Chandigarh

JBT holders of Mewat area under SYS

PNS

Unemployed graduates and JBT holders of Haryana’s Mewat area will be brought under the ambit of the Saksham Yuva Scheme to make adequate arrangement of teaching staff for the students, especially girls, in the schools.

Making this announcement while presiding over 29th meeting of the Mewat Development Board here, the Chief Minister Manohar lal on Fridaysaid services of these unemployed youth would be utilized for imparting quality education to the students in Mewat.

This decision would not only help in meeting the shortage of teachers in Mewat but also promote the facility of quality education there, he said.

The meeting approved an outlay of Rs 34.50 crore for the Mewat Development Agency for 2017-18.

During the meeting, the Chief Minister issued directions that a committee be constituted under the chairmanship of the Principal Secretary Rajesh Khullar, to find a permanent solution of the problem of fake heavy vehicle driving licenses in Mewat region. The other members of the committee will be Commissioner Gurugram Division, Transport Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner, Nuh. It would submit a report within a week.

He said that agencies like Shivalik Development Board and Mewat Development Board had been formed in view of the geographical and socio-economic conditions of these areas. Their focus should be on special works rather than on ordinary development works, which can be done by respective departments, said the Chief Minister.

He also told the board members to motivate the schools of Mewat to adopt sports nurseries. He directed the Sports Department to make available all facilities in sports stadia in the area.

“Pratibha Vikas Prakosht” would work in close coordination with the Department of Higher Education, School Education, Technical Education and Skills and Industrial Training and map all districts to ascertain the requirement of Skill Development Centres in the districts, he added.