Niti Ayog’s ‘Fund For Innovation in shorter term Innovative Fund’ is to change the look and fate of 10 Government high schools in Palamu. Niti Ayog is all out to make students ‘smart’ in texts and studies.
Niti Ayog has set in six parameters in which infrastructure and innovation and skill development are as significant as other parameters of Niti Ayog like health & nutrition, education, agriculture & water resources, financial inclusion etc.
Shantanu Kumar Agrahari DC Palamu said, “ We have shortlisted 10 government high schools including plus two one also here where with Niti Ayog’s funding we will set up VRSC ( virtual responsive smart class room) for students to further make them fine tuned in and toned up in subjects like physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics and English etc.”
Agrahari said there would be a central studio for this in Daltonganj. The whole aim is to bring students studying in rural based government high schools to come at par with the urban students who have facilities of studying in prestigious public schools.
The DC said, “We are already on the lookout of roping in teachers who have zeal and passion to educate and advance the students here in their academic pursuits mostly in science subjects”.
Palamu district planning officer Arvind Kumar said, “There are in all 31 high schools (plus 2) in Palamu district. Out of this 10 have been shortlisted to have VRSC. These 10 will be academically advanced with Niti Ayog’s innovative fund.”
Arvind Kumar said the 10 shortlisted schools are in Lesliganj, Patan, Satbarwa, Namudag, Lalgarh, Kishunpur, Pipra bardag, Untari Road, Lohda and at Medininagar where too besides its one school Rajkiyerit + 2 Giriwar High School there will be studio lab for teaching at district head quarter.
Sources said the Rajkrit High schoolLlalgarh is such a school where go girl students of Kajree, Rajhara by trains and come home by train every class day.
Kumar further said another fleet of 10 government high schools will be equipped with similar smart classrooms facility with untied fund.
Kumar said Palamu district is one of the 115 aspirational districts in the country where is launched special Central Assistance.
He said, “Out of 31 government high schools here 20 will be so equipped, 10 by Niti Ayog’s Innovative Fund, 10 by untied fund.
Now the remaining 11 be also not left out and with fund from Special Central Assistance these left out 11 government schools be provided with the same facility.”