Tag: Odisha (Indian State)
RTE failures in Odisha
Students at the Repur Primary School in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha are being forced to study in a school that is unsafe. The mid-day meals are prepared in unhealthy environment, toilets don’t function and the state of classrooms is degenerate, reports Community Correspondent Anupama Sathy. The back of the school opens to a...
Success: Waking a languid administration in Odisha
In the month of July last year, three families were thrown out of their house in Deultunda village of Bargarh district in Odisha. The mob, which chased them out of the village, mostly consisting of ‘upper-caste’ Hindus, also vandalised whatever little possessions they had. “They were drunk and chased us...
Right to Education is the Right to Life
Rakesh Lakra is a 3rd standard student at the Bihaband Primary School in Odisha’s Sundergarh District. He worries that if things continue as they are, he will not be able to learn much at school. With only one teacher, there is little discipline or teaching and chaos reigns supreme. A...
This School-accident could have been avoided
Struggling with lack of classrooms and teachers, this school in Odisha narrowly escaped an accident that could have gone very wrong. You can help the students at this school get the needed facilities. Call to Action: Please call Mr. Shankar Prashad Majhi, the Block Education Officer, Titlagarh Block on 09437760646....
Mining Vs. The Hills of Odisha
In the late 1980s the Gandhamardan hills in Odisha’s Bargarh district were home to a powerful people’s movement. Not unlike today’s Niyamgiri movement, that too was a cry of the people of the land to save their forest, their Gandhamardan Hill from Bauxite mining. The movement was successful in bringing...
Help Get 25,000 People a Doctor Today!
Absentee doctor, medical negligence and lack of concern for the health and welfare of residents of Potanai village council. Let’s turn that around for the better today. Call to Action: Pressurise the Chief District Medical Officer to appoint a regular doctor at the Potanai Health Center. Dr. Bijay...
Dreaming for her Children
Given the mammoth scale at which any government scheme operates in India, the final output really stands on the shoulders of a few people who work on the ground among the potential beneficiaries. These women and men are the ones who sweat it out, work long hours and help people...
Waiting for Infrastructure
Since the launch of our campaign ‘Pass Ya Fail?’ an audit of the Right to Education Act in India, our Community Correspondents have been busy visiting schools in their areas to document the ground level challenges in getting children access to education. This video report comes from Jhagrahi village, Komna...