TheEducation Department organised a state level orientation workshop of DistrictSmart School Mentors (DSMs), Assistant Coordinators (ACs) at Government SeniorSecondary School (boys), Dakha on Tuesday. The Block Nodal Officers and BlockPrimary Education Officers of Ludhiana district also attended the workshop,which was presided over by the District Education Officer, Ludhiana, RajinderKaur.
AssistantDirector, SCERT, Salinder Singh, whilelauding the dedicated efforts of the DSMs and ACs in translating the vision ofthe Punjab Education Department to convert government schools into SmartSchools by ensuring extension and augmentation of infrastructural facilities,at the ground zero level during the past more than three years, exhorted themto ensure judicious and transparent utilisation of the abundant grantsdisbursed to schools for various development purposes so that the qualitativeimprovement in school education could be strengthened.
ManjuBhardwaj, DSM, Ludhiana gave valuable tips to the DSMs, ACs, BNOs , through herpower point presentation regarding proper and objective identification ofrequirements, allocation as well as monitoring of utilisation of funds inschools falling under their respective jurisdiction.
TheDSMs and ACs of different districts also exhibited their power pointpresentations and shared the progress report as well as the innovativepractices adopted for spearheading Smart School Drive in their respectivedistricts so that the same could be replicated in other districts too.
SurekhaThakur, ASPD, Nodal Officer, Sanjiv Bhushan,SpokesPerson, Parmod Bharti, Dr.Charanjit Singh, Kudeep Singh( Deputy DEOs) Principal, Dr. Jaswinder Kaur Mangat, among others, also present on theoccasion.