Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya

This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages)

A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. Please discuss further on the talk page. (June 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

|

This article relies excessively on references to primary sources. Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources.
Find sources: "Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (June 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

|

(Learn how and when to remove this message)

Public (state government) school in Odisha, India

Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya

ଓଡିଶା ଆଦର୍ଶ ବିଦ୍ୟାଳୟ

Location

All over Odisha

Odisha

India

Information
Type| Public (State Government)
Motto| Inspire and Empower
("ଅନୁପ୍ରେରଣ ଏବଂ ସଶକ୍ତିକରଣ")
Established| 19 September 2015
School board| Central Board of Secondary Education(CBSE)
Authority| Department of School and Mass Education, Govt of Odisha
Key people| Hon'ble Minister,S&ME Dept.President  : Shri Sudam Marndi

Commissioner cum Secretary,S&ME Dept.Vice President : Ms. Aswathy S., IAS Advisor: Upendra Tripathy, [1] IAS

State Project Director : Smt. Yamini Sarangi,[2] IAS
Grades| VI - XII
Age range| 10-18
Language| English
Affiliation| CBSE
Information| 315 (functional schools)
Website| www.oav.edu.in

Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya (OAV; literally Odisha Model School) is a chain of schools are being set up, one at each of 314 block headquarters of Odisha State, India.[3]

Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya HQ

History- Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya Sangathan was established on September 19, 2015 as a society under The Society Registration Act of Odisha, by the Department of School and Mass Education, Govt. of Odisha.

The General Body is the apex body of the Sangathan headed by Minister, School & Mass Education as Chairman. Present Advisor and Working President is Upendra Tripathy[4] appointed on 3 August 2021 after Dr Bijaya Kumar Sahoo succumbs To Covid-19 on 3 June 2021.[5]

These Adarsha Vidyalayas would be CBSE affiliated fully day boarding schools, provide free education, and target talented students through an annual entrance examination. They would have Class VI through Class XII and each class would have 80 students. These schools would be administered through Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya Sangathan, a society registered under Society Registration Act of Odisha.

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "Odisha CM appoints retired IAS officer Upendra Tripathy as Advisor of Adarsha Vidyalaya Sangathan - ET Government".
2. ^ "Yamini Sarangi IAS appointed State Project Director- Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya Sangathan | Indian Bureaucracy is an Exclusive News Portal". 5 July 2023.
3. ^ "About Us". Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya Sangathan. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
4. ^ "Odisha CM appoints retired IAS officer Upendra Tripathy as Advisor of Adarsha Vidyalaya Sangathan". www.aninews.in/. 2021-08-03. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
5. ^ "Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya Advisor Bijaya Sahoo No More". www.newindianexpress.com/. 2021-06-03. Retrieved 2022-05-31.