Bhubaneswar: Expressing his happiness over the remarkable job done in school transformation, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today announced ‘Mukhya Mantri Shikshya Purashkar’ for districts doing well in this field.
The Chief Minister announced Rs 3 crore for the first prize, Rs 2 crore for the second prize and Rs 1 crore for the third prize to be given to districts for doing a good job in school transformation.
Patnaik said that prizes will be given at a grand function to be organised at the state level.
Similarly, the top ten blocks will be given prizes of Rs 50 lakh each for doing good work in this field.
Sharing details of these prizes, 5T Secretary VK Pandian said that with more competition in education in the State, the quality of education shall enhance.
He said, “Let’s celebrate education. Let us cherish education as a festival. To achieve excellence in education with a competitive attitude”.
Pandian said that not only the district but also the former students of the schools, the headmasters, panchayat representatives and members of the school management committee will be awarded.
Today was the last day of the third phase of the 5T High School Transformation Programme.
Chief Minister Patnaik today dedicated 335 more transformed high schools in four districts. These include 98 high schools in Cuttack district, 115 high schools in Kalahandi district, 49 high schools in Malkangiri district and 73 high schools in Jajpur district.
With this, a total of 2,151 transformed high schools were dedicated in the third phase. It is worth noting that in the last two phases, 3981 transformed schools were dedicated in the state. After the completion of the three phases, a total of 6132 transformed high schools have been dedicated in the state.
Agriculture & Farmers’ Empowerment Minister Ranendra Pratap Swain from Cuttack district, Junagadh MLA Dibya Shankar Mishra from Kalahandi, District Council president of Malkangiri Shamari Tanglu and Minister of Revenue and Disaster Management Pramila Mallik from Jajpur participated in the programme and gave their opinion.
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.
Chief Secretary PK Jena, Additional Chief Secretaries, Principal Secretaries and Secretaries of various departments attended the programme held in virtual mode.
