Governor of Jharkhand Draupadi Murmu on Tuesday visited schools, old age shelter home and hostel for girls belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
Murmu inspected the institutions and offered suggestions for improvement.
The Governor visited Rajkiya Anusuchit Jaati Residential High School at Kamre; Balashraya; ITI campus at Hehal; Old age home for women‘Apna Ghar’at Ursuline Convent, Hesag; Deepshikha, Namkum and SC, ST girls’ hostel of Ranchi Women’s College.
The Governor’s cavalcade first stopped to the residential high school for the SC situated at Kamre, where the Governor interacted with students.
Murmu solicited status of registration in the school and held detailed discussion about food served to children. She took cognisance of children skipping classes and questioned school authorities about those not attending school without submitting leave application.
Murmu also instructed school officials to maintain records of children moving out of the school.
Significantly, the Governor took note of the poor performance of the school despite good student-teacher ratio and suggested teachers to work harder for improvement of the students. Murmu expressed teachers should continuously endeavour to ensure that all students pass board examination and stressed on special coaching classes for students, besides general knowledge classes. She also visited school hostel and obtained information about scholarship.
The Governor later visited Balashraya at ITI- Hehal and met rescued children, where she was apprised by the authorities about the rehabilitation programme run for these children. She was informed that the students are being subjected to counselling and they would be united with their families after identification of their place of origin.
The Governor subsequently visited ‘Apna Ghar’-- shelter home for elderly women at Ursuline Convent School and interacted with old people living in the shelter home. She also visited Deepsikha for better knowledge of various types of programme conducted by the institution for the specially-abled children. Towards the end of the today’s schedule the Governor visited ST girls’ hostel of Ranchi Women’s College.