By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: The third phase of the 5T High School Transformation programme was on Tuesday launched by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. On the first day of this phase, the Chief Minister Patnaik dedicated 357 transformed high schools in 4 districts of the state .
The transformed schools includes 106 high schools in Ganjam district, 87 in Angul, 57 in Keonjhar and 107 in Jagatsinghpur. A total of 2,151 transformed high schools will be inaugurated in the third phase.
It is worth noting that 3981 schools have been transformed in the state in the last two phases. After the completion of the three phases, a total of 6132 schools will be transformed in the state.
5T Secretary V.K. Pandian participated in discussion with the children and said that the Chief Minister has not only provided better education for children in government schools, but has also provided 15 percent reservation for them in medical and engineering colleges.