Nali Kali programme has been successfully implemented in the district, said Public Education Department Deputy Director Prahalad Gowda.

He was speaking at the interaction programme organised for the district level resource persons, here recently.

The learning levels of the children in all the 1,722 nalikali schools in the district is satisfactory, he said.

BHUBANESWAR: The 13th Finance Commission (TFC) has recommended a grant of Rs 78,974.9 crore for the State for the award period from 2010 to 2015. The grant has increased substantially compared to the 12th Finance Commission, which recommended Rs 36,942.8 crore for Orissa.

HRD ministry and states can be happy as 13th Finance Commission has been the most generous for elementary education, allocating Rs 24,068 crore for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan to all the states for the next five years. It has also fully accepted the demand for grants made by the HRD ministry.

The financial year gone by saw the strengthening of several initiatives to help cushion the impact of global slowdown on the more vulnerable population.

The Economic Survey said the gap between the health and education indices of India and those in the developed world, and even with those in many developing countries, need bridging at a faster pace.

BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has decided to provide pre-school kits to children in the anganwadi centres to attract them to schools.

A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting presided over by Women and Child Development Minister Pramila Mallik at the Secretariat here today. Children in the age group of three to five are accommodated in the anganwadi centres.

Chhattigarh