Some
Facts on Education in Odisha
BJD
Manifesto 2019 and fulfilment of Promises
The
following are the BJD manifesto relating to education
1.
Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya(OAV) in
remaining 124 blocks .
2.
Residential accommodation, transportation
and infrastructural and state of the art teaching facilities in all OAVs.
3.
One model schools in 114 ULBs
4.
High schools with IT Labs
5.
Sports education and culture in schools
will be strengthened.
6.
Scholarships and stipends to be provided
in SEBC students pursuing pre and post matric studies .
7.
A Comprehensive Policy for ensuring employability through higher
education to be put in place.
8.
All technical institutions, colleges,
and universities with free Wi-Fi-services.
9.
The scope of Mo School campaign extended
to holistic school education system in the state.
Going
through this I don’t know what one can think about this ? Can we say this is
the Manifesto of a political Party which
has been ruling Odisha since last 20 years?
Can anybody think that they have any vision or mission for the majority
of children who depend on Government
school(Village school) ? Does BJD has a
mandate to promote our Odia language and culture ? or want to destroy our
public education system and our language which has been recognised as Classical
language ? Out of 9 points 3 points are on so called Odisha Adarsha Bidyalaya.
Nothing is there about implementation RTE and improving public education
system. We have number of problems in the state relating to education such as
single teachers schools, schools without infrastructures, low performance of
children, retention and transition problems, problems of teacher
education. Nothing in this regard has
been mentioned in the Manifesto of a political party which has been ruling
Odisha since last twenty years. BJD has
never given any importance to education and as a result it never consulted experts in the field of education
for planning its education programme. I have doubt if it consults its own
ministers for planning its activities. Everything whatever you say Odisha
Adarsha Vidhayala , ANWESHA programmes were all decided by the CMO and these
are being implemented by the department at the cost of all village schools
by which maximum children depend on.
Therefore,
it is very difficult to assess their performance during last 6months in view of
the manifesto.
1.
Odisha Adarsah Bidyala is an obstruction of development of languages of
the state since it is following CBSE curriculum. It is also a de-motivating factor for
teachers working in state primary education department. Teachers working in
government elementary schools openly showing displeasure in public
meetings. Whatever OAV has been
established it is not properly
functioning due to lack of teachers and other staff. In many places there is no
residential facilities for children and as a result parents are being exploited
by the owners of private mess and having
financial burden.
2.
It has mentioned in the manifesto that
High schools with IT lab. What does it means ? All high schools will have an IT
lab. But there is no information in public domain relating IT lab in Secondary
schools. At present 43308 schools have no electricity facilities.
3.
There
are 42409 schools which do not have a playground. What kind of sports
government is promoting, is a big
question.
4.
No steps have been taken to provide
stipends and scholarship to SEBC students.
5.
Comprehensive policy for employability –
has not yet initiated .
6.
No information relating Wi-Fi- services
in colleges and universities .
7.
Mo school programme has absolutely no
impact in village and rural schools. No plan for catering schools located in
hard to reach area or no plan for the schools which are catering underprivileged
community
8.
where it is very difficult to mobilise
funding from alumni.
Problems highlighted relating to
education in Newspapers
Teachers
shortage hits education in schools: 14 thousand teachers
posts lying vacant in various govt. and aided high schools(8498 in govt. high
schools,2543 in aided schools).21,000 teachers lying vacant at primary level.
1700 clerical post are lying vacant. The
Indian Express, 5.11. 2019.
ü The
Education system has been paralysed. The prameya, 04 august 2019
ü 35%
of teachers post lying vacant in model school, The Prameya, 29.07.2019
ü 299
high schools have only one class room in the state, The Samaj, 26.06.2019
ü 3
schools are running in one school building. Adrsha bidyalaya is running in
store room. The Prameya, 08.07.2019.
ü 200
crores spent on ujjal, uthana and utkarsha. No impact on students, The Samaj,
1Nov 2019.
ü 996
schools have been closed.
What
decisions have been taken by Government
during last 6 months?(From Newspapers)
ü Traditional
Examination system has been brought back from Class-5 to 8. Without assessing the causes of low
performance of students in government schools, Government decided to stop No
detention Policy which was a mandate of RTE Act.
ü Multi-pattern
and short answer type question papers in
the line of line of CBSE from class-6th to 8th.
ü New
Curriculum and New Examination system . The system will be implemented from
2022(The Prameya,16, 2019)
ü Admit
cards will be issued to each students
and exam papers will be supplied to all schools. Exam will be conducted
at a time all over Odisha. (The NItidin, Nov 19, 2019. ) Exam paper s cannot be
evaluated by by teachers of same school.
ü NCPCR
has suggested to implement an uniform syllabus for all schools. Who has
authorise NCPCR to do so ?
ü It
has been decided that English coaching
will be conducted in 5 schools in
each district(The Sambad,28.06.2019).
ü It
has been decided to develop smart class in 56 schools.
ü Government
of Odisha has decided to increase the duration of classes in 3 subjects
–mathematics, English and Science- in all state run schools.
ü Spoken
English in Class-1 in Government schools. Duration of English class increased
from45 minutes to 90 minutes.(The Indian Express, 22.01.2020)
From the above one can
imagine the fate and priorities of the
public funded education system in Odisha.
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