Chief Minister Raghubar Das showered announcements for government-run schools, including Tablet to all schools in current fiscal, bench-desk in all 40,000 schools before April this year and electricity in another two years and many things more during concluding session of Bal Samagam on Monday.
Inaugurating computer education in 240 schools online, he also said that appointments of Physical Education teachers will be made as soon as possible.
“Keeping problems of Mid Day Meal (MDM) in mind, the government has provided gas stoves in schools and teachers have been decided not to be deployed in any other task than teaching itself,” Das said while releasing monthly magazine for kids, Pankh. He also announced band team and group presenting cultural programmes an award of Rs1 lakh each, apart from awarding a sum of Rs25,000 to Ruchi Kumari, a small kid for singing National Song.
In the programme where Mandar MlA Gangotri Kujoor and Khijri MlA Ram Kumar Pahan, State Project Director Mukesh Kumar, School Education and literacy Secretary Aradhana Patnaik and Director Manish Ranjan, Ranchi DC Manoj Kumar and others were present, Das said that Government was taking all necessary steps in fast pace to improve basic infrastructure of schools.
“Children are not part of any vote bank, that is why quality of government schools has fallen down drastically. We have appointed more than 18,000 teachers and the process will be on until all the requirements are fulfilled. We are in the process of providing bench-desk to all 40,000 schools before April this year and working on providing electricity in these schools within two years,” said Das.
The CM said, on the occasion, that the government would provide training at national and international levels so that they provided quality education and enhance quality of education in schools. “Teachers are the foundation stones of the State. They will be provided training from best of the training institutes. Biometric attendance system in all the schools will also be set up to ensure attendance of teachers in schools,” said the CM.
The CM also praised Patnaik and her team for taking necessary steps to improve quality of education and infrastructure in schools. He said that event like Bal Samagam which was picking up and nurturing hidden talents from villages and rural areas was becoming role model for other states. He also said that Government was trying to add art and culture and biographies of great icons of the State in curriculum.
Praising Swachh Bharat Campaign, Das said that construction of toilets and steps toward cleanliness brought tremendous change in overall attendance of girls, as many among them used to turn drop outs in absence of toilets in schools. “Girls better focus on their studies and stop worrying about their marriages as government has taken this task on its head,” Das said.
He also appealed the audience to have sympathy with physically handicapped students and support them at the best.
The Government has also planned to take students on educational visits to other states and a plan for this similar to Mukhyamantri Tirth Darshan Yojna will be started after April.
Patnaik said, on the occasion, that many more competitions and quizzes would be included in Bal Samagam from next year. She said that the government had signed a number of contracts with many companies for teachers’ training.