Rosaiah ask school education depts to work with coordination

Hyderabad, May 1 : Chief Minister K Rosaiah has asked the School Education Department, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and other departments concerned to work in close coordination to access and utilise maximum funds from SSA.''I am really concerned about this. When such huge funds are available for the state from the SSA, why cant we access it? Why are we failing to get the funds? Why there are no proper coordination among the departments? I want this to be solved immediately. I want all the departments concerned to work in tandem and get the maximum funds available under SSA for our schools'', the Chief Minister yesterday said.Rosaiah held a review meeting on the school education with ministers and officials and directed that all the text books should be available on the day of re-opening of the schools. Dr Rosaiah was informed that text book were getting ready and 75 per cent of them were printed. He congratulated the Board of Intermediate Education for the smooth conduct of the Inter Examinations and timely publication of the results. The Chief Minister was also concerned about the large number of school drop-outs in the state in spite of spending such huge funds and having highest number of schools and teachers. He said efforts should be made for rationalisation of schools and teachers throughout the State.The Chief Minister also discussed the mid-day meals scheme in the schools and wanted to tone up the scheme from this academic year. He said he wanted quality food to be served to the students. Rosaiah also discussed the Right To Education Act. He wanted maximum infrastructure to be created in all government schools availing funds also from RIDF, Nabard and SSA.
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