Bhubaneswar: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has detected student dropout, lack of proper infrastructure, and low pupil-teacher ratio in government-run schools in Odisha.

In its report on school education tabled in the state assembly on Tuesday, the CAG has observed that the objective of universal access to school education was yet to be achieved in Odisha due to the dropout of students at different levels. ADVERTISEMENT

The findings were based on a performance audit of 108 government schools in 12 blocks of Bhadrak, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Nuapada, Sambalpur and Sonepur districts from the 2018-19 to 2022-23.

Though there was improvement in infrastructure facilities in government schools, a large number of institutions were still functioning without the prescribed infr

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