The State Cabinet, following a High Court directive to frame guidelines for the regulation of mushrooming playschools in the State, gave its approval to Jharkhand State Playschool (Regulation and Control) Rules - 2017 on Tuesday, making a teacher and a caregiver mandatory for every 20 children.
As many as a total of 18 proposals, including a library for each panchayat in the State, were passed during the Cabinet meeting held here at Project Building.
"In order to bring inclusiveness, uniformity and to prevent violation of child rights and any kind of abuse against children in educational institutions providing pre-school education to the children of age group 3-6 years, the Cabinet gave its approval to Jharkhand State Playschool (Regulation and Control) Rules - 2017," said Cabinet Secretary SS Meena. As per the manual, playschools will now have to keep adequate staffs to ensure proper hygiene, sanitation, safety and security of the children in schools, he added.
"The school administrations will also have to ensure CCTV surveillance, fire safety measures and periodic pest control in the playschools," said Meena. The school building should also be properly ventilated and have demarcated boundary wall around it, he added.Meena said that the manual intends to remove ambiguity in the early childhood education system in the State by regulating such institutions.
The Cabinet Secretary further said that the Cabinet has also given its nod for opening a library in each of the panchayats in the State. "All the 4562 panchayats will now have a library in it for which each of them will be given Rs 5,000 per year. In the first phase, library will be opened in a room allotted by the school administration of 10+2 schools in the panchayats," said Meena.
In another decision, approval for 9 posts of District Commandant was given by the Cabinet paving the way for a separate District Commandant for each of the 24 districts in the State.
According to another decision, municipal trade licences will have to cleared within a period of 21 days or else it will be deemed to have been passed by the municipal body on the 22nd day of the application made for it.Nod for block panchayat raj officer competitive examination rules was also given by the Cabinet, where panchayat sevaks who have been serving for the last 7 years and having a graduation degree, are also eligible to take the examination.
In another decision, the State Government will provide power to the upcoming airports on 50 per cent subsidy to promote regional connectivity in the State.
The Cabinet also gave its approval for converting all 2749 kerosene vendors into PDS shop owners. In addition to that, State GST Rules was also approved by the State Cabinet along with approving appointed date for it.
Proposal for several road projects of 205 km, including Motia Dumaria- Sugabathan Road in Godda, lalbandh -Babupur link in Sahebganj, Palkot-Bilingbera Road in Simdega, Chaklata-Bhalpahari Road in Dumka, Bandhdih-Pirgul Road in Bokaro, Mongalpara-Faridpur Road in Sahebganj, Ranchi-Muri Road in Ranchi and lohardaga By-pass Road involving Rs 1005 crore was also approved by the Cabinet.