In a bid to promote girls education in the state, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal has directed to upgrade the Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBVs) set up in the educational backward blocks in the state upto 12th level and made available all necessary facilities and infrastructure.
Manohar lal gave these directions while presiding over the 7th meeting of General Council of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) of Haryana School Shiksha Priyojna Parishad here. Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma and Finance Minister, Capt. Abhimanyu were also present in the meeting.
The Chief Minister also approved the 7th Pay Commission for all the employees of the Parishad.
He directed that science stream should be introduced in KGBVs once they are upgraded upto the 12th standard.
The State Government is committed to improve the quality of education in government schools of Haryana, he added.
It was informed at the meeting that the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) had approved 36 KGBVs for 36 educational backward blocks of the state. Out of these, 31 are functional in residential mode of which eight KGBVs had been upgraded to secondary level under Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA).
While reviewing the progress of SSA for the financial year 2016-17 and 2017-18, Manohar lal stressed the need for creating, introducing and organizing more activities for inspiring students.
Besides, he directed that maximum efforts should be made to release the grant installments timely from MHRD and also speed up the expenditure being made as per the plan budget 2017-18.
During the meeting, it was also informed that under the Pedagogy component-‘Padhe Bharat-Badhe Bharat’ many activities were introduced and implemented with a view to create interest about language among students in Haryana. These included competitions, formation of clubs, Swatchh Vidyala Abhiyan, Awakened Citizen programme and Milan Programme.
The Chief Minister was also apprized that the Central Government had approved an annual budget of Rs 114467.76 lakh for the financial year 2017-18 for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.
Additional Chief Secretary, School Education, KK Khandelwal informed the members about the progress made in SSA and RMSA and activities carried out in the financial year 2016-17 and 2017-18.