The district education officers (basic) of Dehradun and Haridwar districts were served notices for failing to complete construction works in Government schools and implement Government
sponsored schemes including mid-day meal scheme in the Government schools as per Government standard, said Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan State project MDMS joint director in-charge Pravendra Bisht on Friday. During his inspection of Government schools, he observed that some schools in Haridwar were not including vegetables in the mid-day meal served to the students even though department had released 62 paisa per child for vegetable to the schools.
According to Bisht, he had inspected many schools of Haridwar district including Government Inter College Ranipur, GPS city area-25, GPS Hakimpur, GPS Aneki and UPS Tibri recently and found vegetables was not included in the midday meal provided to the students. The monthly report submitted by the district education officer revealed that food is being provided under MDMS to the students as per Government guidelines. Taking cognisance of inspection report, Haridwar DEO Pushpa Rani Verma was served notice and directed to submit her reply to the education department soon.
Moreover, Dehradun DEO (basic) Pramendra Kumar Saklani was also served notice for not completing construction works in the Government schools even though department had released funds for the construction works few months ago. During inspection in some schools of Dehradun, he observed that district officer had failed to complete repair and construction works in the schools.
At many places, due to damaged class rooms and shortage of class rooms, two or three classes for the students were being operated in a single class room. He conducted inspection of some schools including Government primary school Rajpur, GPS Jakhan, GPS Dilaram Chowk and GPS Karanpur and found construction works in these schools were not completed despite funds being releasedby the department many months ago. Dehradun DEO was served notice and asked to submit reply to the department soon, he added.