Plus II admissions to start from today across Odisha

BHUBANESWAR: Admission to Plus II courses in higher secondary schools across the state will start from August 12. “There will be no hike in fees due to the pandemic,” said school and mass education minister Samir Ranjan Dash. He also assured that there will be no shortage of seats this year due to the extra-ordinary results in Class X board examinations.
According to the instruction of chief minister Naveen Patnaik there will be no fee hike this year in the wake of the financial constraints caused by the pandemic. Neither self-financing institutes nor those run by the state government will charge extra fee, Dash said.
Students aspiring to take admission in Class XI at Higher Secondary Schools under the Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) will apply online through Students Academic Management System (SAMS) portal from August 12.
The minister said the state government has increased around 54, 900 seats in higher secondary schools to accommodate more students. The state had as many as 4, 43, 354 seats in 2032 Higher Secondary Schools. After increasing the seats, the total number of available seats in the state are 4, 98, 254. The government has received applications for an increase of 72,000 seats in different colleges across the state. While applications for an increase of 40,000 seats in arts streams were received the government agreed to increase 38,000 seats in the stream.
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