Odisha government to provide quota in engineering, medical colleges for government school students

The proposals were approved by the cabinet during a meeting virtually chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.

The Odisha government has decided to make a provision for reservation in engineering and medical colleges for all those students who will be passing out from the state-run schools. The government has also approved a proposal to make it mandatory for all the people's representatives and government servants to submit the property statements every year. 
The details will be kept in the public domain for transparency, State Parliamentary Affairs Minister A K Arukha said. The proposals were approved by the cabinet during a meeting virtually chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.

"The quota in engineering and medical colleges for students passing out from state-run schools will be introduced from the next academic year," School and Mass Education Minister S R Dash said.

With this reservation policy, the government main objective is to boost the morale of the students in the rural areas who are deprived of coaching and digital courses that are easily available in urban areas, which is why the students of rural schools are failing to compete with their urban counterparts, the minister said.

All those students who will be passing matriculation examinations from state-run schools will be eligible to avail the quota irrespective of their economic background, Dash said.

The cabinet approved the formation of a high-powered committee under the chairmanship of a retired Orissa High Court judge to formulate within three months the modalities for implementing the reservation.

In a collaboration between the department of school and mass education, the government of Odisha, and UNICEF has recently launched a new career portal. The motive of the career portal is to help secondary and higher secondary students with expert advice on their future careers.

The portal will have easy access to information on different careers and will also allow interaction with teachers. Further, students will also be able to get career guidance through a mobile-friendly app.

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