In an attempt to encourage enhancement in the enrollment in Government schools, the State Project Director Samagra Shiksha Arun Manhas on Tuesday distributed specially designed school bags with educational desks among more than 750 school going children of first and second primary in in education zone Gulab Bagh, Srinagar.
A statement issued by the Chief Education Officer Srinagar, Naseer Ahmad Malik said that fieldofficer Samagra Shiksha Peerzada Mushtaq Ahmad, DEPO Srinagar, Ghulam RasoolMir and Nighat Mufti ZEO Gulab Bagh were also present.
These school bags have been approved by Ministry of HumanResource Development, Government of India for the year 2018-19 under innovativehead of Samagra Shiksha and are being distributed among 2.50 lakh childrenacross State.
“It has been observed that children who sit for longhours in classes without desks develop poor posture and eye sight problems andthese school bags have been designed to cater to the needs of the children andto prevent them from health problems that may arise due to bad body posturewhile studying with hunchback posture,” the statement reads.
The school bag has two compartments for keeping books, lunchbox, a water bottle pouch and an extra pouch for keeping stationary.
“It is a lightweight bag with educational desk easy forstudents to carry and also use it at home,” the handout reads.
The State Project Director also visited KGBV Panchkarwariwhich is presently under execution through engineering wing of School EducationDepartment. He directed the executing agency to accelerate the pace of constructionwork to ensure the completion of theKGBV by August 2019.
The SPD also visited kindergarten established in Middleschool Panchkarwari to take stock of the performance
During his visit, the children of KG class also displayedsome colorful activities which were highly eulogized by the State ProjectDirector.
The SPD assured the School management of providing certainfacilities for which the demands were put forth by the staff and the students.