Bhubaneswar: The admission process for Plus II streams in higher secondary schools across Odisha has started from today.
Students can apply on the Student Academic Management System (SAMS) portal, a web-based admission platform for all admission-related functions till September 5. The online Common Application Form (CAF) is now available at www.samsodisha.gov.in from 11 am today.
The first merit list will be published at 11.30 am on September 13 and the first phase of admissions will take place between September 14 and 21. The second merit list will be published at 4 pm on September 27 and the subsequent phase of admission will be conducted from September 29 to October 1.
The School and Mass Education department has decided to increase 38,000 seats in Arts, 13,000 seats in Science, and 3,900 seats in the Commerce stream.
The state government has also announced there will be no hike in the admission and tuition fees for the new academic session after taking into account the financial crisis faced by people during COVID-19.
The School and Mass Education minister Samir Ranjan Dash said that even though they received a demand for 69,000 seats, they decided to have a seat hike of 54,900 seats after examining applications.
The decision to increase the number of seats for higher secondary schools will take the total seat strength to 6.58 lakh.
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