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Strive to improve standards in government schools: Ganta Srinivasa Rao
HRD Minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao exhorted DEOs and Project officers of SSA to work hard to improve standards in government schools.He said parents were losing confidence on government schools and admitting their children in private schools thereby incurring a lot of expenditure. He said the DEOs and POs of SSAs should change their attitude and strive to restore past glory to government schools.
Visakhapatnam: HRD Minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao exhorted DEOs and Project officers of SSA to work hard to improve standards in government schools.He said parents were losing confidence on government schools and admitting their children in private schools thereby incurring a lot of expenditure. He said the DEOs and POs of SSAs should change their attitude and strive to restore past glory to government schools.
Highlights:
- Points out that the govt released Rs 4,000 crore for the academic year 2017-18 for developing infrastructural facilities in schools
- The funds will be utilised for setting up digital classrooms and creation of other facilities
- The Minister holds review meeting with DEOs and Project Directors of SSAs of 13 districts
- Tells RTA officials to cancel licences of school buses which failed fitness tests
Ganta pointed out that ‘Parents Satisfaction and Students First’ is the theme of Education Department of AP.In the wake of reopening of schools for the 2017-18 academic year, the Minister convened a meeting with educational officers of 13 districts in Visakhapatnam on Monday. While addressing the officials, the HRD Minister called upon the DEOs and POs to work hard to meet the expectations of parents.
Ganta said the government has been investing major share of its revenue in the education sector, but the education standards in the government schools were not up to the mark. The teachers in the government schools should take care of the each student and must ensure good educational standards, he added.
The Minister pointed out that Rs 4,000 crore has been released for the academic year 2017-18 to develop the infrastructure facilities in the schools.The funds should be invested to develop the technologies, digital classes, physical education and other infrastructure facilities etc., he directed the officials. The Minister also directed the RTA officials to check the vehicles of the educational institutions and cancel licences of the buses which failed in the fitness tests. Earlier, Education Commissioner Sandhya Rani and Director of SSA G Srinivas explained the activities of their departments.
