With an aim to resolve the issue regarding management of the secondary schools at the district level the Government has asked the District magistrates to create a WhatsApp group with officials of the secondary education department and principals of different schools as its members.
The directive was given in a meeting of the Deputy Chief Minister Dr Dinesh Sharma with a delegation of the management committee of the schools here on Sunday.
“The DMs of each district should create a WhatsApp group for education sector having Joint Director Education, District Inspector of Schools and principals of the government aided, non-aided, CBSE, ICSE and ISE as members. Problems regarding management of the schools should be discussed and DM should try to resolve them,” he said.
The minister even said that a committee headed by District Magistrate should decide about summer and winter vacations for class between 9 and 12th. The Principals of the schools should be taken into board before taking a final decision, he said during that meeting.
“The DM and officials of the education department should work in tandem to improve quality of education in the schools. The system of communication should be open and transparent. More the interaction better it is for the system,” the minister said.
Additional Chief Secretary, Higher Education Sanjay Agarwal and secretary Secondary education Sandhya Tiwari also attended the meeting.