Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday asked the Higher Education Department to chalk out a plan to open an Odia University in the State soon.
Presiding over an inter-Ministerial meeting at the Secretariat here, the Chief Minister too asked all departments to issue letters and directives in Odia and write nameplates and advertisements in the language henceforth.
It was also decided that the State Government would provision scholarships for students to pursue higher education and researches in Odia language. Steps would be taken to digitise and preserve well-known Odia books.
These apart, Patnaik directed the concerned officers to take steps for filling of vacant Odia teacher posts in schools, colleges and universities at the earliest.