Comprehensive District Annual Plan 2011-12 Balasore District

Comprehensive District Annual Plan 2011-12 Balasore District
Block/ULBs No. of Colleges
Jaleswar NAC 3
Nilgiri NAC 2
Soro NAC 2
District total 56
2.9.3 Technical Education:
Regarding technical education, the district lack adequate number of institutions to meet the
demand. Because of the upcoming of the industries in nearby districts, there is requirement
of technical institutes like ITI, Polytechnics, Diploma schools to provide skill to educated
unemployed youths of the district. The district also deserves an institute on disaster
management where in all research and extension activities will be conducted and skilled
manpower can be generated to handle successfully the natural calamities that occur very
frequently.
2.9.4 Sports & Youth Services:
Balasore district lack adequate infrastructure for development of sports in the district. Only
one stadium named Balasore Stadium is there inside the Balasore municipality area.
Provisions have been made for practice of Athletics, Basketball, Football, Volleyball, Kabadi
etc in the stadium. Further, there is lack of sports infrastructure in rural areas of the
district. Only 44.49% villages have play ground. There is need for at least one play ground
in each village and a mini stadium at each block of the district.
Table 2.70. No. of Play ground in Balasore District
Blocks No. of villages having Play Ground % to total villages
Bahanaga 92 56.44
Balasore 109 37.72
Baliapal 98 40.83
Basta 128 36.99
Bhograi 175 49.57
Jaleswar 106 41.24
Khaira 182 49.59
Nilgiri 67 44.96
Oupada 72 44.44
Remuna 154 48.42
Simulia 65 40.62
Soro 74 44.31
Total 1322 44.49
Following sports competitions are organized from Block to District level for selection of
student for participation in the state level and national level competition.
• Rural Sports competition: For popularization of sports in rural areas under the age
group of 16 years.
• Women sports festival: For creation of sports awareness among the women sports
persons (No age bar for participants)
• Talent Scouting (only for Novices) (For admission in different sports hostel of the state
under the age group of 12 to 16 years reading in class 6th to 8th).
• Excellence Scouting (Gold Digging Scheme) (For admission in sports hostel under the
age group of 16 to 20 years those who are represented at least in National School level,/
inter state level /inter university level.)
Youth Services:
District level Youth festival is organized every year for participation in the State Level youth
festival and National level youth festival. The main objective of youth services is
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