Odisha schools to be closed in the districts of Ganjam, Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Bhadrak, Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Jajpur among others.
Police came to know after the family members, accompanied by neighbours, stormed the school premises and one of them dialled the emergency number, he said.
All primary and upper-primary government schools in the state will hold meetings where teachers will share September examination results with parents and discuss individual performance.
Under the NSP scholarship, 1,00,000 meritorious students will be awarded with provided Rs 12,000 annually.
The ruling came in response to a plea from Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind, a Muslim organisation affecting related orders from states like Uttar Pradesh and Tripura.
Delhi police and witnesses said the blast, captured in a CCTV camera, destroyed a portion of the school wall.
A bomb squad, police, NIA, and NSG officials rushed to the spot. No one was injured in the explosion.