Shankar Sathua lives in Salia Sahi, a slum in suburban Bhubaneswar. Life became hell for him after his father’s demise. When he was four-year-old, Shankar had to work as a domestic help along with his ailing mother. But still he was struggling to meet the basic need. Finally with the help of some people Shankar opened a vegetable shop at a nearby colony. Since then, his family’s economy has stabilised as his small business is doing well. Still he has many problems to overcome. Illiteracy is the biggest one as he is unable to even count properly. But this will come to an end soon.
The Orissa government is planning to launch a new system through which a boy or a girl can get direct admission into a class according to his/her age. A non-beginner like Shankar can directly get admission in class seven along with his friends.
Dr Rabindra Acharya, a senior teacher at Capital High School, Bhubaneswar, says: “This is a good idea and we hope this provision of lateral entry of children in higher classes according to their age will reduce the number of school drop-outs and non-beginners in the state. This way, we can achieve the goal of primary education for all.” There are more than 1.75 lakh illiterate children in Orissa. The scheme will come into effect in all 30 districts of Orissa from July. Under the newly legislated “Orissa Education Rule-2010,” the government has introduced this provision for the first time. It has called it bridge course. According to government sources, the facility of lateral entry to students will be available up to class eight under bridge course. The execution of this new scheme will be carried out by Orissa Primary Education Programme Authority (OPEPA) at district level. The School & Mass Education Department, which has the responsibility to achieve the goals of universal elementary education, is funding this mega scheme of Rs 1,740 crore. Iswar Chandra Barda, joint secretary to School and Mass Education Department, says: “This is an ambitious project that will make Orissa a 100 per cent achiever in primary education. And one important thing about this scheme is that the government will bear all expenditures of the students inducted under this scheme. OPEPA along with some other NGOs will execute the programme.”
The OPEPA has started a state-level training programme for primary school teachers in Bhubaneswar. The purpose is to make them aware of their new responsibilities. Now, about 55,417 schools across the state are ready to welcome a new group of students. The need of the hour is to re-orient the existing programmes and help implement the new policy of bridge course successfully from the grass-root level. This way the mission of providing primary education to children can be achieved by the government.
The Orissa government is planning to launch a new system through which a boy or a girl can get direct admission into a class according to his/her age. A non-beginner like Shankar can directly get admission in class seven along with his friends.
Dr Rabindra Acharya, a senior teacher at Capital High School, Bhubaneswar, says: “This is a good idea and we hope this provision of lateral entry of children in higher classes according to their age will reduce the number of school drop-outs and non-beginners in the state. This way, we can achieve the goal of primary education for all.” There are more than 1.75 lakh illiterate children in Orissa. The scheme will come into effect in all 30 districts of Orissa from July. Under the newly legislated “Orissa Education Rule-2010,” the government has introduced this provision for the first time. It has called it bridge course. According to government sources, the facility of lateral entry to students will be available up to class eight under bridge course. The execution of this new scheme will be carried out by Orissa Primary Education Programme Authority (OPEPA) at district level. The School & Mass Education Department, which has the responsibility to achieve the goals of universal elementary education, is funding this mega scheme of Rs 1,740 crore. Iswar Chandra Barda, joint secretary to School and Mass Education Department, says: “This is an ambitious project that will make Orissa a 100 per cent achiever in primary education. And one important thing about this scheme is that the government will bear all expenditures of the students inducted under this scheme. OPEPA along with some other NGOs will execute the programme.”
The OPEPA has started a state-level training programme for primary school teachers in Bhubaneswar. The purpose is to make them aware of their new responsibilities. Now, about 55,417 schools across the state are ready to welcome a new group of students. The need of the hour is to re-orient the existing programmes and help implement the new policy of bridge course successfully from the grass-root level. This way the mission of providing primary education to children can be achieved by the government.
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