WORK OF ODISHA SCHOOL & MASS EDUCATION DEPARTMENT REVIEWED BY MINISTER
Bhubaneswar(25/06/2024): The standard of education will be enhanced in all government and government aided schools in Odisha.
In the initial stage, Nityananda Gond, Minister, School & Mass Education reviewed it and emphasized on infrastructure, educational environment, and school management.
The review meeting has been held on Tuesday in the conference hall of the School and Mass Education Department in Bhubaneswar.
Additional Secretaries, Joint Secretaries, academic advisors and senior officers were present along with Commissioner cum Secretary Aswathy S. The Minister was briefed by the Commissioner cum Secretary on various schemes, programmes, initiatives and activities undertaken by the Department.
Minister Gond said that “Good Education” in all government and government-aided schools is the priority of the state government and various programmes will be taken in this direction.
It has been decided to review government and government-aided schools which have been closed due to various reasons.
It has been decided to implement aspirational curriculum in every school with emphasis on coding, project-based curriculum, and life skill-based learning, linguistic creativity.
Along with this, the minister has instructed the departmental officers to ensure that the Study Materials should reach in every block of the district on time in the coming academic year.
The review meeting discussed how the students can get better quality education along with the development of the infrastructure of primary schools.
A decision has been taken to speed up the various works initiated by the department towards the establishment of FLN classrooms.
Asset Management Software is being developed which will bring a big change in the education sector.
Under the S&ME Department, Odisha Adarsh Vidyalaya (OAV) will be given a new looking.
Similarly, Minister Gond emphasized on strengthening residential facilities for students.
On the basis of the local area, the approach is being taken to convert the high schools (HS) into higher secondary schools (HSS).
Web publishing of e-content will be done for the convenience of all students in higher secondary education.
These textbooks will be made available through the official website.
Various plans are being taken up in the coming days to train the teachers.
Teacher training institutes will be made more efficient.
He invited various proposals from the departmental officials on how to solve the problems of the teachers.
Along with developing the infrastructure of this institution, auditoriums will be constructed in each District Institutes of Education and Training (DIET).
The institute will be converted into a DIET of Excellence.
The Minister has discussed with all the officials in this review meeting that all efforts are being made to provide the best quality education to the students in the state and organizing various workshops to develop the skills of teachers and students.
