[New Delhi] Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan in 3.63 lakh schools:HRD Minister
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), has provided 2.04 lakh primary and 1.59 lakh upper primary schools across the country to ensure universal access,
HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said today.
Universal enrollment is the first goal of SSA and all efforts are being made to bring all children, including girls, to school, he said during Question Hour in Lok Sabha, amidst noisy protests by the Opposition over demonetisation issue.
Javadekar said SSA strategies for promotion of girls education include opening of schools in the neighbourhood to make access easier for girls, appointment of additional teachers, including women teachers, free textbooks, free uniforms, separate toilets for girls, teachers sensitisation programmes to promote girls participation, gender-sensitive teaching-learning materials, including textbooks.
In addition, the Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalays have been opened in educationally backward blocks where female rural literacy rate is below the national average to provide residential upper primary schools for girls from SC/ST/OBC/ Muslim and BPL families.
The Minister said under the mid-day meal scheme, central financial assistance is being provided to all states and UTs for implementation of the scheme.
Under the scheme, all states and UTs were providing mid-day meals to children, including adolescent girls studying in class-I to VIII of government, government aided, special training centres and madrasas and Maqtabs under the SSA.
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Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan In 3.63 Lakh Schools:HRD
J&K Govt Orders Inquiry into,NIT Srinagar:Students Protest On 3rd Day
[Srinagar]J&K Govt Orders Inquiry into Tense NIT Srinagar Clashes,Out Station Students Today Stage Protest March
As per Deputy CM Nirmal Singh His Govt Ordered Inquiry into NIT Srinagar Clashes.
On The Other Hands Situation at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) continued to be tense today with a small group of outstation students staging a protest march within the campus, demanding shifting of the institute from Kashmir.
The women students from other states, chanting “Bharat Mata Ki Jai” marched through the campus demanding shifting of NIT from Kashmir to outside the Valley,
The protesting students marched through the campus even as state Director General of Police K Rajendra Kumar arrived at the institute to take stock of the situation.
This is the third day of protests by outstation students who are demanding action against policemen involved in lathicharge on them. They have also accused some faculty members of alleged harassment of non-local students.
The protesting students have said some of the staff members of NIT should resign so that “they do not play with any student’s career”.Yesterday, Union HRD ministry had sent a team of officials to assess the situation at NIT following the clashes which were triggered by India’s defeat at the hands of West Indies in the World Cup T20 last week.
The students put several demands before the team including shifting of the NIT out of Kashmir, action against police personnel and faculty members, and construction of temple in the campus.
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