Bhubaneswar, Sept. 13 -- A day after OTV aired the sorry state of a Boys' High School at Binika in Sonepur district, the district administration woke up from its slumber and made students attend lectures in a smart classroom.

Though the state government claims to have spent a huge chunk of money under its 5T initiative to bring 'smartness' into government-run schools, such initiatives have failed to yield desired results. This Boys' High School is a case in point.Class 9 students were forced to study sitting on the floor. As if that was not sufficient, the teachers were also forced to teach students on an almirah without a blackboard in the classroom, sources said.

The school was taken under 5T purview and a workshop has been constructe...