School Education Secretary and commissioner Dinesh Shrivastav reviewed the implementation of Right to Education, midday meal scheme and school uniform scheme, and gave away necessary instructions for better execution of related works.
Shrivastav presided over a meeting of District Education Officers (DEOs) on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Director of Public Instructions SS Marawi and other senior officials of Directorate of Public Instructions were also present in the meeting, said in an official statement here on Wednesday.
While reviewing the implementation of midday meal programme, Commissioner Dinesh Shrivastav instructed the officials to personally visit the schools and inspect the execution of programme. Moreover, Dinesh Shrivastav also instructed the concerned officials to provide meal with protein and calorie content in prescribed amounts, to the children. Commissioner Shrivastav expressed displeasure over the ignorance of DEOs about the content of protein and calories in the midday meals being provided to students in the schools of their respective districts. Officials need to stay informed in order to implement the schemes effectively.
School Education Secretary Dinesh Shrivastav instructed DEOs to organize daylong training programme for cooks and self-help groups deployed for cooking midday meal. He also instructed that DEOs should transfer the funds for midday meal programme directly into the bank accounts of self-help groups. Irked with the non-compliance to the instructions given in last meeting, Secretary Shrivastav gave instructions to issue show-cause notice to the two ground officials accountable for the negligence. He warned of
taking strict disciplinary action against the department
officials, in case similar
complaints about them are received in future.
In the meeting, DEOs were given detailed information about the provisions of Right of Child to Free and Compulsory Education and were instructed to ensure strict compliance of the same. DEOs were also instructed to promote and publicize the provisions of this act, not only among the schools but also among the parents and guardians, during next academic session. DEOs were asked to ensure admission of children from poor families in private schools and revision of school fees as per the provision of RTE Act. Moreover, other agendas like implementation of school uniform scheme, formation of school management committees in primary and middle schools, and construction of boundary walls in Kasturba Gandhi Boarding Schools, were also discussed in the meeting, presided over by School Education Secretary and Commissioner Dinesh Shrivastava.