District Collector R Sangeeta said that free coaching to students for Pre-Engineering Test (PET) and Pre-Medical Test (PMT) would soon be offered in the district, informed in an official statement here on Monday.
She was responding to an application put up by Ms Prabha, a resident of Bhurkoni of Bagbahra region in the
district at the Jan Darshan programme held at the District Collectorate here.
The Collector said that the applicant can take full advantage of the free coaching which would run for one-and-a-half-months. She also stated that arrangements are being made by the district administration for the stay of students and the study material to be provided to them.
In another case, an unemployed youth Devanand Baghel of Jhurmarpali reached the Jan Darshan programme with a demand for unemployment allowance.
To this, the District Collector immediately directed the Employment Officer to receive an application from the concerned youth in the prescribed format and prepare a case for offering Rs 1,000 as monthly allowance to him.
The Employment Officer told the Collector that the applicant Devanand Baghel would be provided computer training after he fill up the form for the unemployment allowance so that he can get a job in future based on the training received by him.
A resident of Baronda Bazar Gopiram Miri approached the Collector with an application to express his desire for going on a pilgrimage under the Chief Minister Pilgrimage Travel Scheme . To this, the Collector directed the Officer of Panchayat and Social Welfare Department to receive the application and take action on sending the applicant on the pilgrimage as per the prescribed procedure.
In another application, the Sarpanch Kheduram Patel of Kashibahra Gram Panchayat demanded a new Anganwadi building be constructed at Sagartora to replace a dilapidated building at the village.
The applicant was told that as per the Action Plan prepared for 2013-14, the approval for the funds required for the construction of Anganwadi building from the Backward Areas Grants Fund had already been sent by the Woman and Child Development Department.
