Drive to ensure admission to all children in Koriya

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Koriya district collector Avinash Champawat on Saturday asked all the sub-divisional officers (revenue) of the district to ensure admission for all the children in the age group of 6-14 in schools in their respective areas by June 16, 2014.

The collector asked them to ensure cent per cent school admission for children by holding review meeting of all school management committees of their areas from June 16 to 30, in association with the parents and guardians.Director, Rajiv Gandhi Shiksha Mission, had issued detailed guidelines for the admission of cent per cent deserving non-inducted and school dropout children of the age group of 6 to 14 years in their nearest schools.The collector instructed all the sub-divisional officers (revenue) of the district to work in accordance with the prescribed calendar and activity in their sub-divisional areas after studying the guidelines.

He expressed the hope that with the co-ordinated efforts of all, definite success would be achieved in improving the quality of education.The collector instructed that it should be ensured that the primary and upper primary school-wise grading and listing of 100 per cent children of the intended group should be done through cluster resource coordinators, with the assistance of the school principal, anganbadi worker, employment assistant, motivator of public instructions committee and instructors.

Their school entrance should be celebrated as “School Entrance Festival” on June 16. The group would also ensure that all the children who have been studying in class 1 to 8 during the academic year 2013-14 were promoted to the next class.For the quality improvement of education in the education session 2014-15, the teaching and studying activity of the admitted children should be ensured from July 1, 2014.

To ensure regular supply of midday meal in each school and nutritious food to all schoolchildren, the development block education officers, assistant block education officers and block resource coordinators should hold review meeting of the women self-help groups engaged in the cooking of midday meal of their respective schools and should compulsorily review the quantity and quality of the meal.

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