The State Government has declared holiday for all educational institutions in the State from Thursday in view of cyclone ‘Fani’, informed Special Relief Commissioner Bishnupada Sethi.
Through a notice issued to all universities and colleges under the administrative control of the Higher Education Department, the Government has declared holiday with the postponement of the examinations scheduled to be held on May 2, 3 and 4.
The Government has cancelled the examination scheduled for May 2, 3 and 4 in Ganjam, Gajapati, Puri, Khordha, Nayagarh, Cuttack, Jajpur, Bhadrak, Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur, Baleswar, and Mayurbhanj districts, said Sethi.
The Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) has postponed its examinations scheduled for May 2, 3 and 4. The examinations scheduled for May 2 will now be held on May 25. Similarly, the examinations scheduled for May 2 and 4 will be held on May 27 and 28, respectively, according to information.
Similarly, all the examinations under Utkal University scheduled to be held on May 2, 3 and 4 have been postponed.