Government has rolled out its plan to implement Tejaswini scheme meant for adolescent girls falling in the age group of 14-24 of the State. The scheme meant to socially and financially empower young girls by upgrading their skill through various vocational courses would be started first in four districts from this financial year.
Informing about this Cabinet Secretary SS Meena said that Rs 55 crore had been approved for this purpose. “The Cabinet has decided to grant Rs 540 crore initially for Tejaswini scheme for making young girls empower socially and financially in the State. In the first year four districts namely Ramgarh, Dumka, Chatra and Khunti would be covered followed by five others in second year and eight in the third year,” said Meena.
Deoghar, Bokaro, Palamu, Dhanbad and Godda are the districts to be covered in the second year while latehar, Koderma, Jamtara, lohardaga, Saraikela, Simdega, Pakur and East Singhbhum would be taken up during the subsequent year. “17 districts of the State are to be taken up which is going to benefit 32.4 lakh young girls of Jharkhand,” added the Secretary.
Also, the Cabinet sanctioned Rs 55 crore to improve certain areas at Ranchi College in order to upgrade it to a University. “The money would be used for improving level of education there and for various other purposes,” said Meena. Rectification in Jharkhand Superior Judicial Service Recruitment Rule-2001 has been made that would provide physically challenged examinees extra 20 minutes for every one hour of exam.
The Cabinet has also made corrections in the list of 100 ‘PM Adarsh Gram’ by replacing five new names with the existing ones. “Tilatand, Majrubi, Kemulia, Upparbanda and Deogram of Chandankiyari block in Bokaro district have been inducted into the list. Pravat-Bramna of Chatra, Jaitukhand of Palamu, Patrodih of Giridih, Bishrampur of Palamu and Jamua of Deoghar are removed either due to duplication, upgrading into Nagar Panchayat or falling short in terms of SC population,” said Meena.
The Cabinet also decided to upgrade 189 Middle Schools into High Schools situated in 23 districts. Highest 22 schools are from Deoghar, 20 in Hazaribagh, 19 in Sahibgunj, 14 in Garhwa and 12 in Palamu.