Number of Students reading in KISS Tribal School is still in Mystery

Number of Students reading in KISS Tribal School is still in Mystery - Why

Dear friends

Last Year in a public meeting, Achyut Samant claimed that KISS Tribal school had housed 30,000 tribal children and provided free education, food and shelter. Accordingly, RTI Application was filed to the PIO, office of KISS Tribal school to get the information about number of children reading in different classes of the school. The Principal denied to provide the information as the school does not come under purview of RTI Act.

Then, RTI Application was filed to the PIO,  Dept. of School and Mass Education, Govt. of Odisha seeking information about  number of children reading in KISS Tribal school. The Dept. does not have the information. However,  another  RTI Application  was filed to the PIO, Dept. of School and Mass Education, Govt. of Odisha  seeking information about details of NOC granted to KISS tribal School  as per Right to Education Act,2009. On 6.7.17, the PIO, office of Block Education Officer, Bhubaneswar provided the information along with two Field verification Report which is required prior to granting NOC to any institution.  It was found that   the Field verification Report of 2016-17   shows that KISS school has 14,804 i.e., 8956 from (from Class-1 to Class-V), 5849 from (Class-6 to Class-8).

Similarly, another RTI Application was filed to the PIO, office of Board of Secondary Education, Cuttack about number of the children of KISS Tribal School appearing High School examination from 2010 to 2017. On 25.1.18, the PIO has supplied the following information.

Year	Total no. of Students appeared	No. of Students passed
2010	177	159
2011	482	398
2012	562	487
2013	632	485
2014	611	518
2015	600	564
2016	1173	987
2017	2046	1816

If these figures of BEO, Bhubaneswar and BSE, Cuttack is taken into account, the maximum strength of the students of KISS Tribal school  will be  16,000 only.

Can anybody counter this  figure?

Pradip Pradhan

M-9937843482

Date- 4.2.18