Bhubaneswar, Dec. 3 -- The annual matriculation and Plus II examinations 2021 will be held offline in Odisha, not online, informed the State School & Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash today.

"As the CBSE has announced regarding the Class X and XII board examinations that will be conducted in written mode next year, the State Government will also hold the examinations accordingly," the Minister told the media.

However, he made it clear that examinations will be delayed due to COVID-19 pandemic.

"It is not possible on the part of both Board of Secondary Education (BSE) and Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) to conduct the matric and Plus II examinations in February and March respectively because many students are far of...