Minister for Tribal Welfare Omkar Singh Markam has directed the Principals of Eklavya Adarsh Residential Schools to ensure that schools are run according to academic calendar.
Disciplinary action will be taken against schools where seats are vacant.
The Minister was reviewing the activities of Eklavya Adarsh Residential Schools run in the state, at Mantralaya on Tuesday.
The Principal Secretary Tribal Welfare Deepali Rastogi was also present at the meeting.
Tribal Welfare Minister Markam directed the Project Implementation Unit (PIU) of the Public Works Department that all the incomplete construction works of the residential schools should be completed under any circumstance by December in the current year. He also instructed the principals that on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, students should be taken necessarily on visit to the memorials of Mahatma Gandhi and prestigious academic institutions of the country.
Minister Markam also sought information as regard to the status of hostels of Ekalvya Schools. He asked the principals to ensure that the students should be provided with uniforms, blazers and other items of good quality. In the meeting, the Principal Secretary Rastogi directed to hold Motivational Speech session essentially in the schools. She also sought information pertaining to the plantation in the school-campuses. The Principal Secretary asked the principals and superintendents of the schools to ensure that students get nutritious food on daily basis.
It was informed in the meeting that 45 Eklavya Adarsh Residential Schools are run by the Madhya Pradesh Tribal Welfare Residential and Ashram Educational Society. As many as 13 thousand 100 tribal students are pursuing studies in these schools. In the meeting, information was sought from the principals of each school regard to the allocated budget and expenditure during the last 3 years, status of admission of the students, sports and cultural activities.