By OUR STAFF REPORTER
Dehradun, 4 Mar: Promoting the rejuvenation of school education in districts, Chief Secretary Radha Raturi has directed the District Magistrates to take ownership of education related schemes. CS Raturi was reviewing the Sampark Yojana related to Teaching Learning Materials (TLM) and Digital Resources under Samagra Shiksha and Sampark Foundation in the districts at the Secretariat, here, today.
Under an MoU between Samagra Shiksha Uttarakhand and Sampark Foundation, since the year 2014, efforts are being made to upgrade schools to smart classes in 11,479 schools of 95 blocks of 13 districts of the state through digital resources, TV devices, Smart LED TV, Sampark Smartshala FLN and Science TV devices (with more than 1000 offline content), videos, etc.
Instructing all DMs to compulsorily review the Sampark Yojana once a month, Chief Secretary Raturi ordered continuous monitoring of this scheme through the DM dashboard. She has instructed the District Magistrates to review the maximum utility of Sampark Yojana in schools with the DEOs and BEOs. She also asked them to ensure monitoring of this scheme through Vidya Samiksha Kendra. Raturi instructed the Education Department to issue a circular to District Education Officers and Principals of DIETs for review of the utility of Sampark Yojana and active participation in its implementation. While giving instructions to focus on the implementation of Sampark Yojana in Champawat, Sitarganj, Pauri, Khirsu, Didihat and Ukhimath blocks, Raturi instructed the officials concerned that technology-driven learning tools will have to be integrated to enhance the quality of education so that the students of the state can get an improved and interactive educational experience. The Chief Secretary gave instructions to make this scheme a mega campaign in the field of education. She sought active participation of block education officers, public representatives, gram panchayats, parents as well as all the people in this.
A total of 4337 schools including 3237 primary schools and 1100 upper primary schools across the state have been given coverage of Sampark Yojana. Thus, 25 percent of the schools of the state have been upgraded to smart classes under the scheme.
During the meeting, Chief Secretary Raturi also released the Teachers’ Report Card prepared by the Education Department and Sampark Foundation.
Secretary Ravinath Raman along with the Education Department officials and all the District Magistrates were present at the meeting through virtual medium.
