The New Indian Express 14.10.2010
Toilets, potable water to more schools
BHUBANESWAR: Providing drinking water in the schools and construction of girls’ toilets will be focus area of the State Government during the next financial year.This was decided at a high-level meeting presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the Secretariat to review the implementation of the Sarva Siksha Abhiyan (SSA).
It was decided that during 2010-11, common toilets and girls’ toilets will be constructed in 5,633 and 3,321 schools respectively. Drinking water provision will also be made in 5,414 schools. The Government has put in place a monitoring system for schools to bring a qualitative change in teaching. A performance tracking cell has been opened which will monitor teaching system in 54,000 schools. Minister of State for School and Mass Education Pratap Jena, Chief Secretary Bijay Kumar Patnaik, Development Commissioner RN Senapati were present.
