Odisha government to ensure security in hostels of ST & SC department

BHUBANESWAR: The state government will soon bring a dedicated management system for ensuring security and well-being of students residing in hostels under the ST and SC Development department. A decision in this regard was taken at a meeting presided over by development commissioner Anu Garg here on Wednesday. The new management system will expedite decision making at the district and state level in emergent security- related incidents taking place in the hostels. The hostels will be connected to the office of the district collectors through management information system (MIS) so that decisions can be taken within hours of an incident taking place. The ST and SC Development department has 5,841 hostels under it and around 5.4 lakh inmates reside in these facilities. Of the total students, 3.4 lakh reside in schools run by the department. Another 1.77 lakh students stay in schools run by the School and Mass Education department. But the hostels of School and Mass Education department dedicated for ST and SC students are run by the ST and SC Development department.