The Odisha authorities is shifting forward with inspecting a proposal searching for policy intervention on Odia language necessities for Odia-foundation candidates who grew up and studied out of doorways the state.
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The Odisha authorities is shifting forward with inspecting a proposal searching for policy intervention on Odia language necessities for Odia-foundation candidates who grew up and studied out of doorways the state, following a formal illustration acquired by the authorities.
The Total Administration and Public Criticism (GA&PG) Department and the College and Mass Education Department trust been requested to ogle the difficulty after a letter from an Odia house applicant highlighted structural limitations created by wanted Odia language papers in Converse recruitment examinations.
Basically essentially based on official verbal exchange dated December 2, the Odia Language, Literature and Culture Department (OLL&C) forwarded the illustration of Abhishek Kumar of Mayurbhanj district, soliciting for policy examination regarding Odia language eligibility for Odia house candidates skilled out of doorways Odisha.
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In the illustration enclosed, the applicant acknowledged that a rising vogue of Odia families dwell out of doorways the Converse resulting from provider-linked migration, resulting in early life polishing off their training below CBSE, ICSE or a vogue of Converse boards that fabricate no longer provide Odia as a field.
The letter famed that such candidates are Odia by foundation and residential however grew up without exposure to Odia writing.
It acknowledged that the present requirement of qualifying a written Odia language examination at the application stage of recruitment prevents these candidates from returning to Odisha for presidency provider, despite being valid Odia-foundation early life.
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Odisha Govt Forwards Evaluate
To tackle the difficulty without diluting language standards, the letter proposed that the Converse hold into consideration allowing a 6–12 month grace period after recruitment, within the path of which eligible Odia house candidates skilled out of doorways Odisha need to salvage the prescribed Odia language proficiency and qualify the wanted examination.
Accordingly, the verbal exchange from the OLL&C Department directed the GA&PG Department and the College and Mass Education Department to overview the illustration and hold important circulation.
Extra steps will reportedly rely on the departments’ policy evaluation and any suggestions sent to the authorities.




