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EDUCATION
Education development for
scheduled castes and scheduled tribes
The Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Scheduled Castes
(SCs) are educationally
backward. The percentage of literacy among the STs and SCs
is 37.37% and 55.53% as against the general literacy level
of 63.08 % as per 2001 census.
Orissa was
the pioneer in setting of special type of Residential Educational
Institutions for their educational development. The Department
has established and manages the following Residential Educational
Institutions :
- Residential High
Schools for Boys
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155 |
- Residential High
Schools for Girls
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91 |
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Total High Schools |
246 |
- Establishment
of Model Tribal Schools on the pattern of Nayodaya
Vidyalaya
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10 |
- Ashram Schools
for Boys (M.E. Standard)
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112 |
- Residential Sevashrams
(Primary School with residential facilities
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143 |
- Sevashrams (Primary
School non-residential)
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1031 |
- Primary School
Hostels (1 per each Grama Panchayat of the Tribal
Sub-Plan areas)
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1548 |
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7 |
- Hostels for providing
residential facilities at Post-matric and Pre-matric
level
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569 |
- Residential facilities
at Primary level for Tribal Girls in KBK districts
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400 |
- Teachers Training
Schools
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2 |
- Student’s
strength in Educational Institutions during the
year 2006-2006 managed by the Department
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S.T.
=> 1,49,173 S.C.
=> 37,682
Others=> 42,737
Total =2,29,592
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- Vocational Training
Centres attached High Schools facilities for the
students prosecuting their studies in the Educational
Institutions of the Department
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17 |
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OTHER FACILITIES
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Inspection
of Educational Institutions through the
Inspecting wing, comprises of Circle Inspector
of Schools, District Inspector of Schools,
Sub Inspector of Schools.
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Provisions
of Science apparatus, Library Books, Maps,
Charts, Globes,
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FORMS
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