Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Friday announced to fill the vacant teaching posts of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) by November 15. Also, he declared to apppoint teachers for tribal, music and physical education.
The CM also assured to improve the water crisis in KGBVs by connecting them with deep boring facilities within a year. He was speaking at the concluding ceremony of three-day State level Kasturba Sangam at Birsa Munda Athletics Stadium. Talking to The Pioneer, KGBV girls participating in the Sangam had complained of water crisis in their schools. Das expressed concern over the dropout ratio of KGBV girls from Class VI to IX. HRD Secy Aradhana Patnaik said presently around 25,000 students are pursuing studies in the 203 KGBVs of the State.
Das re-announced about starting Arts and Science streams at the Intermediate level in all the KGBVs from the ongoing session. Presently, KGBV is carrying out Intermediate only in Arts stream. Das first made the announcement during the release of Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) Intermediate Arts 2015 result on Thursday. He assured to distribute tablets for the KGBV girls from the next session 2016-17. Das said directions have been given to equip the laboratories of KGBV with modern facilities. KGBV Ranchi students were declared the overall champion in this first ever State level Kasturba Sangam organized from May 20 to 22 at Birsa Munda Athletics Stadium.
The winners were felicitated by Raghubar Das. Students of KGBV who participated in the function were delighted with the announcement of CM. “Finally, we can think of pursuing our dream of becoming a doctor or engineer by continuing our Intermediate in Science in KGBV,” said Mahima Soren, a Class IX student of KGBV Potka.