#MissionZeroF: Odisha’s ambitious initiative for increasing Matriculation pass rate
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Bhubaneshwar, Aug. 27: School drop out and failing in the exams always questioned the educational quality. To improve educational quality and decrease the number of students failing in Class X examination, Cuttack Collector Bhabani Shankar Chayani launched ‘Mission Zero F’ on Monday.
‘Mission Zero F’ aims at roping in experts from different backgrounds to work as mentors for students who are promoted to Class X with fewer marks. The mentors will work voluntarily and assist the teachers in enabling academically weaker students to prepare for the Class X Board examinations. They will also work beyond school hours to provide extra inputs and guidance to improve the learning capabilities of weak students.
after analyzing the results of the annual High School Certificate (HSC) examinations, conducted by the Board of Secondary Education (BSE), in which around 20% of the students fail every year. In the first phase, the program was launched at Padmapur High School and Vivekananda Bidyapitha, Bahugram in Salepur block.
The Collector said last year, out of 28,861 students who appeared the annual HSC examinations from Cuttack district, as many as 5,509 (19.13%) had failed.
He said the number of students failing to clear the examination will come down to zero after the successful implementation of the program in the district. Chayani has directed District Education Officer to implement the program in all the 487 High Schools across the district.
. It has been targeted to select 7,500 mentors from different backgrounds including Government officials, senior college students, volunteers from NGOs, retired academicians, etc for improving the academic standard of around 30,000 High School students in the district under the program.
“There is also a plan for rewarding the mentors based on their performance and success of the students attached to them,” said Chayani, adding support from different organizations would be sought to encourage students to study beyond school hours under the mission.