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Khordha

Residential school empowers tribal children through education

January 21, 2021 By Abhijit Mohanty Leave a Comment

The Dongria Kondh, belonging to particularly vulnerable tribal group (PVTG), shot to limelight when they protested against a bauxite mine planned in the Niyamgiri Hills where they live.

Though they were able to stop the mining, development eluded them. They still lack access to quality education, basic healthcare services and government welfare schemes.

Although there are government residential schools in tribal areas, challenges to realize the goal of Right to Education include lack of adequate teachers and basic amenities, teacher absenteeism, and lack of an adequate number of female teachers to inspire girls to study.

Over the years, the tribes have become more aware of the importance and benefits of education in aiding them, and in ensuring their rights and entitlements.

The tribes’ desire to educate their children is being fulfilled by Bhubaneswar-based Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences, a residential school that equips them with life and work-life skills besides academics.

School for tribes

Academician Achyuta Samanta from Kalarabanka in Odisha, established Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) in 1993 to ensure quality education for tribal children. Since then it has been functioning as a residential school in Bhubaneswar.

Samanta had observed tribal migrant workers in Bhubaneswar. As they had migrated with their families, their children lacked access to schools.

In the absence of proper healthcare and balanced diet, he found their condition deplorable. He motivated the migrant workers to send their children to Kalinga Institute, where dry ration was being provided to students free of cost.

Initially Kalinga Institute functioned as a day school. Sensing the need, it was made into a residential facility. Samantha started it with 125 tribal children at a rented house. He started it exclusively for the tribal children, since Odisha has 62 Scheduled Tribes and 13 PVTGs.

The tribal children studying in the school include Kondh, Santal, Dongria Kondh, Kutia Kondh, Bonda, Didayi, Paraja and Saura, among others. Tribal children from neighboring and northeastern states are also enrolled at the school. The school tries to eradicate educational inequalities by providing equal opportunities to all the children.

Learning through mother tongue

Initially, the children learn through their mother tongue. Mother tongue-Based multilingual education (MTBMLE), an approach that adopts the first-language-first approach to educate minority language users through their mother tongue in the early stages, and transition to other languages, is followed at the school.

The institute has developed teaching and learning materials in 13 tribal languages. In class I the students learn in their mother tongue. After they become familiar with the regional language, they start learning in Odia. As per the state government’s education policy, they start learning English when they are in class III. Besides academics, the school places equal importance on sports and vocational training.

Identifying skills

“Education enlightens us,” Ravindra Wadaka said in English. He belongs to the Dongria Kondh tribal community. “Education helps us to know our own capacity and skill.” He has numerous medals and trophies as proof of his statement.

Shubakanta Malya, a fitness coach at Kalinga Institute inspired Ravindra Wadaka to register for weight lifting. After months of rigorous training, Ravindra Wadaka stood fourth in the first weight lifting competition.

“It was like a dream come true. It was the first time I encountered so many people, and I was a bit nervous,” he said.

Apart from his appreciating his weight lifting skills, the community holds Ravindra Wadaka in high regard for becoming the first Dongria Kondh to earn a master’s degree in physical education. He is confident of representing India in weight lifting in future.

Academic achievement

Dongria girls are also fairing extremely well. Phulaki Wadaka is the first Dongria girl to earn a master’s degree in psychology. “I never thought I would pursue higher education in my life. KISS gave me that opportunity,’’ she said.

“Many of my friends now want to study like me. They want to excel in their career and I am happy to motivate and help them.’’

Known for his fluency in English, Mukteswar Wadaka is the first Dongria to have qualified National Eligibility Test. He aspires to be a civil servant.

“For years, mainstream people had a perception that we Adivasi people are only meant for surviving in the jungle. As if we are not eligible for white collar jobs. I want to debunk this myth.”

During the nationwide lockdown amidst the pandemic, Mukteswar Wadaka provided free tuition to other Dongria children in his village, Khambesi. One of the things that Mukteswar Wadaka appreciated most at Kalinga is the institute’s indigenous language diversity.

“Earlier I used to speak Dongria language, but at KISS, I started learning other indigenous languages like Kondh, Santali, Munda and Deshia,’’ he said.

The amalgamation of hundreds of Adivasi children from different communities provides a unique opportunity to promote indigenous language diversity at Kalinga Institute.

Right to education

On 22 November, the Odisha government declared that primary schools with less than 15 attending students in scheduled areas and schools with less than 20 attending students in non-scheduled areas would be merged with nearby institutions. It is estimated that 14,339 primary and upper primary schools are facing closure.

According to the Odisha Right to Education Forum, almost 25% schools in 56 tribal sub-plan blocks from Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Koraput, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Rayagada and Mayurbhanj districts were selected for closure by 7 March, 2020. In the past, the policy had led to the closure of 155 schools with an attendance of less than five students.

“Government should conduct a comprehensive survey to understand various factors responsible for poor attendance in the scheduled area,” said Ronit Sabar, a Saura Adivasi development practitioner, currently working in Rayagada as district coordinator for Kalinga Institute.

Despite the challenges that indigenous communities face in accessing affordable and inclusive education, building schools in rural areas nurtures hope of marginalized communities.

“Engagement with multiple stakeholders such as parents, community leaders, Panchayati raj institution members and local civil societies is key to addressing multidimensional issues of tribal education,” said Sabar.

“We provide free education, accommodation, food and healthcare to over 30,000 indigenous students,’’ said Adiroopa Mukherjee, project officer, Kalinga Institute. “Our experience shows that, given access and opportunity, there is no limit to what indigenous students can achieve.’’

This article was first appeared in Villagesquare.in

Filed Under: English Tagged With: Education, Khordha, Odisha

Light rainfall over few districts due to Nivar

November 25, 2020 By Sneha Santuka Leave a Comment

Bhubaneswar, Nov 25 (LocalWire): Light to moderate rain and thundershowers has been predicted for Nov 25 owing to cyclonic storm Nivar.

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Filed Under: English Tagged With: Gajapati, Ganjam, Kalahandi, Khordha, Koraput, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Nayagarh, Odisha, puri, Rayagada

Another 3748 COVID cases reported today, highest from Khordha

September 9, 2020 By Sneha Santuka Leave a Comment

Bhubaneswar, Sept 9 (LocalWire): Another 3748 COVID positive cases were reported in the state in the last 24 hours, the I & PR dept said today.

While 2210 cases were in quarantine, 1538 were local contact cases.

The highest number of cases was reported from Khordha at 615, followed by Cuttack at 392.

While the number of recoveries stands at 2787, the number of total positive cases till now stands at 1,35,130. The number of total active cases is 32,312.

Sundargarh, Sonepur, Nabarangpur and Kendrapara have reported 157, 124, 121, 116 cases in the last 24 hours.

While Puri has reported the 3rd highest number of cases at 387, Rayagada, Sambalpur, Nuapada and Nayagarh have reported 82, 79, 107 and 69 cases respectively.

Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur, Ganjam, Gajapati and Dhenkanal have reported 94, 140, 71, 33 and 65 cases respectively.

Bolangir, Balasore, Bargarh and Koraput have reported 163, 103, 92 and 97 cases respectively.

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Filed Under: English Tagged With: Khordha, Odisha

Shops to be shut down from 2 pm – 6 am in Khordha sub-division till June 30

June 16, 2020 By Sneha Santuka Leave a Comment

Khordha, June 16 (LocalWire): The District Collector of Khordha has imposed a shutdown from 2 pm – 6 am every day till 30th June, 2020 in the entire Khordha sub-division area, an official notification said.

The order has been issued after repeated violations of earlier imposed social distancing norms, wherein opening of different shops, market complexes and daily markets has resulted in social gatherings/congregations, it notified.

In view of the increasing number of coronavirus cases in different blocks/ULBs under Khordha district and the above-mentioned social gatherings/congregations, shops are only allowed to remain open from 6 am to 2 pm every day except for the weekend shut down period.

Shops will be liable for criminal proceeding under Section 188 of IPC (45 of 1860) on violation of social distancing norms within and outside the shop premises, the order said.

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Filed Under: English Tagged With: Khordha, Odisha

CESU launches crackdown on defaulting consumers

January 16, 2020 By LocalWire Leave a Comment

Khordha, Jan 16 (LocalWire): In a drive against those defaulting electricity dues, the Central Electricity Supply Utility of Odisha on Thursday terminated the connections of 53 commercial consumers in Khordha district, officials said.

The consumers were not clearing their arrears despite repeated reminders. 39 special squads formed by CESU carried out the disconnection exercise, they said.

CESU has identified defaulting consumers in 11,397 villages.

Similarly, it has formed 413 squads to carry out the disconnection exercise in nine coastal districts which come under its jurisdiction.

The company had a pending arrear of Rs 1,971 crore to be collected from more than 7 lakh consumers by November 2019.

The power distribution company said it will carry out disconnection drive in a phased manner.

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Filed Under: English, Government Tagged With: Government, Khordha, Odisha

BJP leader shot dead in Khordha

April 15, 2019 By LocalWire Leave a Comment

Khordha, April 15 (LocalWire): A BJP leader was shot dead by unidentified miscreants in Odisha’s Khordha town late Sunday night, police said.

The deceased has been identified as Manguli Jena (45), BJP’s Khordha Zone-9 Mandal President.

The miscreants allegedly opened fire at Jena while he was having a discussion with party’s local MLA candidate Kalu Khandayatray at the nominee’s house along with some BJP workers.

Jena was admitted to the Khordha district headquarters hospital, where he was declared dead by doctors.

The reason behind the attack and those involved in the firing are yet to be ascertained. Raids were being conducted at various places in Khordha to apprehend the assailants.

Party workers staged a dharna and called for a shutdown in the region from 8 am to 2 pm before the local police station demanding immediate arrest of the miscreants.

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Filed Under: English, Happenings Tagged With: Happenings, Khordha

Drought Monitoring Cell formed in Khordha

March 1, 2019 By LocalWire Leave a Comment

Khordha, March 1 (LocalWire): District Drought Monitoring Cell (DDMC) has been formed on Thursday in Khordha district, Office of the Collector & District Magistrate informed.

The cell reportedly consists of stakeholders of departments such as water shed, agriculture, irrigation, horticulture & emergency.

The Collector & District Magistrate will be the chairman of the cell.

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Filed Under: English, Happenings Tagged With: Happenings, Khordha, Odisha

Brown sugar seized from Khordha, 1 arrested

February 8, 2019 By LocalWire Leave a Comment

Khordha, Feb 8 (LocalWire) The Excise Department on Friday said officials have seized brown sugar worth Rs 12 lakh and arrested a person identified as Sunil Dalei during a raid in Khordha district’s Samantaraypur.

According to sources, Cuttack and Khordha Excise Department executives were tracking the drug deals based on a tip off prior to the raid.

Inspector Sarat Kumar Bhanja said the culprit was arrested with 128 gram brown sugar, the approximate rate of which is Rs. 12,80,000. .

Sunil reportedly destroyed some brown sugar by pouring phenyl over them during the raid, an official said.

Sunil has reportedly admitted to smuggling brown sugar regularly from Balasore district’s Jaleswar, supplying it to various places and consuming it himself.

Pertinently, in the last two days, this is the third case of brown sugar smuggling in Khordha, Pipili and Bhubaneswar.

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Filed Under: English Tagged With: Khordha

Brown sugar seized, two held

December 22, 2018 By LocalWire Leave a Comment

Khordha, Dec 22 (LocalWire): Two persons from Khordha were detained after 295 gm brown sugar was seized from their possession, said an excise official on Saturday.

International market value of the seized contraband is estimated to be around Rs 30 lakh, said the officer.

Acting on a tip off, excise sleuths raided Gopinathsahi and Mathasahi areas under Khordha police limits and nabbed the duo with brown sugar.

The accused have been identified as Krushna Palei and Rabindra Pradhan.

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Filed Under: English Tagged With: Khordha, Odisha

Brown sugar seized, two held

December 22, 2018 By LocalWire Leave a Comment

Khordha, Dec 22 (LocalWire): Two persons from Khordha have been detained after 295 gm brown sugar was seized from their possession, said an excise official on Saturday.

International market value of the seized contraband would be around Rs 30 lakh.

Acting on a tip-off, the excise sleuths raided the Gopinathsahi and Mathasahi area under Khordha police limits and nabbed the two with the brown sugar.

The accused have been identified as Krushna Palei and Rabindra Pradhan.

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Filed Under: English Tagged With: Khordha

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