Bhubaneswar: Good education in all government and government-aided schools is the priority of the state government and various programs will be taken in this direction, announced School & Mass Education (S&ME) Minister Nityananda Gond.
It has been decided to review government and government-aided schools which have been closed due to various reasons, Gond added.
It has been decided to implement aspirational curriculum in every school with emphasis on coding, project-based curriculum, and life skill-based learning, linguistic creativity. Along with this, the Minister instructed the departmental officers to ensure that the study materials should reach every block of the district on time in the coming academic year.
The review meeting discussed how the students can get better quality education along with the development of the infrastructure of primary schools.
A decision has been taken to speed up the various works initiated by the Department towards the establishment of FLN classrooms. Asset Management Software is being developed which will bring a big change in the education sector.
This was revealed during a review of the S & ME Department by Minister Gond on Tuesday.
Gond emphasized infrastructure, educational environment, and school management.
Commissioner cum Secretary S & ME Department Aswathy S, Additional Secretaries, Joint Secretaries, Academic Advisors and other senior officers of the Department were present during the review.
Commissioner cum Secretary Aswathy S briefed the Minister on various schemes, programmes, initiatives and activities undertaken by the Department.
Under the S&ME Department, Odisha Adarsh Vidyalaya (OAV) will be given a new look.
Similarly, Minister Gond emphasized strengthening residential facilities for students. Based on the local area, the approach is being taken to convert the high schools (HS) into higher secondary schools (HSS).
Web publishing of e-content will be done for the convenience of all students in higher secondary education. These textbooks will be made available through the official website.
Various plans are being taken up in the coming days to train the teachers. Teacher training institutes will be made more efficient.
He invited various proposals from the departmental officials on how to solve the problem of the teachers.
Along with developing the infrastructure, auditoriums will be constructed in each District Institutes of Education and Training (DIET). The institute will be converted into a DIET of Excellence.
The Minister discussed with officials the efforts being made to provide the best quality education to the students in the state and to organize various workshops to develop the skills of teachers and students.
