CM directs to start high school work under RMSA by Oct

BHUBANESWAR: While reviewing the Rashtriya Madhyamik Siksha Abhijan (RMSA) in a high level meeting at the Secretariat here on Monday, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik directed the concerned departments to start the construction work of new high schools under the RMSA by the month of October this year.

Under RMSA programme, steps were taken to establish 700 new high schools in the State. Out of the total sanctioned high schools, construction work of 304 high schools is going on while construction works of 75 new schools have been completed. The officials said that land demarcation for 82 new high schools is yet to be started. 

Emphasising upon the RMSA programme, Patnaik directed the departmental officials to complete land demarcation work within a month and to finish the tender process within three months so that the construction of the schools could be started by this October.

Patnaik also directed the concerned department officials to start the construction work of 47 model schools out of the Central Government sanctioned 111 model schools for the State by the month of October this year.

Besides, the State is preparing guidelines and other related works to set up of ‘State Institute of Open Schooling (SIOS)’ to educate children who don’t have regular school education. To provide education through ICT medium, the State Government handed over the responsibility to the Odisha Knowledge Corporation Limited (OKCL).