School & Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash on Saturday urged the students to stay at home and concentrate on studies during the corona lockdown period.
He said the midday meal (MDM) has been provided to the students in advance for three months. The normal MDM programme would resume from June 15.
“Meanwhile, the textbook from Classes-I to VIII have already been dispatched to their schools. The department will make arrangements to send the books to students after overcoming the pandemic situation arising out of coronavirus,” he said.
Dash assured that the students would avail the textbooks very soon for the next academic year so that they could utilise holidays in studies.
Speaking about conducting the last paper examination of Class-IX, he said tests of all papers have been completed while the department is considering conducting the examination for the remaining one paper after the COVID-19 scare.
