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JAMMU FEBRUARY 25:–Project Director, SAMAGRA SHIKSHA Er. Deep Raj*, conducts extensive tour of Udhampur District, along with the Officers of the Education Department to assess the Ground level scenario regarding Quality education & availability of Infrastructure there.
During the tour, he along with the Chairperson District Development Council Udhampur, Vice Chairperson Juhi Pathania, DDC member Tikri Ashu Sharma, BDC Chairperson Nisha Sharma, laid the foundation stone for Const. of Innovative Laboratory and Model Kindergarten costing Rs. 2.00 Crores at HSS Tikri, Udhampur. The Project Director was accompanied by Bilal Rashid, Deputy Director Planning Samagra-Shiksha, Chief Education Officer Arvind Koul, Ex-En SED, Rajesh Bhagat and other senior officers of the Department. *
While addressing a huge gathering at HSS Tikri, PD Samagra highlighted the initiatives of the Samagra Shiksha and emphasized upon the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Policy* to reiterate the commitment to promote inclusive, equitable & contextualized opportunities for promoting optimal development and active learning capacity of all children below 6 years of age. He also reiterated that, *Principal Secretary, Alok Kumar, IRS has time and again*, asked to ensure availability of the quality infrastructure in all the Educational institutions even in the remotest areas of the UT of JK, for reaching out to Students of all levels, to fulfil the educational needs of the area.
During the interactive session held at HSS Tikri, with teachers & Students, *PD Samagra laid stress on increasing the enrolment in Govt. Schools* and encouraged the teachers to provide quality education to the students. He said that, as per New Education Policy, Child- Centred curriculum to be followed in letter and spirit by the teaching community and highlighted the importance of Vocationalisation and Contextualization of Education. He further assured everyone for full support and cooperation of the Directorate, in capacity building and providing any type of assets, for the students, to provide best education in conducive & suitable environment, besides adequate opportunities to push them towards success in their life.
He also shared that, it is the *vision of the Govt. of J&K to promote the Digital Education, so that every Student while sitting in far flung area of the UT, may have equal opportunities like a student sitting at New Delhi*. He informed that, Department has established *3000 ICT/CAL labs and is in process of establishing 2000 Smart Class rooms/ICT Labs in the UT in coming months, besides more than 1100 Vocational labs*, which shall surely improve the Learning outcomes of the students. He asked for improving the academic standard with various interventions through Teaching learning process, capacity building of Teaching fraternity, & making available the best resources. to Students.
*Chairperson DDC Udhampur Lal, in his address appreciated the efforts of all the associated officers of the School Education Department headed by Principal Secretary, Alok Kumar,* for reaching out to them & for providing best facilities, upgraded Infrastructure especially in a *school which was established in 1937* (Pre-independence). Vice Chairperson, DDC Council, DDC member Tikri, BDC Chairperson Tikri, DD Planning Samagra, CEO Udhampur, Principal HSS Tikri, also spoke on the occasion.
The Project Director afterwards inaugurated *School Building at Kaghote Udhampur, inspected Civil work at Hr. Secondary School Ramanagar, HSS Sirah in Udhampur District. On the way, he also inaugurated *School Building Costing Rs. 38.22 lacs at HSS Jajhar Kotli falling in District Jammu*. *He also visited the MS Sangli Katwalt, situated at far Flung area of Udhampur and became the First UT level officer, who reached there after covering long distance on foot, where he interacted with the pre-Primary Students, Teacher and their Parents and assured them all the basic facilities in the next 6 months.* The programmes at different locations, were also attended by Teaching cum Non-Teaching Staff of various Schools, members of PRIs and prominent citizens of the area, besides the student’s community.
