Chief Minister (CM) Raghubar Das and his Cabinet colleagues have come forward to take stock of Government schools in each district. The initiative is being taken for the sustainability of the ‘Vidyalaya Chale, Chalaye Abhiyan’ round the year.
“All the districts have been divided among CM and Ministers besides various department and district officers for the effective implementation of Vidyalaya Chale, Chalaye Abhiyan which is aimed to reduce the drop out student’s ratio particularly aged between 6 to 14 years from school and improving the standard of education in terms of teaching and learning,” said Human Resource Development Minister (HRD) Minister Neera Yadav during a media interaction at the state Capital on Thursday.
Schools at Gumla and Ranchi districts are assigned to the CM. The HRD Minister will see Koderma and Hazaribagh schools. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Saryu Rai has got West and East Singhbhum and Saraikela-Kharsawan districts. Khunti, Simdega and lohardaga will be seen by Rural Development Minister Nilkanth Singh Munda while Ramgarh and Chatra districts are under Disaster Management Minister CP Choudhary.
Social Welfare Minister louis Marandi is in-charge of Dumka and Pakur districts. Deoghar and Jamtara districts are under Agriculture Minister Randhir Kumar Singh. Sports Minister Amar Kumar Bauri will see Bokaro, Dhanbad and Giridih. labour Minister Raj Paliwar has got Godda and Sahebganj. Palamau, Garhwa and latehar will be seen by Health Minister Ramchandra Chandravanshi.
Notably, the HRD department for the past three months is encouraging all the state level and district officers to adopt atleast one school for its overall development. “Even the corporate houses are requested to participate in the school adoption process as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility activities. CM met representatives of various corporate houses today for this purpose,” Yadav mentioned.
In order to tackle the teacher’s crunch in all such schools, Yadav is aiming to complete the bulk of pending teacher’s recruitment within the next six months. “Our first priority is to provide adequate teachers in government schools. We will ensure the deployment of teachers in the naxal affected areas as well,” the HRD Minister said.
Meanwhile, HRD Secretary Aradhana Patnaik said, “For the disabled students, we are working on providing teachers specialized in handling children with special needs.”
According to the recent drop-out student’s ratio released by HRD, around 1117,016 students in the age category of 6 to 14 years are presently out of school.
The Vidyalaya Chale, Chalaye Abhiyan was formally launched by the CM on April 10. District level meetings were organized on April 12 under the respective Deputy Commissioners for working on the scheme followed with the block level meetings on April 14. Further meetings on the same matter, was held in schools on April 16.
Schools have to encourage and enroll students irrespective of any discrimination under the scheme from April 17 to 30. This is the first phase of the campaign.
A team of 24 members from NGOs and government departments have been selected to inspect the enrollment in each school from April 22 to 24.
In the second phase scheduled from May 1 to the end of the ongoing academic session, students will be connected with Right to Education (RTE) programmes like Prayas, Buniyad, Bal Sansad along with Jharkhand government’s programmes like Bal Samagam and Pehle Padhai Phir Vidaai.
“The main purpose is to grab the attention of students in the school after Mid Day Meal as well for studies and games,” Patnaik said.