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Odisha Education and Social Sector

Environment & General Studies

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Overview

Odisha’s education and social sector includes historic institutions, school transformation initiatives and programmes for tribal and girls’ education.

Key points

Ravenshaw College (1868), now a university, is one of Odisha’s oldest higher-education institutions.
Utkal University was established in 1943.
Mo School (2017) mobilises alumni support for government schools.
Odisha Adarsha Vidyalayas offer quality English-medium education in blocks.
SSD (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Development) department runs residential schools for tribal children.
Census 2011 recorded literacy of about 73% in Odisha.

Explanation

Multilingual Education supports tribal children in their mother tongues.
Mission Shakti links women’s groups with social services.
Mid-day meals and anganwadis support nutrition.
Girls’ hostels and bicycles improve retention.
Learning outcomes vary across districts.

Step by step

Identify the concept, method or fact asked.
Recall the definition, thinker, year or rule.
Apply it and eliminate extreme or mismatched options.

Examples

The alumni-support programme for government schools → Mo School.
Odisha’s oldest major college (1868) → Ravenshaw.
Utkal University was founded in → 1943.

Traps and advanced points

Trap: Wrong founding years.
Trap: Ignoring tribal education.
Trap: Treating literacy as uniform across districts.

Quick revision

Ravenshaw 1868; Utkal 1943.
Mo School 2017; Adarsha Vidyalayas.
MLE for tribal children.

Practice MCQs

Ravenshaw College was founded in —
1. 1903
2. 1936
3. 1943
4. 1868
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Answer: (d) 1868. 1868.
Utkal University was established in —
1. 1956
2. 1868
3. 1936
4. 1943
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Answer: (d) 1943. 1943.
Mo School (2017) mobilises —
1. school buses
2. board exams
3. alumni support for government schools
4. private coaching
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Answer: (c) alumni support for government schools. Alumni and community support.
Odisha Adarsha Vidyalayas offer —
1. quality English-medium education in blocks
2. only vocational training
3. college degrees
4. only sports
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Answer: (a) quality English-medium education in blocks. Block-level model schools.
Residential schools for tribal children are run by the —
1. SSD department
2. Railways
3. Army
4. Postal department
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Answer: (a) SSD department. SC & ST Development department.
Census 2011 literacy in Odisha was about —
1. 53%
2. 63%
3. 73%
4. 83%
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Answer: (c) 73%. About 73%.
Multilingual Education in Odisha supports —
1. teachers’ salaries
2. tribal children in their mother tongues
3. only English
4. college students
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Answer: (b) tribal children in their mother tongues. MLE for tribal languages.
Mid-day meals and anganwadis mainly support —
1. transport
2. nutrition
3. sports
4. exams
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Answer: (b) nutrition. Child nutrition.
Girls’ hostels and bicycles mainly improve —
1. retention of girls
2. fees
3. marks only
4. teacher numbers
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Answer: (a) retention of girls. They reduce dropout.