Ganta Srinivas Rao launches Badi Pilustondi

Visakhapatnam: In order to achieve 100 per cent literacy by 2020 and attracting more enrollments at the government schools, Minister for HRD Ganta Srinivas Rao launched the program ‘Badi Pilustondi’ here on Tuesday.

Speaking on the occasion, Ganta said that the objective of ‘Badi Pilustondi’ shall be achieved through community participation, parents’ involvement, effective teacher participation and also regular monitoring by the education department.

The knowledge of NGOs and corporates would be utilised in improving the infrastructure as well as quality of education.  The resources under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan(SSA) and Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) programme were being utilised effectively in a transparent manner. The performance of the children in various aspects should be reviewed and monitored. 

It is revealed in many Annual Status  of Education Report (ASER) and State Level Achievement Survey 2017 (SLAS) the learning levels of the children in the government schools are far from satisfactory.

There is a need for making concerted efforts for ensuring effective academic monitoring of schools in order to improve learning level of students in all classes and attract more enrollments by creating education standards at the government schools. 

The district education officials at 13 districts will carry out the programme state wide from June 12 to June 20,  he added.