students.

There has been a decline in Covid cases in he state in last few weeks. Odisha on Friday reported 467 new Covid cases and five deaths.


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