AMU extn.center Bihar

TE: Registration must for govt, pvt schools'
TNN | Sep 30, 2011, 01.21PM IST
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PATNA: HRD principal secretary Anjani Kumar Singh on Thursday said that both government and private schools have to be compulsorily registered under the Right To Education (RTE) Act. District education officers across the state have to get the government schools registered, for which the last date is November 12.

He lamented that despite the mandatory 25% quota for admission of underprivileged children in private schools under the RTE Act, only 3,500 children were enrolled in Class 1 so far. A sum of Rs 1.75 lakh has been allotted for the education of these enrolled children, he said and added that a difference between schools and shops has to be established. He said that in next five years all school teachers in government and private schools will have to be trained ones.

He said that the Children Rights Protection Commission has been empowered to hear complaints and settle the matter relating to violation of the provisions of RTE Act.

Singh said that 243 acres of land, located seven kms away from Kishanganj town, has been made available for the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) extension centre. The state government will provide road link to this spot, he said.

He said that a State Education Quality Mission has been set up. Under this mission, a detailed guideline christened "Samajhen Sikhen" has been developed with 20 pointers to ensure quality primary education. He said that under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, 19,303 primary schools had been opened against a target of 21,419. The rest schools would be opened by the end of this year. The promotion procedure for teachers has been made simple, for which new promotion regulations has been notified.

He said that 1.5 lakh classrooms had been constructed in the state and 74,000 more classrooms would be constructed. He said that Lok Shikshan Kendras would be opened in every panchayat. As many as 30,000 primary teachers have been appointed and one lakh more primary teachers would be appointed, for which an entrance test would be conducted, he said.

Bihar Diwas: Singh said the state government would get art works done by noted artists Subodh Gupta, Sanjeev Singh, Razat Ghosh and others for the Bihar Diwas function. World Cup kabaddi would be held in Patna from March 1 to 4, 2012 on this occasion. All India football tournament and All India police meet would be the other programmes to be organized. He said that National Science programme would be organized here from November 11 to 16.