In an attempt to kick-start the habitually malfunctioning department of Mass Education into expected activities, its new Minister Mr. Debi Prasad Mishra has asked the mandarins to promptly prepare a roadmap on the basis of P. K. Patnaik’s vision document 2001 and to keep themselves addressed to its implementation.
Every officer who matters in the department was called to a State level convention held for the purpose in the Secretariat conference hall on June 11, where the Minister made it clear that there shall be zero-tolerance to negligence in implementation of mass education programs.
He called for flawless execution of the Rastriya Madhyamic Shiksha Abhiyan scheme in the State and directed to demolish dilapidated school buildings in urban areas with immediate effect for safety of the students and to take quick steps to come up with safe structures. By 25th this month all the limping projects must be estimated, he underlined.
The Minister disliked the delay in implementation of Kasturba Gandhi Valika Vidyalay scheme and directed that sites for 40 schools under the scheme must have to be finalized in remote rural areas by the month of September this year.
He asked the officers to ensure that by 25 this month, monitoring of departmental programs in the format of Computerized Project Scheme Management System is materialized. Amongst other items, the minister also stressed on inclusion of physical education and environment in school curriculum.