Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has directed to chalk out a programme for improvement in education in every school of the State.
A State-level committee will be constituted for this. Virtual classes should be used on a large scale in Government schools. The Chief Minister reviewed activities of School Education Department on Friday. School Education Minister Paras Jain, Minister of State Deepak Joshi and Chief Secretary Anthony DeSa also attended the meeting.
The Chief Minister directed to ensure that every child in the State studies at least upto class XII. For this, monitoring system should be evolved with the cooperation of parent-teacher associations. Phased area-wise plan should be chalked out for higher secondary and high schools.
The Chief Minister said that laptops should be provided to students securing over 85 per cent marks in class XII exam within a month of declaration of exam results. He also directed to chalk out plan for IIT and AIPMT coaching of talented Government school students. Every Government school should be made a model school. Concrete arrangements should be made for evaluation of teachers’ performance.
The schools with best performance should also be felicitated. Timely distribution of scholarships should be ensured. Fairs should be held near schools to provide free cycles and uniforms to students.
The Chief Minister said that e-Attendance application has been implemented in Indore division. It should be implemented throughout the State. Toilets should be constructed in all schools by next June. Programmes marking World Yoga Day should be held in all districts on June 21.
The meeting was informed that laptops were given to 10,500 meritorious students last year. This year, question papers for class V and VIII exams were prepared on State level. Action was taken against about 1,000 teachers for not evaluating students’ answer sheets. Text-books have been re-designed in tandem with National Institute for Design. All schools situated on one premises will be integrated into one school. Better practices have been adopted for academic improvement in Balaghat, Chhindwara and Jhabua districts.
Process for promotions and recognition to schools has been made online. This time, Board of Secondary Education has selected invigilators and exam centre in-charge persons for Board exams through software. Process for rectification of errors in documents has been made online. Mobile app has been introduced by Board of Secondary Education for the convenience of students and parents. Work of GIS mapping of 1.21 lakh schools in all 51 districts of the State has been completed.
ACS School Education SR Mohanthy, Chairperson of Board of Secondary Education. Suranjana Ray, Commissioner Rajya Shiksha Kendra Rashmi Arun Shami, Commissioner Public Instructions DD Agrawal, Principal Secretary Finance Ashish Upadhyay and other departmental officers were present on the occasion.