Bhubaneswar, June 12 -- Odisha is gearing up to begin classes for school students from June 21. The classes will be conducted virtually for students of secondary classes through live streaming on YouTube.

As per the latest directions from the State government to all the District education officers, the live streaming of classes will happen from Monday to Friday. There will be 4 periods of 30 minutes each from 10:45 AM till 1 PM. All the 20 periods during the week have been distributed subject wise both for Class IX and Class X students.

For Class 10 students, lessons will be delivered from text books under the revised syllabus of the last session. Class 9 lessons will be based on the UTKARSH Books.

Earlier the state government had aske...