The school and mass education department, Govt. of Odisha has taken an initiative to set up libraries in high schools and has decided to expedite the process by covering as many as 1,000 schools in different parts of the state by the end of October.
"We have
decided to develop a strong support base of the alumni associations in
5,000 schools to carry on the agenda of 5-Ts focusing on transparency
and transformation. The action plan for the library was also discussed,
which will be set up with the support of the alumni," BS Poonia,
director of Odisha School Education Programme Authority (Osepa), said.
The officials also decided to organise special programmes at the
school-level to encourage students to read, strengthen the alumni
network through telecalls as well as visits and bring out about 100
positive stories on Odia-medium schools, among others.
Poonia
said the project implementation will be facilitated under the Mo School
Abhiyan and most of the work will be completed by October end. "We are
also going to start a separate website for availing of the information
on different schools. It will be launched by August 15," the director
added.
Officials
at the executive meeting also discussed extending the coverage of Mo
School Abhiyan for infrastructure and other development works. A
decision to cover 508 more schools located in as many as 16 different
districts with a project outlay of Rs 5.82 crore was taken in the
meeting. The districts where the 508 schools are located are Angul,
Bargarh, Balangir, Cuttack, Deogarh, Dhenkanal, Ganjam, Jajpur,
Jagatsinghpur, Khurda, Jharsuguda, Kalabandi, Koraput, Mayurbhanj,
Nayagarh and Nabarangpur. Sources said the state government has provided
Rs 3.88 crore, while the remaining funds came from donors.
Source- The Times of India
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