Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government’s higher education department has directed the staff of the universities and colleges to attend duty from the day they reopen, i.e January 11. All degree colleges and universities are reopening on January 11.
Principal Secretary of the government’s education department, Saswat Mishra issued an order to all the vice-chancellors of state public universities and principals of all colleges asking all staff to report duty on January 11.
“In supersession of all instructions/advisories issued earlier, it is hereby decided that all teachers, officers and non-teaching employees of the State Public Universities and Government/Non-Government Degree Colleges, coming under Higher Education Department, shall attend office/duty w.e.f. 11.01.2021,” Mishra’s statement read.
The order implies that there will be no roster or duty chart for the staff, including the non-teaching ones.
It may be recalled that only 50 per cent and then 75 per cent staff had been attending duty so far as per COVID-19 guidelines.
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