Bhubaneswar: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) report has unearthed major shortcomings in the planning, infrastructure, use of funds, and educational access in the state during the period 2018-19 to 2022-23.

The audit report on “School Education in Odisha, about the state School and Mass Education (SME) Department, was tabled in the Odisha Assembly by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Tuesday.

The report covering the period from 2018-19 to 2022-23 examined whether all children could access school education, whether the education was of good quality at all levels, and whether monitoring and evaluation were effective in bringing timely corrective measures in the implementation of programmes under the ‘Samagra Shiksha Scheme’.

“The budget provisions and expenditure

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