Last year, free textbooks were distributed to more than 22 lakh 10 thousand students studying in government schools in the state. Under the Free Text Book Distribution Scheme of the School Education Department, free textbooks are provided to all students from grades 9th to 12th in high school and higher secondary schools. Under the scheme, the department had made a provision of about Rs 100 crore in the budget.
An education portal has been developed to provide quick information at various levels for monitoring the implementation and review of results in academic and administrative work in the School Education Department and taking corrective action based on them. There is a system for maintaining personal profiles and an e-service book of about 4 lakh employees and teachers on the education portal and preparing online salary bills for all officers, employees, and teachers. Along with this, there is GIS photo data including profiles of about one lakh schools.
There is also a management system for online complaint redressal. Implementation of the Free and Compulsory Child Education Act 2009 and arrangements for the free admission of children from economically weaker sections and deprived groups in non-aided non-government schools through the online lottery are also being done online. The entire process related to the recognition of private schools under the Right to Education has been done online. Arrangements have also been made to send funds directly to the school accounts through Aadhaar verification of children and online banking. An online examination portal www.rskmp.in has also been created for conducting the examination. Online Shala Darpan has been arranged for inspection and follow-up of schools. An attendance system based on the mobile app is also being operated. Along with this, construction work monitoring systems, uniform distribution management systems, and textbook online tracking systems are also operational.
Keeping in view the easy availability of internet-enabled smartphones, NIC’s Sahayog M-Shiksha Mitra App has been developed as an M-Governance platform to make all the facilities and services available on the education portal available through the app in a phased manner. In this, mainly the profile of all the schools, enrollment of students, posted teachers, facilities, infrastructure, location, and number of students enrolled in the school have been made available online.
