In view of difficulties being faced by students to cover entire syllabus after reopening of the schools, the State Government has decided to provide an examination guidebook for free of cost to the students, who will appear in the High School Certificate (HSC) Examination 2021.
The question-cum-answer book ‘Parikhya Darpan’ would be supplied to all students of the Government, Government-Aided and private schools free of cost, a notification by the School & Mass Education Department stated on Thursday. The Odisha School Education Programme Authority (OSEPA) would bear the cost of paper and printing of the book. The manuscript of the book has been prepared by the Board of Secondary Education (BSE); and the Text Book Production & Marketing (TBP&M) would print the book on a priority basis.
Steps would be taken by the TBP&M for distribution of copies to the District Education Officers (DEOs) in consultation with the BSE. In this regard, the OSEPA has directed the DEOs to submit the enrolment figure of Class-X students in a prescribed format by January 22.
Accordingly the books would be printed and supplied to the students.