Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya- A Disaster in the State

Odisha  Adarsha Vidyalaya  ( Odisha Model School) – A  Disaster  in the State

(Exposed under RTI)

·         Neither KV pattern is followed nor quality education provided.

·         35% of post of teaching and non-teaching staff lies vacant.

·         83% of the schools do not have Principal, key person per effective management of the school.

·         Despite  concurrence  of Finance Dept. Smt. Usha Padhi, the then Secretary, Dept. of  School  and Mass Education  reduced   sanctioned  regular  Computer  teacher  to  Contractual Computer  Teacher  which is great  betrayal  to  the   Computer  teachers.

·         Despite  their  several grievances, Odisha  bureaucracy  is  still adamant  in their  decision  to keep  computer  teacher  permanently  contractual ,   ignoring  concurrence  of Finance Department. This  is very  dangerous  trend  in Odisha bureaucracy  under Nabin Patnaik Govt. who  hardly knows  policy  matters  for  which  lakhs of  people of  Odisha  are  suffering  since  19  years.  

Background

The   basic  objective  behind  creation of Model School ( Adarsha Vidyalaya ) , as  claimed   by Govt. of Odisha  is for  promotion  of excellence  in education  upto secondary  and Higher Secondary stage. The purpose is to create opportunities for students in hinterland to receive education of high quality  and to create vocational training  to the students  along with  their normal  course of studies so as to make them skilled  enough to create an environment  of self-sufficiency  and on the whole  acquainting  with  the pace of life. No doubt, it  will create  human capital for future  days with a positive effect  on the society  as well as on the economy  both  in micro  and macro level. It  is  a programme under Centrally Sponsored  Plan ( CSP) where  as per  the  principle  the  Govt. of India  agree  reimbursement  of 75% total expenditure  under plan Budget .

To execute this scheme, State Govt.  formed  Odisha Model  School Education Society  and Odisha  Adarsha Vidyalaya Sangathan  for effective management  of Model School. These  Model  Schools  will be  CBSE  affiliated  and replica  of Kendriya  Vidyalaya (KV). Accordingly, the State  Govt. followed staffing pattern  of KV , Each school  will have 12 no. of teaching  and 4 no. of non-teaching posts  so  as  to fit in to the curriculum. Model  Schools  with CBSE  affiliation  started  from the  year 2016-17.

Now 3 years is   almost over  since  functioning of Model School  in Odisha. In order  to have knowledge  about  functioning and management   of these  Model schools  in   Educationally  backward   Blocks, RTI  Application was  filed  to  the Department  of School and Mass education,  Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya Sangathan ( OAVS),  Finance Department, Govt. of Odisha. In the  absence of  complete  information ,  the  following analysis  has been  made on the  availability  of the  information provided  by the PIOs  dated 6.3.19 ( OAVS), 19.2.19 ( Finance Dept.), 2.3.19 ( S&ME Dept.)

1.      190 Odisha Adarsha Vidyalayas (OAV)  have been made operational in the academic session 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19. Out of these 190 OAVs, 3 OAVs  are  functioning  in the nearby  Government  schools  and 01  OAV  is functioning  in the nearby  college.

2.      The building  and  other  infrastructure  of OAVs  are  being constructed  by Rural Development  Department  and Public Works Department . TATA Steel  Limited  is  constructing  30 OAV buildings  under CSR  out of its  own fund . Odisha Mining  Corporation  is  providing  funds  for construction of 25 OAV  buildings  under CSR.  These buildings are  being  constructed  by Rural  Development Department.

3.      On query  about  availability  of teaching  and non-teaching staff for Odisha Model Schools, the  PIO, OAVS has  provided that  as per  norm  fixed  by Department  of School and Mass education  following KV Model for staff  pattern,  each Model School  will have 12 nos. of  teaching  and 4 nos. of non-teaching  posts so as to fit in to the curriculum. the  following  is the  details of  post  created  and vacancy  still  continuing  in Model schools across the state.  

Sl.No.	Name  of  the post	Sanctioned post	Post filled up	Vacant  post
1	Principal	190	34	156
2	TGT Math ( Trained  Graduate Teacher)	190	166	24
3	TGT  Science	190	155	35
4	TGT English	190	155	35
5	TGT Odia	190	159	31
6	TGT SST	290	276	14
7	TGT Sanskrit	190	159	31
8	TGT Hindi	190	145	45
9	Art Teacher	190	109	81
10	PET	190	129	61
11	Music Teacher	190	90	100
12	Computer Teacher	190	130	60
13	Jr. Clerck –cum-Accountant	190	89	101
14	Grade-IV Employee	570	457	113
15	PGT English ( Post-Graduate Teacher)	100	19	81
16	PGT Biology	100	51	49
17	PGT Chemistry	100	12	88
18	PGT Math	100	43	57
19	PGT  physics	100	20	80
	Total	3640	2398	1242

·         35% of  teaching  and non-teaching staff  is lying  vacant.

·         83% vacancy  in  the  post  of  Principal,  authority   of  each  Model School

4.Computer Teachers- Worst Sufferer  due  to bureaucratic conspiracy

As model  School  will be  replica  of KV Schools, Each school  will  have 12 no. of teaching  and 4 nos. of non-teaching  post. The  Concurrence  of Finance Department  was granted  for  appointment of 12  teachers on regular  basis  and one Junior Clerk-cum accountant  and 3 peons  on contractual basis  to be outsources. Like other teaching staff,  the post of Computer  teacher  will be regular with  monthly salary  of Rs. 30163.00 ( Grade Pay 2200 ).  Due  to  bureaucratic  conspiracy,  the  Computer teachers  are  reduced to  contractual  staff  in 2015. Smt. Usha Padhi, the then Secretary, Dept. of School  and Mass education played  notorious  role  by changing  concurrence  of Finance  Dept for  regular   Computer  teacher  to contractual  computer teacher. In  the meeting of Steering Committee of Model schools  held on 23.2.15  under chairmanship  of Smt. Usha Padhi , it  was decided  that  the post of  Computer  teachers  will be on contractual basis  with   remuneration  of  Rs. 13500.00 instead  of regular  post. Though these  computer  teachers  were  selected  through process of rigorous interview  which was  followed in the case  of interview of other  teaching staff, their post  was kept  contractual. The concurrence  of Finance  Dept. was simply  overruled  by Smt. Usha Padhi which is  extreme arbitrariness. RTI revealed  that  despite  several  grievances  presented  by Computer teachers  for  regularization of services as per decision of Finance Dept., the  officers  of Dept. School and Mass Education have kept  it in cold storage.

5.      On the query  about Budget  provision  for  the  OAV, the PIO  has provided  the  following  information.                                                                     ( In lakhs)

Year	Budgetary  provision	Utilisation/ Release  of Funds
2016-17	50000.00	16886.43
2017-18	30000.00	21395.75
2018-19	50000.00	30235.80

·         Only 52%  of fund sanctioned to Model Schools have  been  utilized .

6.On query  about  details of facilities  provided to the students, the PIO  has  mentioned  that  the  children are  provided  hostels, MDM, Uniform, books , Bi-cycle.  But  from  field query , it was  observed that   the  children  are  not  provided hostel facility   in most  of the  school  till yet.  Only  SC and ST  children  are  provided  hostel facility  in few schools  availing it  from SC and ST  Department. Though assurance  was given,  the  children are  not  provided  transport  facility.

Prepared  by

Pradip Pradhan

RTI Activist

M-9937843482

Date- 17.3.19