The Jharkhand Education Project Council (JEPC) on Thursday shot off letter to district education officials asking them to make preparations for ‘Bal Samagam:2015-16’ and start events that aims to contribute to the overall development of students besides, imparting better education to children between 6-14 years of age. The council also sanctioned funds for the events which will kick off from February 6.
According to sources with JEPC, the decision was taken after a meeting of all district education officials with State Project Director, Rajeshwari B on Thursday. The programme aims at promoting extra-curricular activities among children to help them realise their potential and is organised at school, block, district and State level. The State Project Director could not be reached for her comments.
The calendar of events released by the council for the sporting programme mandates officials to begin preparation to start the programme in schools from February 6, then at block level from February 8-9 and at district level on February 11. The grand finale of the programme will be organised at Ranchi on February 13. A circular on behalf of the State Project Director seeks district education officials to interact with other departments to organise sporting events for boys and girls.
The council earmarked funds for the programme and sanctioned Rs 900 for each school, Rs 25,000 to organise events in each block, Rs 56,700 for programmes in each district and Rs 30-lakh for the grand finale. The council has set aside Rs 4,71,68,500 as total budget for organising ‘Bal Samagam:2015-16’ in Jharkhand.
Meanwhile, district education officials have been directed to furnish budgetary expectations for financial year 2016-17 to the headquarter by February 10 and to expedite Government schemes for schools even as all Kasturba Gandhi Vidyalaya have been asked to finish all sorts of work that are currently under progress.
“We have submitted our budget details however other districts are facing problems because of strike. Still, they have been asked to comply by February 10,” said District Education Superintendent of Ranchi, Jayant Mishra.