Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on the fourth day of the third phase of the 5T School Transformation Programme dedicated 359 transformed high schools spread across five districts.
These transformed high schools include 124 in Bhadrak district, 77 in Kandhamal district, 35 in Dhenkanal district, 80 in Gajapati district and 43 in Subarnapur district.
With this, a total of 1493 transformed high schools have been dedicated by the fourth day of the third phase. Notably, in the last two phases a total of 3981 high schools have been transformed in the state.
A total of 6132 high schools will be transformed upon completion of the third phase.
Speaking on the occasion, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said that the public is involved at every level of the school transformation programme. Members of the school management committee, parents and the local community are involved in all stages of the transformation of the schools from design to implementation. They also know how much is being spent on the work. Therefore, school transformation is a perfect example of public participation, he said.
Bhadrak District Planning Committee Chairman and Chandbali MLA Byomkesh Rai, Kandhamal District Council Chairperson Nandini Mallik, Dhenkanal MP Mahesh Sahu, Berhampur MP Chandrasekhar Sahu in Gajapati and Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari in Sonepur gave their views.
The programme was coordinated by 5T Secretary VK Pandian. Speaking on the occasion, Pandian said that all the properties or assets that have been created in the transformation of the schools have been built with the money of the people of Odisha. Therefore, he said that the Chief Minister hope that all will maintain the property of the school like their own property.
In this programme, Commissioner-cum-Secretary, School and Mass Education Department, Ashwathi S delivered the welcome speech and the Special Project Director of OSEPA gave the vote of thanks. Principal Secretaries and Secretaries of the Higher Education department, and other departments were present.
