School Education Minister Brijmohan Agrawal said that the students of model schools should also be given the benefits of state government schemes being given to the school children. Departmental officers should ensure action on this, the minister added.
Addressing the executive committee meeting of the Chhattisgarh State Model School Organisation here on Tuesday, the minister said, commendable increase could be seen in the number of children enrolled in the schools of the state because of the state government schemes like free distribution of uniform, textbooks, Saraswati cycle, midday meal, insurance, scholarship and stipend.
Non-government member of the organisation KP Choubey, Dr Sandhya Verma, Chandrashekhar Baghel, RK Gupta, secretary school education department Dinesh Shrivastava, director State Council of Educational Research and Training Anil Rai, managing director of Chhattisgarh State Model School Organisation Reena Kangale and officers from various departments were present at the meeting.
The officers said that 74 model schools were operating in the 74 backward blocks of Chhattisgarh and 8,242 girls and boys have registered their name in these schools. For the operation of these model schools, the Central government provides 75 per cent amount and the remaining 25 per cent by the state government.
It was decided in the meeting that till the regular appointment of employees in these model schools as per the sanctioned set-up, part-time appointments should be made. The minister instructed the officers to take immediate action for regular appointment of staff.
The minister instructed the non-government members of the organisation to form two teams to study the arrangements in the model schools of other states and Chhattisgarh. Model school students should be given best facilities in accordance with the prescribed measures, he added.