A three-day residential training programme on capacity building workshop for all district-level education officers was organised at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bhubaneswar campus from Monday.
The workshop was conducted by the Odisha School Education Programme Authority (OSEPA) of School & Mass Education Department in partnership with IIT BBS under the SATH-Education (SATH-E) initiative of the NITI Aayog. There were in total 80 participants from 30 districts.
The workshop also marks the start of a long-term partnership between IIT BBS and the department to contribute to the education landscape of the State.
The training was imparted to DEO’s, DPC’s and DIET Principals of all the 30 districts by PFEL-BCG in collaboration with department.
The workshop will ensure the understanding of the participants on the SATH Initiative’s approach and processes so that the DLOs can focus on the district’s performance in both academic and administrative activities.
Department Additional Chief Secretary Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra inaugurated the progra,,e in presence of Registrar Col Dr Subodh Kumar and Dean (Continuing Education) Prof. Swarup Kumar Mahapatra.
On the concluding day, S and ME Minister Samir Ranjan Dash and IIT BBS Director (In-charge) Prof Sujit Roy attended as guests and distributed certificates to all the participants of the workshop.
Dash encouraged the participants to join hands and work hard for the development of education in the State. While pointing out to the massive increase in government fund towards the cause of education, he called upon the officials to use twitter and other social media handles in order to get and provide regular updates on the latest development in the education front in their districts.