Chandigarh, February 18: Punjab school education ministerMr. Vijay Inder Singla, on Thursday, said that apart from converting governmentschools into smart schools, the state government has now decided to providebetter infrastructure facilities. The cabinet minister informed that theeducation department has released a grant of Rs. 11.97 crore to provideadditional facilities in the smart classrooms of 16,359 government primary,middle, high and senior secondary schools across the state.
Mr. Vijay Inder Singla said that projectors and LED screenshave already been provided for the smart classrooms and now, a grant of Rs.3,000 for each smart classroom have been sanctioned. He added that primary andmiddle schools will be given Rs. 6,000 each for two classrooms, high schools toget Rs. 9,000 each for three classrooms and senior secondary schools will begiven Rs. 15,000 each for five classrooms.
Mr. Singla said that the grant will be used for paint works,BALA work, doormats, curtains, display boards, syllabus handlers, Marker-dusterhandlers, protection boxes for keyboard and mouse of projectors, pointers,laser lights, duster cloths and purchase of dustbins etc. He added that thegrant and required instructions have already been released to all districteducation officers as they will ensure the proper utilization of these grants.
The education department, in the directions, has directedthe district education officers to ensure proper paint work on doors andwindows of smart classrooms and protection of projectors from dirt and securityboxes for keyboards and remotes. The department has also directed the smartschool mentors and district mentors to prepare the weekly report of smartclassrooms as the officials will be reviewing the development works of theseschools through video conferencing.