Bhubaneswar, 17th Sept 2025: School students can now travel free of cost in government buses. They will be allowed free travel upon showing their identity card. Under the Mukhyamantri Bus Seva (Chief Minister’s Bus Service), students from Class 1 to Class 12 will be eligible for this benefit.
If students are in school uniform and present their school ID card, their bus fare will be waived. This decision has been announced by School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond to the media.
This move came following a review meeting of the School and Mass Education Department held recently, where Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi made several significant decisions aimed at the qualitative improvement of primary education.
Key Highlights from the Meeting:
- The SCERT will be developed further based on the NCERT framework.
- Schematic teachers (contractual/temporary) will be regularized.
- Free textbooks will be provided to students from Class 1 to Class 10.
- Over the next 3 years, 45,000 primary teachers will be recruited, including 40,000 new posts created for the purpose.
- Tribal students will be taught in their mother tongue.
- A Multilingual Education Center will be set up in Koraput to provide tribal-language-based education.
- Resource persons will be appointed across various clusters for children with disabilities.
- Additionally, the government has decided to merge the Board of Secondary Education and the Council of Higher Secondary Education into a single board.
Summary:
- Free bus travel for school students (Classes 1–12) with ID proof or school uniform.
- Aimed at improving access to education, especially for rural and tribal children.
- Part of broader educational reforms under CM Majhi’s leadership.
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