Under the State Secondary Education Mission in the State, Rs 129.44 crore has been sanctioned for the year 2013-14, out of which Rs 6.96 crore has been sanctioned for inclusive education of physically challenged students, Rs 6.74 crore for professional education and Rs 5.44 crore for girls hostels.
According to an official press statement issued here on Thursday, special efforts are being made in the state for inclusive education of the physically challenged. Under the scheme Braille books, construction of resource room for the visually challenged children, comfortable lavatories for handicapped children and ramps in schools would be made available.
This decision was taken at the state executive committee meeting of the State Secondary Education Mission, held under the presidentship of chief secretary Sunil Kumar here on Thursday.
The officers informed that under the state secondary education mission, 67 hostels for girls studying from class 9 to 12 would be constructed in the current financial year.
District Panchayat president Laxmi Verma, additional chief secretaries DS Mishra and Vivek Dhand and other members of the executive committee attended the meeting.
The chief secretary instructed to make special efforts to bring down the high and higher secondary school dropout rate. He said that Pre-Feb structure should be construction at the high and higher secondary schools, which do not have own building. For that he instructed to monitor the work through collectors.
School education secretary Dinesh Shrivastava, PHED secretary Ganesh Shankar Mishra, director state secondary education mission Reena Baba Sahab Kangale, secretary secondary education board Alok Awasthi, director public relations OP Choudhari, director state educational research council Anil Rai, chief engineer PWD DN Pradhan and other officers were present at the meeting.
Source : The Pioneer , 20th September 2013
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