TheEducation Secretary, Krishan Kumar, today visited remote Beet areas falling inHoshiarpur and Ropar districts as well as in adjoining Himachal Pardesh toboost enrollment drive, currently underway in the state.
Startingfrom Government Senior Secondary School, Garhshanker in the morning,Krishan Kumar, also visited government schools situated at villages Mehandwani,Binewal, Gurubishanpuri, Habbowal, Seehwan, Khurali and Bhangal. He interactedwith the school heads, staff and took stock of the progress of the extensionand augmentation of infrastructural facilities, enhancement in enrollmentespecially shifting of students from private to government schools, potentialitiesregarding start of pre-primary classes in high and senior secondaryschools.
Healso went door to door at some villages to make the people aware about thevarious infrastructural as well as quality education facilities to mobilisethem to get their wards admitted in government schools.
Havingseen the Education Secretary on the Enrollment Drive at village Binewal,Sanjay Kumar husband of Amandeep, Sarpanch of village Pipliwal, stopped thereand apprised him of the initiative taken by the village Panchayat to registeras many as 45 students for getting the Govt. Primary School, Pipliwal,reopened.
“Theschool was closed due to deficient strength of students in 2017. The villagepanchayat headed by his wife Amandeep with active cooperation from village residents,have efforts to spruce up school building and enroll students to get itrestarted in public interest. After registering as many as 45 students, a casefor restarting the school was submitted with the department", he toldthe Education Secretary, who immediately took stock of the case-file from theconcerned officials and sanctioned the reopening of the school on thespot.
KrishanKumar also visited the nearby religious place Sri Khuralgarh Sahib. Helauded the cooperation being extended by the managing committee to theenrollment drive launched by the Education Department.
It ispertinent to mention here that the Education Department has organised AwarenessCamps on the occasion of Baisakhi Mela and the birth anniversary of Dr. B.R.Ambedkar at different places including Heritage Street, near Sri HarmanderSahib, Amritsar, Panj Piara Park, Sri Anandpur Sahib, Sri Damdama Sahib and SriKhuralgarh Sahib.
Healso appreciated the dedication of the officials of the Education Departmentand school teachers, who have set up canopies, LED projectors, flex hoardingsand distributed pamphlets among the devotees during the Melas.
TheManagement Committee of Sri Khuralgarh Sahib led by Sant Satwinder Singh Heera,National President, Adi-dharam Mission, assured the Education Secretary thatthe volunteers of the Adi-Dharam Mission would extend whole hearted cooperationto propagate the achievements of the Education Department in providing betterinfrastructural as well as quality education facilities in government schoolsto mobilise people to avail of these facilities by getting their childrenadmitted there instead of facing exploitation at the hands of privateschools.