As part of its 5T initiative, the State Government has decided to transform another 8,000 high schools under its ongoing High School Transformation Programme.
This was informed by School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash after the department’s Principal Secretary Bishnupada Sethi reviewed the progress with senior officials on this count earlier.
Under the programme, 1,070 high schools were transformed in the first phase while another 2,907 were redeveloped in the second phase. The inauguration of schools renovated in the second phase will end on June 10.
To enhance the quality of education, the Government would transform 8,000 high schools in the first lot, following which primary schools would also get facelift. Besides, efforts are on to sort out discrepancies relating to teachers’ recruitment, said Dash.
The government will host a programme in Jajpur district on June 10 to mark the beginning of the next phase of the renovation process of remaining high schools, he added.
The transformed schools are well-equipped with audio-visual teaching aids, projectors in classrooms, new science laboratories and e-libraries.
Besides, the Government is also taking steps for recruitment of qualified and trained teachers in a big way for raising the standard of classroom teaching.
About 11,000 teachers would be recruited by the end of the current month. The Chief Minister would grace the programme, where recruitment letters would be offered to the new teachers at various schools, the Minister informed.