Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 18: Govern-ment has taken various reformative measures to provide upgraded infrastructure with special focus on quality education in Government schools throughout the State especially in far flung areas.
Minister of State for Education, Culture and Tourism Priya Sethi stated this while speaking during the inaugural ceremony of new building block at Government High School, Leher, Akhnoor here today.
The inaugurated building has 6 class rooms constructed with at a cost of Rs 68 lakh.
Reiterating the commitment of Coalition Government, the Minister said that the available resources needed to be utilized to its fullest to achieve the envisaged goal of providing modern education in Government schools.
She said that the Government is working with an aim to expand the reach of quality education to create a progressive education scenario in the State.
Priya Sethi gave on spot directions for development of Badminton court in the school premises and assured the school authority that all their genuine demands and concerned issues will be considered.
Speaking on the occasion, MLA Akhnoor Rajeev Sharma said that the learning environment has an effective impact on overall development of students. More steps are being taken to further improve the education scenario in the constituency, he added.
Earlier, the Minister inaugurated a building block of 3ACR constructed under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) Plan at Govt. High School, Sungal, Akhnoor.
Later, the Minister visited the Mango village in Sumbal and directed the concerned officers to prepare a viable marketing strategy to benefit the farmers at large. She said that the augmentation of new water resources is proving to be an advantage in fulfilling the objective of developing Mango Village to benefit the fruit farmers.
Deputy Commissioner Jammu, Kumar Rajeev Ranjan, Director School Education Jammu, Ravinder Singh, Joint Director Education, Jammu Charanjeet Singh, Chief Education Officer, J.K Sudan, Deputy Director Floriculture, Ashok Gupta ,SDM Akhnoor Sunaina Sharma ,Chief Horticulture Officer,L.Bali , Xen Tourism Pramod Sharma, AEE Tourism Neeraj Sharma and senior functionaries of concerned departments also accompanied the Minister.
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