Staff Reporter :
School Education and Transport Minister Uday Pratap Singh while reviewing works of the department in Narsinghpur, on Saturday, emphasised that school bag policy should be strictly followed in all Government and private schools. He also instructed the officials to maintain continuous supervision in this regard.
The School Education Minister in the meeting said that information about dates and places where the Block Education Officers and the departmental staff conducted surprise inspections of schools in the month should be also made available to the public representatives. MLAs Vishwanath Singh Patel, Mahendra Nagesh, District Panchayat President Jyoti Nilesh Kakodiya and local public representatives were also present in the meeting.
During the meeting, Minister Singh obtained mapping information of students in the year 2023-24 and 2024-25 on the Samagra Shiksha Portal. He also directed to conduct a thorough inspection of the recognition criteria accorded to private schools up to class 8th in the district in the past years. The Education Minister directed that the work of counseling of teachers for higher post charge be completed within a week. He enquired about the progress of CM Rise School building construction in Dobhi and Kareli of the district. He said that the building construction work should be done compulsorily within the stipulated time. School Education Minister Singh also directed to identify and dismantle such dilapidated government school buildings in the district and make alternative arrangements for them.
Transport and School Education Minister Singh, while reviewing the Transport Department on Saturday, said that it should be ensured that the citizens visiting the office do not face any kind of difficulty in government work. He asked to take appropriate measures for safe transportation of vehicles attached to educational institutions and to prevent overloading. Minister Singh reviewed the Nal Jal schemes of Gadarwara area. He said that information about the schemes which have been handed over should be given to the public representatives. It was told in the meeting that under Pradhan Mantri Janman Yojana, approval has been obtained for the 29 km long road from Mohpani to Baragaon of Bawai Chichli block costing Rs. 40 crore and the Millmadhana road costing Rs 13 crore. Work on these will be started soon.