Zonal office of the Board of Secondary Education at Jeypore lacks amenities for normal functioning

Updated on: Thursday, November 15, 2012

The recently inaugurated zonal office of the Board of Secondary Education (BSE) at Jeypore in Koraput district is in a complete mess. The office has no building of its own, no permanent staff, no furniture, no telephone connection, no drinking water, no security guard and not even a sweeper.

The office was inaugurated by school and mass education minister Rabi Narayan Nanda on October 7. At present, it functions from a government girls' school building here. A section officer, two assistants and a peon from BSE's Berhampur branch have been working here on deputation since its inauguration.

Kshyama Sagar Naik, section officer of the zonal office said, "We are facing problem in conducting our daily official chores as the office has not been supplied with furniture. We are managing by borrowing a few desks from the girls' high school, but that cannot be a permanent solution. We also face problems in storing official documents and files as the office has no almirah." 

The problems have aggravated as the examination section of the office has started functioning of late. Official files are lying scattered on the floor. Teachers, students and their parents coming to the office are forced to remain standing for several hours, with no place to sit.

"We badly need a night watchman and a sweeper. Without any sweeper the office and its premises remain unclean for several days. Since there are important official documents, the office needs to have security guards for night," Naik said.

The branch was set up to decentralize the board's manifold activities and to provide door step services to the teachers and students. At least 625 schools involving around 24,000 students of Koraput, Nabarangapur, Malkangiri and Rayagada districts of south Odisha are under its jurisdiction.

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