School drop-out rate dips
The Statesman, Nov 27, 2009
Statesman News Service
BHUBANESWAR, 26 NOV: The school drop-out rate in Orissa has dropped to 6.69 per cent in 2008-09 in comparison to 52.41 per cent in 2002-03.
While attributing the success to Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), the school and mass education minister Mr Pratap Jena informed the House today that during the last five years, the state has received Rs 1,956.78 crore from the Centre under the scheme. While the total availability of the funds for SSA was Rs 2,924.59 crore, utilisation certificate for Rs 2,697.20 crore has been received, he informed while responding to a question of Mr Amar Prasad Satpathy.
Minister Mr Jena, while replying to another question by Mr Santosh Singh Saluja, pointed out that 235 primary schools including some new ones in the state do not have own building. All the 48,438 primary schools of the state are repaired under the major repair allocation under SSA. Those schools, running without own building, are allotted additional class rooms as per the stipulated pupil-teacher ratio of 40:1.
Meanwhile, the Oriya schools, operating in neighbouring states of Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand, have gathered a student strength of 40,679. There are 186 Oriya schools with 188 teachers in Chhattisgarh. In Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand there are 85 and 113 Oriya schools. West Bengal has one Oriya a school and 79 chatshalis, informed mass and education minister Mr Pratap Jena.
The government, along with Utkal Sammilani, is taking steps for infrastructure development and other upliftment activities in these schools, he said.
BHUBANESWAR, 26 NOV: The school drop-out rate in Orissa has dropped to 6.69 per cent in 2008-09 in comparison to 52.41 per cent in 2002-03.
While attributing the success to Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), the school and mass education minister Mr Pratap Jena informed the House today that during the last five years, the state has received Rs 1,956.78 crore from the Centre under the scheme. While the total availability of the funds for SSA was Rs 2,924.59 crore, utilisation certificate for Rs 2,697.20 crore has been received, he informed while responding to a question of Mr Amar Prasad Satpathy.
Minister Mr Jena, while replying to another question by Mr Santosh Singh Saluja, pointed out that 235 primary schools including some new ones in the state do not have own building. All the 48,438 primary schools of the state are repaired under the major repair allocation under SSA. Those schools, running without own building, are allotted additional class rooms as per the stipulated pupil-teacher ratio of 40:1.
Meanwhile, the Oriya schools, operating in neighbouring states of Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand, have gathered a student strength of 40,679. There are 186 Oriya schools with 188 teachers in Chhattisgarh. In Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand there are 85 and 113 Oriya schools. West Bengal has one Oriya a school and 79 chatshalis, informed mass and education minister Mr Pratap Jena.
The government, along with Utkal Sammilani, is taking steps for infrastructure development and other upliftment activities in these schools, he said.
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