KISS Campus

Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), situated in Bhubaneswar, Odisha is the largest residential institute for the tribals in Asia. The school building consists of and Administrative block, classrooms and separate hostels for boys and girls. As the tribal children intake for the school has been increasing at a fast pace, the administration has already undertaken the construction of additional buildings for classrooms, laboratories, hostels and sanitation facilities.

CLASS ROOMS:

KISS provides education from Kindergarten to PG level. The classes are divided into primary, secondary, college and vocational. Every unit has its head who is assisted by a coordinator. For primary students classes are held from morning 7.30 AM to 10.30 AM. Secondary school classes and all other higher classes are held from 11.00A.M to 5.30 P.M in the evening.

FACULTY:

Trained, experienced and dedicated teachers have been appointed to teach the students . The classes are taken by the teachers regularly. The teachers in the school follow simple method to teach the tribal students. All the teaching and learning materials are used by the teachers to make the learning enjoyable.

HOSTELS:

The institute has two separate hostels for both boys and girls.A new hostel building was inaugurated on 14th January 2008 by Hon’ble Chief minister of Orissa Mr. Naveen Pattanaik.

Hostel supervisors take care of the cleanliness of the hostel rooms. The institute has employed various staff to dispense with their duties. Students also get involved in the daily cleanling of their rooms. Responsibility of all the students residing inside the hostel goes to hostel warden and superintendent.

DINING: 

KISS has a large dining hall to accommodate about 800 students at a time. Every day different batches of volunteers serve the food to other students in the dining. Teachers also guide the students to facfacilitate the dining activity. Other required staffs have also been appointed to look after the dining.

On special occasions like Ganesh Puja, Saraswati puja etc special arrangements are made for the students.

MEDICAL ROOM:

KISS has made necessary medical arrangements for its 10,000 tribal students, staff members and inmates. A Dispensary with adequate staff and equipment has been provided for the wellbeing of the students and staff. Provisions have been made for the free treatment, medicine and regular health check up for the students.

For emergency requirements the dispensary remains open round the clock. KISS also provides health insurance coverage to students and staff.


COMPUTER LAB:

Looking at the demand of computer education in the present days, the Organisation has made computer education compulsory for the inmates starting from class 7th and onwards. Special curriculum is made for the different categories of students.

Experienced computer teachers have been appointed to train the students. They have been guiding the students on technical project writing, practical record writing & preparation of other technical documents. Introduction of BBA and BCA courses this year has further encouraged the students for this trade.


LIBRARY:

KISS has a library containning more than 10,000 books on various topics. Those books include text books, story books, journals, magazines, biographies, auto biographies, tribal folk stories, books on tribal languages and various reference books. The library has a special objective to meet the requirement of the research scholars who are working on the various issues of tribal. The Library has a very special collection on tribals of Orissa.

SCIENCE LABORATORY:

 
Adequate laboratory facilities have been provided to conduct practical classes on Physics, chemistry and biology; laboratories with sufficient equipment are available for the use of students and staff. Laboratory assistants have been also appointed to take care of the laboratory and at the same time to guide the students during practical classes.


ASSEMBLY and PLAY AREA:

KISS has a huge assembly area in the campus to accommodate more than 10,000 children, staff and instructors. Students gather twice a day for the prayer meetings, which is also used for conveying important information and annoncements to them.


GYM:

The Institute provides a well furnished GYM with modern equipment for the tribal students and staff to keep them physically fit. Students and staff practice different exercises under the guidance of experienced instructors.