The Chhattisgarh Government is going for third party evaluation of Information & Communication Technology (ICT) programme in Government schools of Chhattisgarh.
The State Primary Education Mission would be selecting the third party evaluators for a total of 653 Government schools in the State, officials stated.
Incidentally, the system for facilitating online processing of the salaries of Panchayat teachers for all 27 districts is almost complete in Chhattisgarh.
The data of all Government schools and teachers is being used now for preparing salary of the teachers employed with the School Education Department, officials stated.
Except Kondagaon and Balrampur, the online processing work of Panchayat teachers of 25 districts with a total of 83 development blocks had been completed.
Chhattisgarh’s village panchayats will soon be provided high speed internet connectivity across the State, officials stated.
The optical fibre network (OFC) is now being expanded to provide high speed of 20 mbps connectivity at gram-panchayat levels, officials stated.
Interestingly, it may be mentioned here that Chhattisgarh bagged e-Panchayat National Award for linking almost all the panchayats with Information Technology network in the month of April this year.
In Chhattisgarh, the affairs of gram panchayats have been made online through internet and to maintain transparency in work even the vouchers related to expenditure are been uploaded on the website, the officials stated.
The income-expenditure of the gram panchayats is being uploaded on website with help of 'Priya' a software in order to proper information about financial management of the panchayats to the people.
The officers of Panchayat and Rural Development Department said that Chhattisgarh is the first State to set up VSAT and install computers at Janpad Panchayat (Development Block) level to attach the services through internet.
All the 27 districts of the State are using 11 softwares including Priya under the e-Panchayat scheme. This includes administrative directory.
The area profiler software collects information about socio-economic status, infrastructure and staff besides elected representatives of the gram panchayats, Janapad Panchayat, Zila Panchayat and urban bodies. The action software is used to upload information about various approved schemes and constructions works.
Social audit and meeting software is related to activities for social audit of panchayats and its meetings. The Chhattisgarh is also linked with the national panchayat portal, the officials claimed.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 24 this year had honoured Chhattisgarh State by giving 'e-Panchayat' National Award .
Chhattisgarh Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Ajay Chandrakar received the prestigious award on behalf of the State at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.
Union Panchayat Raj Minister Choudhary Veerendra Singh, Union Minister of State for Panchayat Raj Nihal Chandra, Chhattisgarh State Additional Chief Secretary for Panchayat and Rural Development M.K.Raut, Panchayat Ministers from various States and a number of Panchayat representatives were present at the National Panchayat Raj Day in New Delhi.
Modi congratulated Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh, State Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Ajay Chandrakar and Panchayat representatives and wished them well in future.
Singh had expressed his happiness on Chhattisgarh bagging e-Panchayat award on Panchayat Raj Day at the hands of the Prime Minister.
The Chief Minister congratulated Panchayat Raj representatives and State Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Ajay Chandrakar Ajay Chandrakar. officers and employees on being bestowed with the National Award.
It may be mentioned here that Chhattisgarh bagged e-Panchayat National Award for linking almost all the panchayats with Information Technology network.
Chandrakar said that in spite of Chhattisgarh being a new State it has revolutionised the Information Technology network. Three-tier Panchayat Raj institutions have been empowered in the State.
The Chhattisgarh government is also in the process of setting up smart classrooms in a total of 25 government schools in the insurgency-infested Kanker district of Bastar region.
The classes are being established to enhance the learning outcomes of school children using diverse techniques.
One of the techniques is to empower teachers by training them to use multi-media content and interactive techniques, officials
stated.
By having the right mix of conventional blackboard based teaching alongwith the interactive multimedia techniques, the administration believes that students will have an improved learning experience which will convert into better learning outcomes, they stated.
The use of multimedia techniques will also help slow learning students to grasp concepts in an easier way.If used appropriately, especially among high school and higher secondary school students, smart class technology will have a multiplier effect in learning outcomes as curriculum in higher classes includes sophisticated concepts which could be taught well with the help of 3D video and animations.
The interaction of technology and content with students and teachers during teaching –learning process, the students will be all the more attentive to what is being taught in the class.
The State Government has approved Rs80 lakh for the work of repairing and renovation of a total of 16 Government primary and middle schools in four districts of the State.
This includes Rs five lakh for Janpad Primary School Dhurkot in Dabhra block of Janjgir-Champa district, Rs five lakh for primary school Bastipara Gidhauri in Bamnidih block and Rs10 lakh for primary school Hardi in Jaijepur block.
likewise, Rsfive lakh each have been sanctioned for Talajhar-Rawan Primary School, Middle School Rawan, Primary School Devrikala and Primary School Chikhli in Kasdol block of Balodabazar-Bhatapara. Rsseven lakh have been sanctioned for primary school Ghagra in Kharsiya block of Raigarh district, Rsfive lakh each for Jawaharnagar-Khamharpali primary school in Sarangarh block and primary school Barbhatha-Mauhadodha, Rsfour lakh for primary school lahraud-Nayaparakhurd in Pithora block of Mahasamund district, Rsfour lakh for primary school Palsapali-Bodesara in Saraipali block, Rs three lakh for primary school Amlidipa, Rssix lakh for primary school Kisdi and Rs three lakh for middle school Bodesara.