Education Secretary, Krishan Kumar, has not only lent a newdimension to ongoing ‘Enrollment Drive’ but also come forward and given apersonal touch to the same. He visited village SaidKheri in Rajpura subdivisionof the district Patiala on Saturday evening.
The Education Secretary, using the public address systemof the local Gurudwara Sahib, himself made an appeal to the residents to gettheir wards admitted in the government schools.
Later, the Education Secretary, accompanied by thevillage Sarpanch, Paramjit Singh, BPEO, Balwinder Kumar, Headmaster HarpreetSingh, teachers and prominent citizens of the village, went door to door toencourage parents to opt for government schools.
The pamphlets highlighting the achievements, qualityeducation and other facilities available in government schools weredistributed. He interacted with the people to mobilise them to avail thebenefits of state of the art infrastructure and quality education facilities bygetting their children admitted in government schools.
It is pertinent to mention here that massive enrollmentdrive is currently underway in the state. The officials, school heads, teachersand non teaching employees of the department have been exerting their nerves toconvert the enrollment drive into a mass movement in its true spirit.
The school teachers are using public address system ofgurudwaras and other religious places, going door to door, distributingpamphlets, affixing flex hoardings, plying rickshaws/vans while playingpromotional songs, staging street plays at public places and setting upcanopies at Mela sites to highlight the revolutionary improvement ininfrastructure as well as quality education facilities.
Besides, the optimum use of print, electronic and socialmedia is being ensured to give a fillip to the enrollment drive. The departmenthas started telecast of "Naviyan Pairhan" programme on DD Punjabi forthe purpose. It is aired on every Saturday and Sunday.
The programmes like "School Darshan" and "MashalMarch" are also being organised. The posters highlighting various qualityeducation activities / good practices are also being prepared and shared insocial media groups of students, parents, Sarpanches and SMCs.
“There is great potential for enhancing the enrollment .Last year, about 15 percent increase in enrollment was witnessed in governmentschools and the confidence with which school teachers are highlighting theimproved infrastructural and quality education facilities, a positive change inthe public perception about the government schools is abundantly visible”, saidKrishan Kumar, adding that the enrollment during the current academic year islikely to improve further.
Also while exhorting the school heads and teachers tomake micro planning like procuring lists along with phone numbers of target familiesin their respective localities, Krishan Kumar said that people must becontacted repeatedly on phone and made aware about the facility of separatesections for the students aspiring to opt English medium.