“Develop strategies for raising educational standards and establish goals for the upcoming year”
Two-day review-cum-training programme of BEOs & DEOs concludes
Bhubaneswar (Kalinga Voice)): “The School & Mass Education Dept. is devoted to usher qualitative changes in the educational ecosphere of Odisha. Asserting that the education sector is undergoing a revolution in Odisha, decisive measures are being undertaken to improve the standard of classroom delivery in every govt and govt aided schools of the state,” said Smt. Aswathy S., Commissioner-cum-Secretary, S & ME Dept., while addressing the august gathering of senior education officials at the concluding event of the two-day review-cum-training programme of BEOs and DEOs at Krushi Bhawan, Bhubaneswar on Wednesday. The participating officials were also guided upon to develop strategies for raising educational standards and to establish goals for the upcoming year. Officials from eight districts of Berhampur Zone attended the training session.
Delivering his talk on Maintenance of Infrastructure (Elementary Schools), Sri Anupam Saha, SPD-OSEPA & Member Secretary, Mo School emphasised the need for refined development in educational quality and advised the participants to get ready and take action to create a qualitative shift in the educational arena. Sri Saha also deliberated an elaborate talk on the newly introduced ‘CM’s Award for Education’ constituted to make educational ecosystem aspirational by incorporating recognition and reward for all stakeholders. The initiative will benefit 50,000 students, 1500 teachers, headteachers, senior education officers, alumni committees, SMC members, Gram Panchayats to create healthy competition and promote better educational outcomes.
In the session on Mo School, the progress of alumni projects and the 5T High School Transformation Programme were discussed. Added to this, important topics such as engagement of SHGs for cleanness, watch and ward in schools were also discussed.
The concluding session witnessed detailed discussions on the every-day functioning and related affairs of Secondary Education, Finance, DPC, Vocational Education, Textbook distribution and NAS Performance by senior officials of the respective directorates. Smt. Diptirani Sahoo, Additional Secretary, S&ME Dept., delivered the vote of thanks.
