Bhubaneswar, May 5: The Naveen Patnaik government on Tuesday announced summer vacation for higher education institutions in Odisha from May 5 to May 31.

The Higher Education Department also said no online class or examination will take place during this period.

Summer vacation for higher education institutes

The Naveen Patnaik government on Tuesday announced summer vacation for higher education institutions from May 5 to May 31.

The Higher Education Department mentioned in the letter about the same and sent it to all the vice chancellors of all state public universities and principals of all government and non-government degree colleges.

“All educational institutions coming under the administrative control of the department shall have summer vacation from May 5 to May 31. Standard vacation arrangements should be put in place for the functioning of the institutions during the vacation, including COVID-19 related lockdown or shutdown period falling within the summer vacation,” the letter said.

Surge in Covid cases

Due to the surge in the Covid-19 cases in the state, the summer vacation for higher education institutes in Odisha has been announced early this year. 
The Higher Education Department will put in place the vacation arrangements for the functioning of institutions during the summer vacation, including the Covid-19 related lockdown/shutdown period falling within the summer vacation, it added.

The decision has been announced in view of the high surge in the Covid-19 cases in the state.

However, pre-scheduled viva-voce/interview of PhD and other research scholars, falling within the summer vacation period, will be held on the scheduled dates, it added.