Commissioner Secretary School Education Sarita Chauhan today held the first executive committee meeting of Samagra Shiksha (Chirag Society) here to review its performance.
The meeting was attended by Chairperson Board of SchoolEducation Veena Pandita, State Project Director (SPD) Samagra Shiksha ArunManhas, Director School Education Kashmir Muhammad Younis Malik, officials ofPlanning, Finance and other allied departments while as Director SchoolEducation Jammu Anuradha Gupta participated via video conferencing.
During the meeting, Commissioner Secretary took a detailedreview of Samagra Shiksha in the State and directed the concerned officials forexpediting the work on all the languishing projects.
SPDÂ Samagra Shikshainformed the meeting that 22570 schools have been provided funds under schoolgrant through Samagra Shiksha while as 2063 students have visited differentstates across the country under the ‘Student Exchange Programme’.
The meeting was also informed that establishment of ScienceCentres, Aero Modelling Clubs and Astronomy Clubs across the state in alldistrict headquarters is in progress.
On the occasion, Sarita Chauhan appreciated the efforts ofboth Samagra Shiksha and School Education Department for conducting training coursesfor teachers. She directed the concerned officials that experts from collegesand universities should also be involved for these training purposes.
She directed BOSE officers to expedite the process ofdistribution of free textbooks in all the districts, especially in far-flungareas.
She directed the officials of School Education departmentthat the process of distributing uniforms should be accelerated and a detailedreport should be submitted in due time.