Bhubaneswar, Oct. 22 -- Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Higher Education Department on Thursday released the second merit list for admissions into +3 courses in the state.

As per the data released in the Student Academic Management System (SAMS) portal, a total of 96,515 students were taken for 2nd selection, out of which 22,016 candidates were selected in the round. 10532 are male students while the rest 11484 are females.

While, the number of slide up request given for higher option is 39,825, total number of students selected from slide up request is 9276, said the release.

Similarly, total number of males selected against their 1st option in 2020-2021 is 3,023 and the number of females is 3,250.

Total number of males not selected at all i...