Bhubaneswar, April 29 -- State School and Mass Education Minister Samir Dash seemed optimistic today when he said that the department is ready to conduct the remaining of the Plus-II exams post the COVID-19 lockdown period.

Dash, however, mentioned that the department is awaiting confirmation from the government in this regard.

Reportedly, the Plus-II exams commenced on March 3 and were held as per schedule till March 21. However, the exam conducting body Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) had to postpone the exams of the remaining papers following the declaration of lockdown in the wake of coronavirus pandemic.

An official statement of CHSE earlier mentioned, "Notification for conduct of the postponed examinations will be issu...