There is an urgent need to alleviate the academic environment in the State for achieving necessary impetus on the progress of the State. Chief Minister Harish Rawat made this comment while speaking at the inaugural session of two day programme of education department officers on Education planning and training here on Tuesday. The two-day workshop is being organised under joint aegis of National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA) and State Institute of Education Management and Training (SIEMAT) Uttarakhand.
The CM emphasised to work at grass-roots level to bring improvement in quality of education. He said that the State Government is making highest investment in the field of the education as it firmly believes that the education alone can bring progress in the State. The CM said that the state has one technical education institute on the population of every 20,000. He said that education should be made competitive and for it a road-map should be prepared. He suggested that a one percent cess could be levied on the development projects to fund the plans to improve the quality of education in the State. Rawat asked the education department to conduct quarterly training programmes for BEO, DEO, CRC and BRC so that they are versed with the latest trends in the field of education. He highlighted the need of coordination between different committees and agencies working in the field of education to achieve optimal results.
The CM launched ‘ Prabadh’ a periodical of the CIEMAT on the occasion.
The Education Minister Mantri Prasad Naithani advocated a need to open a centre of NUEPA at CIEMAT. The education Director D Senthil Pandian elaborated the measures the department is taking to improve quality of education in the state.
The programme was attended by the Additional Chief Secretary S Raju, Nazma Akhtar of NEUPA and senior officers of the department.