By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: On the fourth day of the Phase-III of the 5T High School Transformation programme, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday dedicated another 359 Transformed High Schools.
The newly-transformed high schools inaugurated today includes 124 high schools in Bhadrak district, 77 in Kandhamal district, 35 in Dhenkanal district, 80 in Gajapati district and 43 in Sonepur district.
With this, a total of 1493 Tranformed high schools have been dedicated in four days in the third phase of the programme. Notably, 3,981 schools have been transformed in the state in the last two phases.
After the completion of the three phases, there will be a total of 6,132 ‘5T’ Transformed High Schools in the state.
The program was coordinated by 5T Secretary V.K. Pandian. Commissioner-cum-Secretary, School and Mass Education Department, Ashwathi S delivered the welcome speech and the Special Project Director of OSEPA gave vote of thanks. Principal Secretaries and Secretaries of Higher Education department, and other departments were present.
Bhadrak District Planning Committee Chairman and Chandbali MLA Dr. Byomkesh Rai, Kandhamal District Council Chairperson Mrs. Nandini Mallik, Dhenkanal MP Mahesh Sahu, Berhampur MP Chandrasekhar Sahu in Gajapati and Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari in Sonepur gave their views.
