Mayor SMC Junaid Azim Mattu today said 20 government schools will be upgraded as Model schools in the first phase in the summer capital.
To review status of transfer of 83 primary schools to SMC under 74th Constitutional Amendment Act along with posts, institutions, functions, and funds to SMC , the Mayor convened a meeting with Director School Education Kashmir where the officers of SMC were also present..
At the outset of meeting it was decided by Mayor that a four member team including FA CAO, Joint Commissioner Adminstration , Joint Commissioner Works, Joint Commissioner Planning will be constituted to conduct survey of all the 83 primary schools that have been handed over to SMC. They will see the infrastructure, quantum of land available, human resource mechanism and other aspects of these schools including the ratio of teachers and enrolment in every school in a phase wise manner.
Director School Education Kashmir, Muhammad Younis Malik said that all these 83 primary schools have already been identified along with the teachers in place. He said there will be one Chief Education Officer Urban who would be deputed in SMC with regard to utilisation of different available funds to look after the education affairs under the administrative control of SMC for smooth and transparent functioning..
Mattu on the occasion stressed on identifying of 20 such schools out of these 83 which could be turned into / presented as model schools in the city being fully equipped with latest infrastructure including clean toilets, safe drinking water, better buildings with gymnasiums, swimming pools, beautified gardens.
He said that every possible step will be taken to transform and upgrade these twenty schools in the first phase that will have all the facilities and smart education system in place. “This may include everything from state of the art learning tools and technology to teachers with specialized depth of knowledge,” he said.
Mattu has further directed that the four member Committee to be constituted will take up weekly meetings in order to work out an effective strategy for up gradation of the primary schools.