Bhubaneswar: Senior IAS officer and Project Director, Odisha School Education Programme Authority (OSEPA), Bhupendra Singh Poonia took charge as the chairperson of the Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) on Monday.
The 2008-batch officer took charge of the new assignment following the superannuation of Amarendra Patnaik.
Talking to the media, Poonia said that the evaluation of Plus II papers and the conduct of the remaining subjects of the Plus II streams will be a big challenge for the Council. “To accomplish this uphill task, all staff and officers of the Council will have to work very hard. Our main focus will be to ensure timely announcement of the Plus II results with strict adherence to the COVID-19 guidelines,” he added