Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand on Monday devoted two hours at ‘Prayas’, the State-run residential school for children of Naxal affected districts in Raipur. Dhand taught the students as a guest teacher and provided guidance as a Counsellor to help them in their careers.
The initiative was taken by the Chief Secretary in compliance with the directives issued last week by the Chief Minister Raman Singh. Singh had asked the senior IAS officers including the Chief Secretary to go to the school at least once a week and take classes besides providing career guidance to the students.
Dhand went to the separate hostels of girls and boys and took classes from 11 am to 1 pm. The Chief Secretary advised the girls to get command over Mathematics, Chemistry besides computers to attain success. He said that Hindi is the national language but they should also learn English as an international language.
Dhand instructed the teachers of the school for Computer classes in the school while advising the students to make maximum use of time for studies. He said that they should also go for regular exercises and yoga to maintain their health. For improving General Knowledge, Dhand advised the students to read newspapers and watch news channels.
Dhand also answered to the queries of the students and cleared their doubts on various topics. He instructed the teachers to take extra classes of Computer, Yoga, English and General Knowledge.
The residential school being run under Mukhyamantri Bal Bhavishya Suraksha Yojna was inaugurated by Chief Minister Raman Singh in 2010. The school provides education to children from Naxal affected districts. The school runs classes for 11th and 12th besides special coaching for All India Engineering and Medical Competitive examinations.
Initially, admission was given to boys only and later in 2012 a separate hostel was arranged for girls in the school. In the academic session 2014-15 there are 285 boys and 194 girls in class 11th and 12th of the school.