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Hans India
18-07-2025
- Hans India
DEOs asked to ensure safety for girls
Bhubaneswar: In the wake of the nationwide outrage over the death of a student at a college in Balasore, Odisha government on Thursday asked all district education officers (DEOs) to ensure a safe environment for women employees and students, particularly girls in schools. In a letter to all the DEOs, School and Mass Education Secretary Shalini Pandit asked them to implement relevant provisions under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. 'You are instructed to review the implementation of the above, along with timely constitution and re-constitution of the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) in all eligible establishments and further ensure that all provisions of the Act are followed in letter and spirit at all workplaces under your jurisdiction,' she said. The Secretary also told the DEOs to create a safe environment in schools for students for their physical, mental and socio-emotional well-being. The officers were further instructed to implement Barnali, a gender equity programme, to promote positive gender attitudes and behaviours among students, teachers and parents and to eliminate gender-based violence in all elementary and secondary schools of the State in integration with the social studies curriculum. Besides, the DEOs were asked to display helpline numbers (women helpline-181, child helpline-1098, police helpline-1 12, school student helpline-18003456722) at prominent places in all workplaces, schools and residential hostels. Asking the officers to strictly follow the instructions, Pandit warned, 'Any deviation from this will be viewed seriously.' A second-year BEd student of a college in Balasore died at AIIMS-Bhubaneswar on Monday night. She had set herself on fire on the college campus on Saturday over inaction against a professor who allegedly sexually harassed her.
Hans India
22-05-2025
- General
- Hans India
Girls outshine boys in Plus 2 exam
Bhubaneswar: Girls performed better than boys in the Plus 2 (Class 12) examinations in Odisha, the results of which were declared on Wednesday. About 82.77 per cent of students cleared the examinations conducted by the Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE), School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond said. About 3.93 lakh students had filled the forms for the Annual Higher Secondary Examination 2025, and of them, 3.82 lakh appeared, he said. Out of the 3.16 lakh students who passed the examinations, 1.74 lakh are girls and 1.42 lakh are boys, he said. The pass percentage of boys is 77.88 and girls is 87.24, he added. Gond said 1,01,914 students passed in the first division, 67,815 students secured second division, and 1,43,339 students got third division. The pass percentage in Arts is 80.51, Science 87.49, Commerce 83.2 and 60.57 in vocational studies, he said. Students can download their marksheet from and Congratulating the successful students, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi wished for their bright future. For the students who did not get the desired results, he said, 'We will have to give many more exams in the coming days. Success in the exams of life is the real success. Make efforts with confidence. Make your father, mother and the country proud.'
New Indian Express
30-04-2025
- General
- New Indian Express
Odisha to distribute ‘Jaadu Pedi' to students in 45,000 primary schools
BHUBANESWAR: The government has decided to distribute 'Jaadu Pedi', a play-based learning material tailored for children developed by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), among children aged 3-8 years in 45,000 primary schools of the state. Ahead of the distribution programme, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Tuesday had a look into the learning materials in the kit. School and Mass Education secretary Shalini Pandit briefed the chief minister about the various materials available in the kit. The chief minister expressed happiness upon seeing the materials in Jaadu Pedi and said the children can learn about the utility and usage of local materials through the toys and play materials provided in the kit. These toys will not only help children learn but also attract them towards education, he added. The learning materials in the Jaadu Pedi have been developed and contextualised by each District Institute of Education and Training (DIET) for children in pre-school, Class-I and Class-II as per the New Education Policy-2020. Each kit costs approximately `20,000 and will be distributed to around 45,000 schools with a total expenditure of `90 crore. This initiative aims to make foundational learning engaging and interactive. The kit comprises playbooks, toys, puzzles, posters, flash cards, story books and worksheets reflecting the local culture, social context and languages. It is designed to generate curiosity among the children and accommodate the diverse needs of learners in the foundational stage, officials said.
