Significantly utilizing the accessibility, power and approach of several social media platforms, Jharkhand Education Project Council (JEPC) on Tuesday launched ‘Pankh’ which symbolizes that ‘Studying is not a tough task now’ under the central government flagship scheme of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), 2002. HRD Minister, Neera Yadav launched the project targeting kids residing at slums across the Capital City for providing them quality education. The project is immensely helpful for urban poor kids and dropouts. The council will launch ‘Whatsapp’ numbers soon for office bearers and other participants interested in imparting education to deprived and most vulnerable citizens of the society. Through the valid number every responsible citizen can now click pictures of all such kids playing or sitting idle during the school hours (8 AM to 2 PM) mentioning the locations. Taking clue government personnel will inspect the place as mentioned by the sender and take suitable step accordingly in getting the child admitted at the nearby school.
The Minister during the launch program at Hatia, ward no 53 has also appealed to the people of every locality to identify such children who are drop out and link them with this innovative approach, helping the State in curbing the dropout rate at earliest while making a project a success. Through active involvement of local residents, the project will be successful, said, Minister Neera Yadav.
Official Facebook page is getting prepared as well for sharing any such details from different localities. All volunteers under the project will be officially recognized by the State government and will have to lend their services for at least one hour in their selected locality.Under the project, all resourceful stuffs like books, pencils, study materials will be given to the candidates. The council also plans to conduct awareness program for parents to sensitize them on various facets of the scheme. The civic body is also likely to get involved in the project assisting the council in creating awareness about the project for encouraging residents, demarcating suitable areas, identifying slum kids etc.