PM SHRI SCHOOLS To ACT AS ROLE MODEL FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY: ALOK KUMAR ; 435 SCHOOLS SHALL BE DEVELOPED AS GREEN SCHOOLS UNDER PM SHRI SCHEME

GNSONLINE JAMMU

JAMMU JANUARY 22:–First of its kind, on Teacher’s Day, a scheme namely PM SHRI Schools was launched by the Prime Minister of India, which is also being implemented in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir. Principal Secretary School Education J&K Alok Kumar, IRS chaired maiden Meeting of Steering/Monitoring committee Meeting for the Final selection of PM SHRI Schools across the UT, which was attended by Project Director Samagra Shiksha Deep Raj (State/UT Nodal Officer, PM SHRI), Director School Education Jammu, Dr. Ravi Shanker, DSE Kashmir Tassaduq Hussain (Virtual Mode), Director Finance SED, Iftikhar Hussain, Special Secretaries SED, Kanta Devi, Nasir Wani and Mrs. Anu Behl, Joint Director Planning Parshotam Kumar.

Project Director Samagra Shiksha Er. Deep Raj State/UT Nodal Officer, PM SHRI welcomed all the participants and apprised in the meeting that Pradhan Mantri School for rising India (PM SHRI) is a centrally sponsored scheme for the development and up-gradation of more than 14500 schools across the country by strengthening selected existing schools managed by Central Government /State/UT Government/local bodies. He informed that the Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education, Government of India has identified 4747 schools in J&K UT through UDISE + data. Among them 4648 schools applied through online Challenge portal. Whereas, 2159 schools passed as per the benchmarks set by MoE. However, after the verification at the District level only 1241 schools were approved for state level verification/selection. He also informed the House that, 722 Schools are to be selected, in 02 Years, where in Portal for self applying shall be opened 04 times in a Year.

Principal Secretary, Alok Kumar in his address said that, rigorous exercise needs to be done as the PM SHRI Schools will showcase all components of the National Education Policy 2020, act as exemplar schools and shall also offer mentorship to other schools in their vicinity. The PM SHRI schools will deliver quality teaching for the cognitive development of students and will strive to create and nurture holistic and well-rounded individuals equipped with key 21st century skills.
While deliberating on the issue, he further said that PM SHRI Schools (PM ScHools for Rising India), will provide inclusive and joyful school environment that takes care of the diverse background, multilingual needs and different academic abilities of children and makes them active participants in their own learning process as per the vision of NEP 2020. He also reiterated that, the PM SHRI Schools will be developed as Green schools, and shall act as laboratory for effective implementation of NEP, 2020, besides incorporating environment friendly aspects like solar panels and LED lights, nutrition gardens with natural farming, waste management, plastic free, water conservation and harvesting, climate change related hackathon and awareness generation to adopt sustainable lifestyle. More prominently, Pedagogy adopted in these schools will be more experiential, holistic, integrated, play/toy-based and enjoyable, he maintained.

He intimated that, the selection of Schools, at UT/State level is based on the assessment of the resources available and their effectiveness in terms of availability, adequacy, appropriateness and utilization for each of the domains set in the guidelines of the scheme and the identified gaps will be filled in a systematic and planned manner. Linkage with Sector Skill Councils and local industry for enhancing employability and providing better employment opportunities will also be explored, he said. While concluding, after threadbare discussion, 435 schools out of 1241 shortlisted School were recommended by the State/UT level committee to MoE, for consideration under PM SHRI scheme in the first phase.
Deputy Director(P) Bilal Rashid, CEO Jammu Suraj Singh Rathore, Coordinator Ashwani Kumar besides all the Chief Education Officers (Virtaul Mode), ASC Fayaz Ahmed, Vikas Khajurai (AP) remained present in the Meeting.