While reviewing the status of implementation of departmental schemes and programmes, the school education secretary and commissioner Dinesh Shrivastava on Thursday issued necessary directives to the officers concerned for better implementation of the schemes, informed in an official statement issued here on Thursday.
At the first phase of the meeting Shrivastava reviewed the status of the Right to Education Act, midday meal scheme and school uniform distribution. Director public instructions SS Maravi and other senior officers of directorate of public instructions were also present at the review meeting.
At first, while reviewing the midday meal scheme, Shrivastava instructed the officers to inspect schools at the time of supply of midday meal and to ensure that the children are getting proper quantity of protein and calorie in the meal, prescribed by the government.
While expressing his displeasure over not providing correct information by the officers concerned about the proper quantity of protein and calorie in the midday meal being provided to the children, the commissioner asked them to organize a one-day training programme for the cooks who prepare the midday meal and the self-help groups involved in providing the midday meal.
Shrivastava ordered the officers of the headquarters to issue show-cause notices on two field officers for not taking action on the guidelines issued on the last meeting. He said that disciplinary action would be taken against the officers concerned, if any such complaint received in future.
In the meeting district education officers were told in detail about the provisions of the Free and Compulsory Education Rights rules and asked them to ensure strict compliance of the provisions of the Act.
He said that from the next academic session proper publicity of the provisions of the Act would be done.
He said that the fees being taken by the schools should also come under the provisions of the Right to Education Act.
While reviewing the school uniform distribution scheme, it was decided to implement the arrangement of purchasing school uniform through the school management committee.
Shrivastava instructed to form school management committee in all primary and pre-primary schools in the next academic session.