The newly appointed State Project Director (SPD), Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Ranjana has said that there is a need for special emphasis on girls education so that the girls are made self reliant. Shortly after assuming charge of SPD, SSA, Ranjana took a meeting of the department officials on Friday and took stock of the things.
She asked the officers to work with the prevalent challenges to improve the quality of education in the state. The SPD said that the teachers and parents should also lay emphasis on health, sanitation and diet of the students apart from studies. She advised the teachers to make a clear work plan for teaching in their diaries and it should clearly mark the weak students and remedial measures taken.
Ranjana asked the officers to register the children with special needs and connect them with main stream. Teachers should also incorporate new teaching techniques in their teaching plan. She stressed on the participation of parents in the Mid Day Meal (MDM) of the students and said that balanced and nutritious food should be provided to the students in MDM. The SPD, SSA also stressed on the importance of experiments in science teaching to inculcate interest in science among the students.
The Additional Project Director SSA, Mukul Kumar Sati made a presentation of the activities of the department to Ranjana. He said that the department would provide activity books to all the students of classes I to VIII.
Sati said that these books are developed by the SSA and a workshop on these books is being organised from August 05 to 12 in which representatives of different DIETs, SCERT, and room to read organization and Azim Premji foundation would participate.
The meeting was attended by experts KK Gupta, Hemlata Bhatt, RS Rawat, Atresh Sayana, BP Navani and others.