A survey was conducted in Turekela, Muribahal and Bangomunda blocks of Balangir district to find out the basic knowledge of the student from class one to class eighth. The survey was conducted to find out how many students donot know A to Z letters of English alphabet, counting from 1 to 100, and letters of Odia from “A” to “Kshya”.
In the survey conducted in Turekela block it is reported that around 25000 students have no knowledge of letters out of total 35000 students of the block but the education department is hiding the information and saying only 5000 students haven’t learn the letters.
Same situation is prevailing in Muribahal and Bangomunda. About 1 lakh 5 thousands students in 3 blocks have no knowledge of letters and numbers. The teachers of these students have been instructed to teach at least the letters and numbers to these students since August. But the teachers are complaining that this programmee should be conducted in the summer vacation in April. Now regular classes are going on and in this scenario it is not possible to conduct any special classes for these students. Now the teachers are in panic. When they will teach them letters and when the students will learn the course according to the syllabus.
The books published by the Department according to the Sarba Sikhya Abhijan are full with errors. The Sarba Sikhya Yojana started in 1997 and in the last 19 years, the syllabus has been changed 10 times. Though the syllabuses have been changed 10 times yet there are errors. Even the NCERT of Delhi conducted training for group of teachers from Odisha. But still there is no change in the books. And so students have failed to learn the letters.