Bhubaneswar, Dec. 3 -- Bhubaneswar: In a major announcement, the State School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash has made it clear that the 2021 Matriculation and Plus-II Board examinations in Odisha will be held only in the offline written mode and not online, as and when they are to be conducted.

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The annual Matric and Plus II examinations will be conducted offline, informs School and Mass Education minister Samir Ranjan Dash #Odisha

- OTV (@otvnews) December 3, 2020

The decision of the department comes in the wake of the declaration made by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) today regarding conduct of Board exams in the offline mode.

"CBSE will conduct the board exams for Classes X and XII next year in...