Bhubaneswar, Sept. 8 -- By the turn of the 20th century, Odisha had a few High Schools. Zila School at Cuttack started in 1851. Balasore and Puri Zila Schools were established in 1853, while Sambalpur Zila School started functioning in 1858. Deogarh had the High School in 1882, Paralakhemundi, in 1875 and Baripada, in 1889. By now, there are about 4630 Government High Schools in the state and account for about 60% of the total number of High Schools of the state. Shortage of teaching staff is now a chronic problem with the Government High Schools. As on November 23, 2020, over a thousand Government High Schools went without Headmasters.

Litigations have led to abnormal delay in deployment of Headmasters and litigations don't end soon. Cr...