Dehradun district magistrate SA Murugeshan met the members of the district education project monitoring committee and discussed issues related to the Right to Education Act and Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan in Dehradun on Friday during which he directed the education officers to ensure that the children in the age group of six to 14 are given free and compulsory education under the Right to Education Act 2009.
Children belonging to financially weaker sections of the society should be enrolled in Government unaided and private schools under RTE Act with 25 per cent seats being reserved in each school for the financially unprivileged children, he said.
He stressed on the micro plan being drafted for the students who have left their schools midway and also for those who have not enrolled themselves in any school so far. “According to their age, the children should be enrolled in the schools and such students should be given special training so as to enable them to follow the classes. Besides, special care should be taken of the children living in the slum areas and those from the families of the migrants,” DM said.
The education officers were directed also to provide uniforms and text books free of cost under RTE act to all the girls and the students of SC/ST/BPl categories. Students of Kasturba Gandhi Awasiya Vidhalaya and other residential schools should be provided with all the facilities as per the standard, he said.
He also stressed on the education officers ensuring that the students are being provided quality lunch under the mid- day meal scheme apart from ensuring clean environment in each of the schools while adding that the budget allocated to execute the educational schemes must be spent on a priority basis. The senior education officers were asked to conduct surprise inspections at the schools from time to time.
District education officer, basic, Hemlata Bhatt said during the meeting that out of 4714, 2998 children have been enrolled in private and government- unaided schools under 25 per cent quota provided for by RTE Act in the district.