bhubaneswar odia languagelovers welcomed the centres decision to conduct national level tests in the regional language will help promote the language in the long run it is only a matter of time when materials would also be available in the local language odia medium schools may get back their lost glory in future as the craze for english may go downi have seen many brilliant students whose careers got spoiled because they could not cope well with the transition of the medium when students from english medium acquire knowledge in the higher secondary classes the students from odia medium continue their struggle to comprehend and to understand the language if they appear the exam in odia language they will easily comprehend the question and score well in the tests said subrat prusty a researcher in odia language who spearheaded movements to allow students to appear national level tests in odia languagesources said students who are appearing the examination in the regional language get the question paper written in two languages while other students get the question paper written in english onlyif a student cannot understand some questions in the english language then the question in odia will help in understanding it better so there are chances of scoring better in regional language but for this the preparation should be in oia or any regional language said saswat mohanty a student classxiisome attempts have been made to provide coaching and to develop study material for the entrance tests like neet in odia language by some language lovers but due to lack of proper awareness not many students come forward to join the centreactually i feel that it is easier to comprehend any scientific concept in odia language than in english if students have completed their schooling in odia medium i tried to develop some study materials for odia medium students but could not complete it due to various reasons with some help from likeminded people i have planned to provide this support to odia students soon said dr debashis jethy a physician in the profession and a language loverexperts however feel that there is a need for more experts in odia language and to create more study materials though there is a demand that we should develop the language and use it as a working language there are not adequate resources for students we welcome the move but we have to create human resources and develop reference books in the odia language we have to prepare teachers for them as well only writing stories and literature will not help in the growth of the language but we have to make it more workable and usable said basant panda director centre of excellence for studies in classical odia an autonomous body under the ministry of hrd