Out of the 51,964 Government primary and upper primary schools functioning under the School and Mass Education Department, a whopping number of 45,409 schools have no teacher for each class and 41,688 schools have no room for each class.
This was revealed from information furnished by School and Mass Education Minister Debi Prasad Mishra in the State Assembly in response to a question of BJP MlA Dilip Ray on Thursday.
According to the information, 12,319 schools have no own playgrounds and 12,531 schools have no kitchen room. Similarly, 212 schools have no toilets. However, drinking water supply system has been put in place in 51,815 schools, the Minister said.
Now, a total of 34,238 primary and 17,726 upper primary schools are operating under the department. Of them only 10,276 schools have a room for each class and 6,945 schools have a teacher for every class.
While in Ganjam, the home turf of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, 960 of total 3,303 schools have one room for one class, 569 schools have one teacher for one class, in Cuttack, the home district of Minister Mishra, out of 2131 schools, 680 schools have one room for one class and 417 schools have teachers for each class. In tribals-dominated Sundargarh district, out of 2270 schools, only 431 schools have rooms for each class and 344 schools have teacher for each class.