The nameplates in various Government offices of the State would now be in Sanskrit. The Education Minister Arvind Pandey who also holds the portfolio of Sanskrit education directed the officials that the measure would help in promoting Sanskrit language in Dev Bhoomi and help in promoting reading and writing of the language in the schools of the State. The Minister said this while undertaking a meeting of officers of Education, Sanskrit education, sports departments and District Magistrates on Monday. The Minister took the meeting via video conferencing.
In the meeting, the Minister emphasised on ensuring quality education in the schools of the State and directed the officers to undertake extensive inspection of the schools. He added that the honour of the teachers should be maintained during the inspections.
The Minister directed the District Magistrates to make sure that the budget for maintaining basic requirement, repair, construction of toilets and other things in the schools is released from the village fund provided under the fourteen finance commission to the village panchayats. He said that he would personally review work on this front from time to time. Pandey said that sport events should be held in the schools so that students are attracted to the sports. He suggested that events like ‘Khel Mahakumbh’ and district sports Olympiad should be organised at district level.
The Minister expressed deep sorrow and anguishes on the unfortunate event of murder of a seven year old boy in the Ryan International school Gurugram and said that CCTV cameras are installed in all recognised public schools of the State. He added that the verification of all the employees of the schools should also be done. Pandey said that CCTV cameras in the Government schools should also be installed where it is possible. He also said that profile details with photographs should be pasted on the notice boards of all schools.
The Minister also directed the DMs of Udham Singh Nagar, Dehradun and Nainital to complete the process of selection of land for setting up centralised kitchens under ‘Akshaya Patra Yojna’. He informed that selection of land in other districts is complete.
The meeting was attended by secretary Sanskrit education Usha Shukla, Additional Secretary Panchayati Raj, Hari Chandra Semwal, Additional Secretary School education Captain Alok Shekhar Tiwari, Secondary and Primary education director RK Kunwar, Director Academic research Seema Jaunsari, Additional Project Director Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) Mukul Kumar Sati, Joint Director Sports Prashant Arya and District Magistrates of all districts.