Bhubaneswar:7/11/20: A day after announcing the extension of closure of schools till December 31, School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash on Saturday directed the president of the Board of Secondary Education (BSE) to scrap the notification on form fill-up of matric examinations which was released on November 5. As per reports, many students, parents, and teachers criticised the decision of the Board citing that it is unfair to think of conducting matric exams and start preparations for the same when classes are yet to commence in a full-fledged manner.The government on Friday announced that all schools in Odisha will remain closed till December 31, 2020, keeping in view the experience of a second wave of Covid-19 infection in some states
