The quality of education in Odisha is deteriorating day by day. A glaring example can be seen in Brajrajnagar constituency of Jharsuguda district.
The District Education Office sources said that currently six teachers are available to teach Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics in 23 Government High Schools under Brajrajnagar constituency with 17 posts lying vacant.
likewise, all posts in CBZ stream are vacant. Only seven classical (Sanskrit) and 13 Hindi teachers are presently working. The position of Block Grant high schools is worse. In 17 Block Grant schools, six PCM, five CBZ and two Hindi teachers are now available without any classical teachers.
In two aided high schools, namely Ml High School, Atabira and Uday behera High School, Palsada, no PCM, classical and Hindi teachers are available except for one trained CBZ teacher in Ml High School.
In the entire district, 9,726 students are studying in 53 Government High Schools. However, half of the schools do not have permanent headmasters. likewise, seven Government aided high schools are bereft of headmasters where 1,214 students are reading. In 31 Block Grant high schools, also no permanent headmasters posted for student strength of 4,312.
To cap it all, 16,112 students are reading in 102 high schools in the district where 662 teachers are now working while as many as 121 teacher posts are vacant.
When contacted, District Education Officer Bikash Pradhan said that the vacant posts will be filled in after direction from the State Government.