33,000 schools join Mo School campaign

Students in a Kandhamal school that has been adopted under the Mo School Abhiyan

BHUBANESWAR: More than 33,000 schools in the state have joined the Mo School campaign. It was announced at the 24th executive council meeting of Mo School Abhiyan held here on Friday under the chairmanship of school and mass education secretary Satyabrata Sahu.
Over 5.6 lakh alumni have been associated with the Mo School campaign till date. In March, 36,311 alumni were connected and Rs 5.2 crore has been collected from them for the development of their schools.
The meeting held in virtual mode in view of Covid-19 outbreak, has approved projects worth Rs 121.26 crore in 24 districts. The alumni contributed Rs 1.77 crore in Balasore, Rs 53.54 lakh in Cuttack, Rs 36.33 lakh in Bhadrak, Rs 33.18 lakh in Angul and Rs 18.54 lakh in Bargarh. In addition, a financial aid of Rs 35.55 crore has been granted to Mo School Abhiyan from various CSR funds for development of government schools in the state.
Balasore records the highest amount of donor contribution for the fifth consecutive time with Rs 1.77 crore. The 5T High School Transformation Programme is among the most important programmes of Mo School Abhiyan.
The selected 1,000 schools (5T High School Transformation and SAP schools) will roll out energy club activities with support from Centre for Environment Studies and will receive yearly grant of Rs 10,000 per school towards its programme from the energy department.
Schools have been instructed to complete projects under Mo School Abhiyan on time. So far, 1,380 individuals have expressed their interest in adopting schools. Virtual meetings regarding the School Adoption Programme will be held on May 10 across the state.

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