Odisha Budget 2024: BJP Govt Brings New Schemes To Strengthen School Education, Check Dropout

Bhubaneswar: With an aim to strengthen school education and check dropout, the Odisha government on Thursday proposed a number of schemes with substantial allocations in the state budget for 2024-25.

In its maiden budget presented in the Assembly by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, the BJP government proposed a new scheme ‘Godabarisha Mishra Adarsha Prathamika Vidyalaya’ with an allocation of Rs 50 crore.

The scheme is aimed at providing quality teaching at primary school level for children in rural and semi urban areas of the state, the Chief Minister said while presenting the budget.

Similarly, in order to check dropout, the government proposed to implement another new scheme ‘Madho Singh Haath Kharcha’.

Under the scheme, every Scheduled Tribe (ST) student having passed out 8th/10th class and taking admission in 9th/ 11th class will be provided with Rs 5000 annually as an incentive.

There is another proposal to distribute laptops to meritorious students under ‘Godabarisha Vidyarthi Protsahana Yojana’ for which an allocation of Rs 54 crore has been made, the CM said.

‘Mo School’ is proposed to be renamed as ‘Panchasakha Shikshya Setu Abhiyan’ with a proposed outlay of Rs 332 crore in the budget.

Allocations In Education Sector:

 Allocation of Rs 35,536 crore for the Education Sector.
 Rs.26,391 crore for the School and Mass Education Department.
 Rs.50 crore Godabarisha Mishra Adarsha Prathamika Vidyalaya.
 Rs.409 crore under the Gangadhar Meher Sikshya Manakbrudhi Yojana.
 Rs.332 crore under Panchasakha Sikhya Setu.
 Rs.139 crore is provided for Mukhyamantri Shikhya Puraskar
 Rs.108 crore is provided for Mukhyamantri Chhatrachhatri Paridhan Yojana.
 Rs.935 crore for Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya
 Rs.997 crore for PM POSHAN
 Rs.258 crore towards State Support to PM POSHAN.
 Rs.3,791 crore for Samagra Sikshya,
 Rs.475 crore towards State Support to Samagra Sikshya
 Rs.714 crore for Strengthening Teaching – Learning and Results for States
 Rs.25 crore for PM Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI)
 Rs.1170 crore is provided for Pre-matric and Post-matric scholarship of ST, SC, OBC, SEBC students
 Rs.3,478 crore for Higher Education Department.
 Rs.280 crore for Infrastructure Development of Universities and Colleges under Higher Education Department
 Rs.54 crore under Godavarish Vidyarthi Protsahana Yojana for Distribution of Laptops to Meritorious Students.
 Rs.10 crore for Ama College Ama Gaurav.
 Rs.50 crore for Odia University at Satyabadi
 Rs.36 crore for Odisha University Research and Innovation Incentivisation Plan.
 Rs.155 crore for Rashtriya Uchhatar Shiksha Abhiyan (USHA)
 Rs.1583 crore for Skill Development and Technical Education.
 Rs.200 crore provided under Odisha Skill Development Project Assisted by ADB
 Rs.31 crore provided for CM- Aspire.
 Rs.262 crore is provided for Infrastructure Development of Engineering
Schools, colleges, ITIs, Polytechnics, and Technological Universities under SD & TE Department.
 Rs.100 crore is provided for Odisha University of Technology & Research (OUTR), Bhubaneswar
 Rs.122 crore is provided for VSSUT, Burla.