The students and parents of the oldest Queen Missions High School here has reasons to cheer as it has been declared a “Smart School”.
DG of Home Guard and Fire Services M Akshaya, who has reportedly adopted the heritage School located at the heart of Brahmapur along with BeMC Commissioner Dr Sidheswar Boliram Bonder, visited the school on Saturday afternoon and conveyed the Government’s decision to upgrade this school as “Smart School”. As per the schedule, DG (Home Guard) M Akshya, BeMC Commissioner Dr Bonder, Additional District Education Officer Binita Senapati, In-charge of “Mo School” scheme and academician Hrusikesh Mohanty, Assistant Professor Dr Panchanan Gouda, industrialist Akshya Mahapatra, RMRC Scientists Dr Amar Kumar Mohapatra, former Bank Manager Lingaraj Sahu and lawyer Sudesh Pattnaik among others visited the school.
Headmaster Harekrushna Panda and his associates welcomed the members and gave them a rousing reception.
A brief meeting was held for the purpose in which Akshya reportedly reviewed the various works and ongoing development projects of the School threadbare. Senior Teacher Jambhubati Gouda delivered the welcome address.
Significantly, the teachers of the high school have started imparting their teaching to 9th and 10th standard students through Power Point Presentations using slide projector. They also briefed about the progress of the renovation and repair work of the school buildings undertaken by the PWD. Keeping the Covid-19 pandemic and its SoP in mind, the classes of the students of 6th to 8th standards are being conducted online using YouTube platform, Panda added.
The headmaster stressed the need of a state of the art ICT laboratory with all modern electronic gadgets and technical-know-how in the school.
Advisor of the “Adarsh Vidiyalaya” (OAV) Upendra Tripathy expressed his gratitude for deposit of Rs 1 lakh in “Mo School Account” of the school for renovation of School Library under “Mo School” scheme.
Additional DEO, Ganjam Binita Senapati in her address said that, the school would witness all-round developmen. She provided some valuable tips to teachers as how to attract more and more students to online classes.
BeMC Commissioner Dr Bonder assured that smart class rooms will be established with ‘interactive boards’, in addition to the state of the art Science Laboratory, E-Library, modern toilets and playground within six months.
At the end, 1977 Alumni Association president Lingaraj Sahu stressed the need of regular interaction and information sharing between the teachers and the parents.