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Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has dedicated another 359 Transformed High Schools

Bhubaneswar:4/5/23: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today dedicated another 359 Transformed High Schools on the fourth day of the Phase-III of the 5T High School Transformation programme.

The newly-transformed high schools inaugurated today includes 124 high schools in Bhadrak district, 77 in Kandhamal district, 35 in Dhenkanal district, 80 in Gajapati district and 43 in Sonepur district.

With this, a total of 1493 Tranformed high schools have been dedicated in four days in the third phase of the programme. Notably, 3,981 schools have been transformed in the state in the last two phases.

After the completion of the three phases, there will be a total of 6,132 ‘5T’ Transformed High Schools in the state.

Speaking on the fourth day of the third phase of school transformation today, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said that the public is involved at every level of school transformation programme. Members of the school management committee, parents and local community are involved in all stages of the transformation of the schools from design to implementation. They also know how much is being spent on the works. Therefore, school transformation is a perfect example of public participation, he said.

Bhadrak District Planning Committee Chairman and Chandbali MLA Dr. Byomkesh Rai, Kandhamal District Council Chairperson Mrs. Nandini Mallik, Dhenkanal MP Mahesh Sahu, Berhampur MP Chandrasekhar Sahu in Gajapati and Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari in Sonepur gave their views.

The program was coordinated by 5T Secretary V.K. Pandian. On the occasion, Mr Pandian said that all the properties or assets that have been created in the transformation of the schools have been built with the money of the people of Odisha. Therefore, he said that the Chief Minister hope that all will maintain the property of the school like their own property.

In this program, Commissioner-cum-Secretary, School and Mass Education Department, Ashwathi S delivered the welcome speech and the Special Project Director of OSEPA gave vote of thanks. Principal Secretaries and Secretaries of Higher Education department, and other departments were present.

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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