Status of project MO SCHOOL of Ganjam

Niharika Panda

Department of Education, Ravenshaw University

November 15, 2020

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Introduction

‘Mo School Abhiyan’, an innovative project, a first-of-its-kind initiatives, launched by the Govt. of

Odisha, on Children’s Day i.e. 14.11.2017, has completed 3 years successfully, is the culmination of

expressions of interest from the individual alumni, and others who are keen to connect and spontaneously

contribute to their Alma Mater i.e. the school they or their relatives attended. The project has also a

broader spectrum to include and encourage alumni association, group of persons, Institutions, Social

impact Organizations, Companies, Foundations, and Philanthropists and others to contribute to the

enhancement of the school eco system. A robust and vibrant school education system holds the key to a

brighter future of any society in general and students in particular. So ‘Alma Mater’ even at the height of

colossal success in life always plays a vital role in students just like a firm shadow.

An active Alumni Association can contribute to various programmes in the institution like-

academic matters, student support as well as mobilization of resources – both financial and non-financial.

But to achieve this, alumni need to be convinced that their hard-earned money will not fall prey to corrupt

practices and will be used wisely for betterment and growth.

Review of Related Literature

Ilana Kowarski (2019) reported on “12 colleges where most alumni donate”. This report gives brief

idea that colleges of US gets maximum donation from alumni which shows their satisfaction towards their

education at their alma maters .

Saroj Tulankar and Bhagyashree Grampurohit (2020) published a conference paper on “ Role of

alumni as stakeholders in enhancing quality education”. The findings of the paper imply a strong positive

influence of the alumni on quality improvement of educational institutions. Also gives suggestions for

enhancing the participation of alumni for development of an institution.

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The official website of MO SCHOOL produces the details of the project, its progress reports and

school details .

Odishabytes (2020) published a report that shows schools received 2.4 crore donation for school

development under MO SCHOOL ABHIYAN. It also reported that measures should be taken to involve

more alumni in this campaign.

Rationale of the study

‘Monitoring’ has become a multifaceted term and is applied, almost indiscriminately, to a range

of different activities. All the above studies in the literature reviewed are mainly related to higher

education sector. This study may prove to be the simpler part of the monitoring process of project MO

SCHOOL. It is self-evident that quality education needs investments. Investing in education reinforces a

society’s wealth and growth, where individuals can improve their own personal efficacy and productivity.

As MO SCHOOL is completely new and first of its own kind, therefore, there is a need of multifaceted

standpoint and reasoning framework of monitoring of this project that can truly contribute to the

improvement and successful implementation of the programme.

Statement of problem

“STATUS OF PROJECT MO SCHOOL OF GANJAM”

Objective

The study has the following objectives

1. To find out the status of ‘MO SCHOOL’ project.

2. To find out the involvement of head of the institution in the project.

3. To explore the linkage between the alumni and the head of the school.

4. To explore the linkage between the community members and the head of the school.
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Definition of the terms

STATUS: -

Status means the state, condition, or situation. It also could refer to the position of a person or an

event. The status of a programme is to know where it is, or how much progress it has made.

In this study, the status is about the current state of different projects under the MO SCHOOL project.

The projects are of three parts such as: -

Part 1: Improving school infrastructure and school development.

Part 2: Improving student well-being, and

Part 3: Improving student learning

And the position of the projects will be observed in three phases such as

Phase1: - Preparatory Phase

Phase2: - Implementation Phase

Phase3: - Completion Phase

MO SCHOOL: - The Honorable Chief Minister of Odisha Shri Naveen Patnaik launched the Mo

School campaign on November 14, 2017 – Children’s Day – in response to this philanthropic interest from

alumni of Odisha schools residing in India and abroad. It is a Government of Odisha initiative under

SCHOOL AND MASS EDUCATION, providing a philanthropic platform for alumni and other community

members to contribute and catalyze a healthy, inclusive, and creative environment.

Delimitation of the study

The study will be delimited to Ganjam district.

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Design of the study

Considering the nature of this study, the investigator will adapt the design of survey research.

Sample

There are several different sampling techniques available, among them the investigator will

adapt simple random sampling technique to determine the sample size.

Tools of data collection

The investigator will adapt the following tools for collection of data precisely.

1. A checklist about the status of the programme

2. Observation schedule

3. Interview schedule for the head of the school

4. Interview schedule for the community members

Techniques of data collection

In this study the investigator will administer the tools to find the information and appropriate

statistical techniques will be used for data analysis.

Implication of the study

This study will help to provide immensely valuable data for the successful implementation of the

project MO SCHOOL. This study will also contribute to find out the gap for achievement and way to

resolute the conflicts between the stakeholders for the successful implementation of the ‘MO SCHOOL’

project.
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