Odisha students stage hunger strike over delay in CBSE results

BARGARH: In a dramatic turn of events, students from seven CBSE-affiliated schools in Padampur sub-division launched a hunger strike on Saturday morning over inordinate delay in publication of their Class 10 and 12 results.

However, the protest was called off late in the evening after Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan personally assured the agitating parents and students that the results would be published by May 27.

Even as CBSE declared Class 10 and 12 results earlier this week, over 1,185 students from schools including OAV Bandupali, OAV Fezerpur, OAV Gaisilet, OAV Sohela, and three private institutions in Bargarh district were left out.