Housing clusters for teachers in remote Malkangiri district

BHUBANESWAR: The state government will create housing clusters for teachers posted in remote areas of Malkangiri district. School and mass education minister Samir Ranjan Dash said this here on Saturday.
Dash had visited the district on Thursday and reviewed the works of his department. "During my visit to Malkangiri, I was impressed by the interest of the people of the district towards education.Problem of the area is lack of local teachers there. Teachers from outside have been posted there. They take three hours to reach their school and another three hours to return home. Getting rented house in the remote area is very difficult. So I suggested the district collector to prepare a plan to set up housing clusters to help the teachers save time," he added.
Dash said one cluster will have around 10 quarters, so that at least 10 teachers can stay there. The place of building the cluster will be decided by the district administration, he added.
"It will be my priority to start this project in the area. Chief minister Naveen Patnaik has announced Rs 100 crore package for the development of Swabhiman Anchal of the district. We can use fund from the Rs 10 crore of the package earmarked for education. We will start this very soon," said the minister.
Dash said this project will help retain teachers in remote areas. The teachers will not face any problem to stay in Swabhiman Anchal. He will take up the issue with the chief minister.