Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday said Vision-2022 is under formulation for development of education in the State.
A core committee has been constituted, comprising experts and educationists, to prepare a blue print for ensuring quality education in close coordination of various stakeholder departments, he said.
Addressing the State-level function held on the occasion of the Teachers’ Day, Patnaik described the teachers as the torch bearers of the society. They have a great role in the success of the educational schemes being implemented by the Government, he said.
Highlighting the educational schemes being implemented in the State, he said the budgetary provision has been increased to Rs 9,000 crore for development of the education sector in the State. He said steps are being taken to fill up the vacant teacher posts. He said the State Government, in order to remove the discrepancy, has decided to provide bicycles to Class X students in all the Government schools irrespective of APl and BPl from the current academic year. Stating that the 21st Century is the knowledge century, Chief Minister stressed on the need for collective effort to create skilled manpower by expanding education.
On the occasion, the Chief Minister felicitated as many as 75 meritorious teachers with State awards and launched innovative “Meena Radio programme” for attracting children towards school education and “e-content “ for imparting online education at school level.
Among others, School and Mass Education Minister Debi Prasad Mishra and department Secreetary Usha Padhi spoke.
Earlier, the Chief Minister in his Teachers’ Day message urged the teachers to dedicate themselves to help students imbibe knowledge and inculcate societal values in them.
Patnaik had also said that the State Government has decided to set up model schools in the CBSE pattern in all the blocks to ensure quality education.