Whilelauding the education department officials, school heads and teachers for therelentless efforts being made by them to accelerate the enrollment drive, theEducation Secretary, Krishan Kumar, exhorted them to exert their nerves forconverting the enrollment potentialities into actuality.
Interactingvirtually with the District Education Officers, Block Nodal Officers and SchoolHeads, Krishan Kumar, said that the education department had launched a massive“Enrollment Campaign" to make the public aware about the changing scenarioof government schools.
"Theschool teachers are using public address system of gurudwaras and otherreligious places, going door to door, distributing pamphlets, affixing flexhoardings, plying rickshaws / vans playing promotional songs, staging streetplays at public places and setting up canopies at Mela sites to highlight therevolutionary improvement in infrastructure as well as quality educationfacilities”, he said.
Besides,he asked teachers to ensure the optimum use of print, electronic and socialmedia to give a fillip to the enrollment drive.
Hesaid that the department has started telecast of "Naviyan Pairhan"programme on DD Punjabi for the purpose. It is aired on every Saturday andSunday. Moreover, several talented teachers, who have made promotional videos andskits, they have been uploading these on youtube/ facebook and sharing it onvarious whatsapp groups.
“Theposters highlighting various quality education activities/good practices are alsobeing prepared and shared in social media groups of students, parents,Sarpanches, SMCs etc”, he said while exhorting them to make micro planning likeprocuring lists along with phone numbers of target families in their respectivelocalities so that they could be contacted repeatedly on phone, sensitising theparents about the facility of separate sections for the students aspiring toopt English medium and setting up "Admission Helpline" with dedicatedNodal Officer at school level.
TheDistrict Education Officers and School heads apprised the Education Secretaryof the progress of the enrollment drive in their respective districts. Whileappreciating the innovative initiatives including holding of 'School Darshan'and 'Mashal March' programmes started by DEO(SE), Anju Gupta and Block Nodalofficer, Rajinder Soni in Mukatsar district, Krishan Kumar exhorted the otherdistricts to replicate these programmes to showcase the achievements of thegovernment schools to the people.