Build schools in memory of near and dear ones: CM

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has called for encouraging greater community participation in improving the infrastructure in the schools. He suggested that people may be inspired to construct school buildings in memory of their near and dear ones.

The Chief Minister reviewed the School Chalen Ham campaign here on Friday. Minister of State for School Education Deepak Joshi also attended the meeting.

The Chief Minister said that cooperation of motivators should be enlisted for the  retention of children after admission in the schools. Textbooks should be distributed on time and the amount for uniforms and bi-cycles should be credited to the parents' bank accounts. 

Besides, a campaign should be launched in all the districts for admission of rag-pickers and orphan children in the schools. Special attention be paid to quality of education, he said, adding that hostels should be made available to facilitate education of children of nomadic, semi-nomadic and de-notified castes.

Minister of State Deepak Joshi said that 'Pranam' scheme would be launched to seek community support for primary schools.  The meeting was informed that school-wise mapping of students of all government schools would be completed by August 15 next. This would include photographs, mobile numbers and bank account numbers of students.

This year 42,233 motivators have been made for the School Chalen campaign. Stress would be laid on quality of education in the third and fourth phases of the campaign. New school management committees would be constituted in all Government schools b

y August 10. A book festival would be held in schools from August 10 to 15 in which awareness about the importance of books would be enhanced.

Prominent among others who attended the meeting included ACS School Education SR Mohanthy, Commissioner, Public Instructions, DD Agrawal and Secretary to CM Hariranjan Rao.