Bhubaneswar: Only 10% of schools in Odisha who have computer facilities while 6% have internet connectivity, reveals the status of educational reports for India released by UNESCO on Tuesday.
The report states that only 38% of schools have work power connections and that 11% of schools have vacancies and there are requirements around 28,816 teachers in the state.
“Following the Covid-19 outbreak, the use of technology in education is important but there are several problems such as the lack of devices and internet connectivity, the lack of teacher preparedness in the use of technology and lack of resources in regional languages,” the report is mentioned.
“To overcome the challenges faced by the education system because of school closure and lack of access to technology such as the internet and computers, the state government makes classes through radio and television.
We also use YouTube so that children can see the lesson version recorded as and when they are recorded Having access, “said Minister of School Education and Mass Samir Ranjan Dash when asked about the report.
Odisha has shown an increase in several major infrastructure facilities such as around 94% of schools have a temporary library of 84% of schools get free textbooks.
In 90% of schools, functional boy toilets while 93% for toilet girls.
Almost all schools – 99% – have functional drinking water facilities available, add the report.
Regarding the availability of teachers in schools, the report stated, “Odisha has a total of 340,477 teachers at 68,717 schools where 91% of schools are in rural areas.
Among the total number of teachers, 45% are women and 84% work in rural areas .
About 11% of schools have vacancies and there are requirements around 28,816 teachers.
Of the total position, 67% empty in rural schools.
“The report also revealed that there were 3,197 schools with a single teacher, namely 5% of the total number of schools.
A total of 88% of such schools were in rural areas.
“Although the power of teachers is not bad in the state, but because of the lack of appropriate rationalization policy, more teachers are posted in urban and semi-urban schools while more teachers vacancies in rural schools,” said Anil Pradhan, Convener of Rise for Education (RTE ) Forum.