The Chief Minister also ordered that the posts of Headmaster/Principal in every school in the state be filled expeditiously and this process, too, would also be completed within three months.
In a major revamp of primary, middle and secondary school education, all schools will be provided requisite infrastructure, including building, labs, libraries and lab equipment. These decisions were taken at a review meeting of the Education (Schools) Department by the Chief Minister here last night.
The meeting was attended by the Chief Minister’s media adviser, Harcharan Bains, principal secretary to Chief Minister DS Guru, secretary, School Education, KBS Sidhu and director-general of Secondary Education Krishan Kumar and other departmental officers.
Giving details of the decision, Bains said 590 middle schools and 69 primary schools would be constructed in various districts during the current year.
In addition 1,833 additional classrooms would also be constructed during the current year itself.
Further, 21 model schools and a similar number of girls hostel would be constructed in 21 Educationally Backward Blocks in seven districts during the current fiscal. A separate meeting had already been held to finalise the various specifications and terms and conditions, etc.
The Chief Minister also emphasised the need of regular monitoring and inspection of the schools so that the quality of education gets improved in the government schools.
Badal also monitored the execution of civil works under the Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan Programme as well as Mid-Day Meal Programme.
Badal also reviewed the drop-out rates prevalent in various districts both at the primary and the secondary levels and also directed the department to take adequate measures to ensure that the situation improved by the end of the current financial year.
He further directed the PWD (B&R) to provide the list of all unsafe buildings in the Department of School Education so that the government could take necessary action.
Source: Tribune News Service