You can the the `#+OPTIONS: ^:nil` command, which is supported by pandoc.

See https://orgmode.org/manual/Export-Settings.html and
https://pandoc.org/org.html.

huih...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org writes:

> Pandoc version
> pandoc 2.10.1
> Compiled with pandoc-types 1.21, texmath 0.12.0.2, skylighting 0.9
>
> the exact input used
> Student_name: Bob
>
> the exact command line used
> pandoc test.org -f org -t gfm -o test.md
>
> the output received
> Student_name: Bob
>
> the output I expected instead:
> Student_name: Bob


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