Through video-conferencing, Chief Secretary Anthony DeSa held discussions with commissioners and collectors about School Chalen Ham Abhiyan, relief being provided to farmers, drinking water arrangements in cities and villages and wheat procurement at Indore on Tuesday.
Indore Commissioner Sanjay Dube and Collector Akash Tripathi were also present. The Chief Secretary chaired the video-conference at Indore-based NIC room.
Principal Secretary to CM Manoj Shrivastava and other senior officers also attended it. The Chief Secretary directed to deposit relief amount against losses suffered by farmers due to excessive rain and hailstorm directly in their bank accounts. He directed to complete this process within a week. Holding district-wise discussions, he also sought information from collectors about relief distributed so far.
DeSa directed Collectors to ensure success of 4-phase School Chalen Abhiyan. Giving information about various phases of the campaign, he desired that honest efforts should be made to ensure real success of the campaign with public participation. The Chief Secretary said that Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan wishes that cent per cent children are admitted in schools, quality of education is maintained, children are prevented from dropping out of schools and special attention is paid to attendance of teachers in the schools.
Therefore, all government servants should devote themselves to ensure success of Pravesh Utsav to be held on June 16 in the state. The Chief Secretary said that efforts should be made to achieve better results through community participation.
Additional Chief Secretary School Education SR Mohanty informed that Public Relations and Information Technology departments have set an example by extending cooperation to the campaign right from beginning.
This time, a novel arrangement of prerak (Motivator) has been made under the campaign. Motivators will work towards creating conducive atmosphere in villages for sending children to schools. They will also contact parents and motivate them to bring their absentee children to schools. Persons desirous of becoming motivators will have to give just a miss call on a specific number to confirm their consent. The School Education Department will invite such citizens for training. Every motivator will be provided a small kit. Certificates will be given to the motivators for excellence in performance.
At today's video-conferencing, information was also given about Shalay Darpan and other innovations made in education sector in Hoshangabad, Betul, Jhabua and Balaghat districts. It was informed that apart from timely distribution of scholarship, good educational facilities are also being provided to students in Seoni, Mandla, Dindori and other parts of Jabalpur division. The Chief Secretary congratulated Jabalpur Commissioner Deepak Khandekar for this achievement.