The Union Human Resource Development (HRD) secretary Anil Swaroop has suggested successful experiments on education of other States should also be implemented in Uttarakhand and the resources of Non Governmental Organisations (NGO) should be taken. He said this while undertaking a meeting of the Education Department at State secretariat here on Friday. Swaroop added that Parent -Teacher meetings should be regularly held and conventions of parents at block and district level should be organised. He said that a similar work book should be used in all the schools.
In the meeting the Union HRD secretary was informed that maths and English kits have been provided to 2467 primary schools for smart classes. He was informed that 4368 schools have uploaded themselves in ‘Shala Siddhi’ Portal for self assessment. The State Education department presented a detailed account of the activity of departments and success achieved in different projects.
The meeting was attended by Chief Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh, Secretary education Bhupinder Kaur Olakh, director general school education Captain Alok Shekhar Tiwari, director education R K Kunwar and representatives of Room to Read, Hans Foundation, Azeem Premji Foundation, Arvindo Society, Kaivalya Education Foundation and Birla Edutech limited.