Bhubaneswar: For the academic year 2025–26, all students enrolled in government and government-aided schools across Odisha, as well as schools under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Department, from Class 1 to Class 8, will receive free school uniforms.
Under schemes like Samagra Shiksha, PM SHRI, and the Gangadhar Meher Educational Quality Improvement Programme, each student will be provided with two uniforms worth ₹500. In this regard, the Odisha School Education Programme Authority (OSEPA) has issued guidelines and written to all District Education Officers (DEOs) to ensure the distribution of uniforms by July 15.
As per the guidelines, like previous years, each student will receive two color-specific pants and white shirts as part of the school uniform.