Education Minister Rohit Thakur presided over a review meeting with senior officers of the Education department here today to assess the progress of various initiatives and educational schemes. He reviewed the implementation of several important initiatives, including the restructuring of directorates, Mukhyamantri Bal Poshtik Aahar Yojana, digital attendance, international exposure visits of teacher, Apna Vidyalaya Yojana, Rajiv Gandhi Model Day Boarding Schools and affiliation of schools to the CBSE.
The Minister said that in the last about three years, various transformative initiatives had been undertaken by the state government to enhance the quality of education. As many as 7,000 regular recruitments of different categories of teachers had been made and process was underway to fill more than 9000 more posts including 1170 TGTs, 1762 JBTs, 37 Lecturers (PWD), 69 C&V and 6292 NTT teachers.
He directed officials to expedite the recruitment process to ensure timely filling of vacancies in educational institutions. "The reforms undertaken by the state government are yielding positive results leading to an improved ranking in providing quality education" said the Education Minister.
He expressed satisfaction that Himachal Pradesh had been declared a fully literate State for which he commended the efforts of Education department. He said that to induction training programme had been started for the newly recruited teachers to ensure that they were up-to-date with the latest teaching practices.
The Minister stressed the importance of regular school inspections to maintain accountability and directed Deputy Directors to frequently visit schools to foster a better learning environment. Secretary Education Rakesh Kanwar stressed the need to develop the practice of sharing resources between different levels of schools for optimum utilization of human and physical resources.
Director Higher Education Dr. Amarjeet K Sharma, Director of School Education Ashish Kohli, Project Director Samagra Shiksha Rajesh Sharma and other senior officers of the department attended the meeting.