School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash on Wednesday visited the Nabarangpur district in order to take stock of the functioning of the schools.
A review meeting was held here where Collector Ajit Kumar Mishra presided. Minister reviewed the implementation of the programmes like Mo School, distribution of cycles, scholarship and midday meal (MDM).
During the review of MDM, he said teachers should be kept away from monitoring preparation of the meals and the job should be givento women SHGs. He directed the Collector to engage SHGs in preparation of MDM. He further said, “Teachers shall only focus on educating the children and nothing else."
Among others, local MP Ramesh Chandra Majhi, Umerkot MLA Nityanand Gond, Dabugam MLA Manohar Randhari, Jharigam MLA Prakash Chandra Majhi were present.
Later, the Minister visited Taragaon High School under Nabarangpur block. He asked the teacher to identify three students sitting in the first row by names. As the teacher failed, he expressed his displeasure and warned the teacher.
The Minister also found that the homework assigned to the students had not been checked. Expressing displeasure over the https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gifmatter, Dash directed the District Education Officer to issue a show cause notice to the teachers who failed to check the homework of the students.