<span style="color: #222222;">Odisha government has cancelled the matriculation board exam in view of covid-19 upsurge in the state. The exam was to be conducted by the Board of Secondary Education during the first week of May . Similarly, all exams under the Odisha State Board of Madrasa Education have also been cancelled. The board exam for class XII, that had been postponed, will however be conducted by the Council of Higher Secondary Education, as and when the pandemic situation improves.</span><br />''  <br />