Children should be empowered through our education system- CS
Top priority is children should be empowered through our education system, said Arunachal Pradesh Chief Secretary Satya Gopal in a meeting of Education department.
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The Chief Secretary of Arunachal Pradesh, Satya Gopal outlined empowerment of children and ways to arrest school drop outs as the major tasks before the Education Department of the State in the Executive Committee Meeting and State Level Steering Committee cum Monitoring Committee Meeting of Education Department held recently.
Top priority is children should be empowered through our education system, he told. Besides normal school study routine, he emphasised on imparting training like Skill Development, computer education as important parts of school activities.
He however asked the Education Department to identify the factors of drop outs in the various level of school education. The factors of drop outs should be identified and accordingly redressed, he said.
Our objective should be to provide best education and ensure that we are ahead of the national average of National Achievement Survey, he told the members present in the meeting.
We still have a long way to go, he said. To see the desired result, he said that all Officers and officials should concentrate and work in Time Bound Action manner. Awareness of teacher is of utmost importance. Therefore, he not only supported the idea of customised training for Heads of GHSS and GSS, he also felt the need to provide training to PGTs and TGTs.
During the meeting he also told that there should not be any discrepancy; money should be spent for the purpose for which it has been granted, he told.
Secretary Education Madhu Rani Teotia gave detailed information of the budget grants in various policies and programmes and its status under Education department with the help of a power point presentation.
Concerned Commissioners, Secretaries, Director Education, WCD and other officials were present in the meeting.
