On Saturday, Opposition events, together with BJP and Congress, had raised the problem and accused the ruling BJD of depriving college students of their proper to training.
Following protests by the opposition within the Meeting, the Odisha authorities Sunday revised its resolution on merger of colleges, particularly for scheduled areas.
Areas declared scheduled areas beneath the Fifth Schedule of the Structure with a preponderance of tribal inhabitants have a separate authorized and administrative framework. Three districts within the state fall fully beneath the scheduled areas whereas 9 others fall partially beneath it.
Clarifying the federal government’s stance, College and Mass Schooling Minister Samir Ranjan Sprint stated closing down faculties was by no means the intention. “In scheduled areas, only schools with less than 15 students will be merged with other schools. However, if anywhere any student faces difficulties, they can approach the district administration or the ministry with their grievances and their concerns will be looked into,” Sprint stated.
“A separate fresh list will be prepared again to ascertain the exact number. The number of such schools with less than 15 students will be around 3,000,” he added.
On Saturday, Opposition events, together with BJP and Congress, had raised the problem and accused the ruling BJD of depriving college students of their proper to training.
Authorities chief whip Pramila Mallick had stated the merger is necessary to rationalise assets.
In March, the training division issued a notification for merger of 11,517 faculties with low enrolment. The method remained incomplete as a result of lockdown. Earlier this month, the division issued a follow-up to the notification, asking district administrations to expedite the method for 8,000 faculties in 15 districts.
The merger is being undertaken beneath NITI Aayog’s Sustainable Motion for Remodeling Human Capital in Schooling programme.