Cuttack: The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 has been implemented in Odisha from the 2025-2026 academic session. From enrollment to examinations, everything will now follow the new NEP guidelines. Although the admission process has already begun, the system for conducting examinations remains uncertain.
There is ambiguity about which board—the Board of Secondary Education (BSE) or the Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE)—will conduct the examinations. No guidelines or instructions have been issued so far by the School and Mass Education Department to either of these boards.
As per NEP, secondary education from Class 9 to Class 12 will now be brought under one unified structure. In this situation, clarity is being demanded by educationists on how the examination system will function.
Currently, the annual Class 10 examinations are conducted by BSE. However, even now, no guidelines have been issued regarding how Class 10 and Class 12 annual examinations will be managed under NEP.
From question paper setting to exam management and evaluation, every aspect of the process remains unclear.