Bhubaneswar: ‘Mo School’ is a perfect example demonstrating the vision of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik towards education. The programme has revolutionised education sector of the Odisha, setting benchmarks for other States, Chairperson of ‘Mo School’ Susmita Bagchi said. “It is our responsibility to uphold the trust and confidence of the people who have been associated with Mo School. We are on a continuous quest of amplifying this programme and reaching out every govt. and govt. aided schools of the state. It is our primary responsibility to connect a greater number of alumni members with their alma mater,” Bagchi said on Friday.
Addressing the 9th Governing Council Meeting of Mo School over video conference, Bagchi said, “Given the breadth of the projects being implemented under Mo School, emphasis is being laid on the monitoring at the school level. Steps are also being taken to ensure the timely completion of the projects and that students are amply benefitted from these projects.” Transparency has been the USP of this programme which has led to its success.
Bishnupada Sethi, Principal Secretary, School and Mass Education Department said that digital skilling of teachers and students has been very encouraging. “Numerous programmes are being implemented in collaboration with international organisations. Mo School is committed to providing a platform for the all-round development of students – academics, digital technology and sports being on the forefront. Sethi also instructed to lay attention on the all-round development of the schools and students of the tribal belts,” Sethi added.
Community participation is encouraged to ensure transparency in 5T High School Transformation programme. Meetings with head teachers, alumni and SMC members were held in as many as 3,415 high schools and to seek their valuable support in the transformation programme. Decision was taken to set up a team to look into the skills and growth of teachers and students in the educational arena and curate teaching aids. Similarly, it was also decided to identify and reward three best performing teachers of every district, said Bagchi.
Mo School will start alumni driven school-based aspiration programme in high schools. This is aimed at encouraging alumni to contribute through their service, for holistic development of the students. Each school will create its alumni database with its current address and contact details, and profession. An alumni committee will be formed at school level to promote sports, Science and cultural activities among students. Apart from this, talk sessions, career counselling classes and mentoring programme will be organised by the dedicated alumni committee. Mo School will encourage the alumni committees to organise community service activities in the village every year with participation from community.
In a bid to promote learning practice among elementary and secondary students, Mo School in collaboration with UNICEF will conduct a special programme for next 2 years. The major focus of the collaboration will be to address the learning loss of students due to the COVID 19 pandemic.
Among others, Anupam Saha, SPD-OSEPA and Member Secretary addressed the meeting. Amarjit Jena, Chief Operating Officer, Mo School deliberated the panel on the status of implemented projects. Among others, Poonam Guha Tapas Kumar, Director, SC & ST Dept, Prabir Kumar Khillar, Officer on Special Duty, Mo School, Collector, Dhenkanal and Project Director, DRDA were present.
