School and Mass Education Minister Debi Prasad Mishra on Thursday told the Assembly that steps are afoot to include all Government high schools and 100 per cent grant schools in the Rashtriya Madhyamik Siksha Abhiyan (RMSA) for their infrastructural development in a phased manner.
“Data are collected though the United District Information System for Education regarding various requirement of schools. On the basis of the data, recommendations for additional infrastructural development are sent for approval of the Centre. The process is going on,” the Minister said while replying to a question of Prafulla Saman and additional queries put by many other members.
Mishra informed that there are 5,071 Government high schools and 656 full grant high schools operating in the State. The full grant schools need to go through some process to get RMSA aid and the State Government is making efforts in this regard, he said.
He said the Government would emphasize on filling up all sanctioned Block Education Officer posts and construction of boundary walls of primary schools in the current year. The Minister also informed that Bhadrak district’s Krushnachandra Vidyamandir, Agarpada and Naryanpur high schools have been included in the annual outlay of the RMSA for the current year.