The information was provided by Odisha education minister, who said at least 212 schools have no toilets.
About 52 thousand government primary and upper primary schools have no teacher for each class. (Photo: PTI/Representational)
Bhubaneswar: About 52 thousand government primary and upper primary schools functioning under the School and Mass Education Department in Odisha have no teacher for each class and over 41 thousand schools have no room for each class.
Odisha School and Mass Education Minister Debi Prasad Mishra in the state assembly on Thursday revealed this information in response to a question of BJP MLA Dilip Ray.
The information also revealed that 212 schools have no toilets. However, drinking water supply system has been put in place in more than 51 thousand schools, the minister said.
Notably, more than 34 thousand primary and 17 thousand upper primary schools are operating under the mass education department of Odisha government.
( Source : ANI )
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