Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Monday directed the School Education Department to get mapping of all schools in the State done on the pattern of colleges and submit the list to the Government within 15 days.
The Chief Minister, while presiding over a meeting to review the functioning
of School Education Department here said that mapping should be done keeping in view the present strength of students so that new schools could be opened or those existing are upgraded as per the requirement.
He also said that buildings of 50 old schools would be reconstructed in the Swarna Jayanti year of Haryana.
It has been decided that new schools in the State would be opened as per their requirement. Therefore, mapping of all schools including Primary, Middle and Senior Secondary Schools in the State should be conducted so as to ascertain the requirement of new schools, he said.
Manohar lal also directed the department to conduct survey on yearly basis to assess the condition of school buildings so that they could be repaired or reconstructed.
The Chief Minister said that he would visit all the Sanskriti Model schools running in the State to see for himself the quality of education, infrastructure and facilities being provided to the students.
He also directed the
concerned officers to prepare separate norms for construction of school buildings located in cities and towns.
The norms for schools in Gurugram, Faridabad and Panchkula should be formed on the pattern of Central Board of School Education to enable the schools to expand their building as per the strength of their students, he said.
The Chief Minister further directed that keeping in view the shortage of land in urban areas, the buildings of schools should be expanded vertically and provision of lift should also be made in such schools to facilitate the students.
He asked the officers
of the Education Department to ensure timely implementation of various announcements made by him concerning opening of new schools, their up-gradation and maintenance.
The issues, especially related to land which require Government approval should be sent at the earliest so that work on these projects could be started without any delay, he added.
During the meeting, it was informed that the Finance Department has released sanction for upgradation of 184 Government schools and approval for the remaining schools is in progress.