Education and Panchayati Raj Minister, Arvind Pandey took review meetings of both the departments at state secretariat on Tuesday.
In the meeting the minister said that 600 such schools where more than one school is being operated from one building would be merged.
The minister also sought the progress on the appointment of guest teachers after the order of Supreme Court (SC). He said that a special cell should be constituted to look into the complaints of the harassment of parents by the private schools. Pandey directed that the norms should be strictly followed for appointment of teachers in the model schools. He also sought details of the number of teachers and the students in these schools. Pandey said that the Principal (in- charges) should be appointed in the high schools and Inter colleges and they should be given all powers of the full time Principals. It was decided to include physical education as a subject in intermediate classes of the state on the lines of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). On a terse note, the minister directed that infrastructure and other facilities should be provided in the schools before the start of the next academic session and the books of the National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) should be made available to the students. Pandey also discussed the progress of virtual classes’ project. The issues like merger of schools being operated from same building and transfers of teachers as per the transfers act were also discussed in the meeting. On the day Pandey also took the meeting of the officials of the Panchayati Raj department. In the meeting the minister sought information about E Panchayats, plan plus, training management portal and e -district portals. The officers of the department informed him about the progress of construction of the Panchayat buildings under the Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan. The Panchayati Raj secretary Harbans Chugh, Panchayati Raj director HC Semwal and other officers of the department were present in the meeting.