Excelsior Correspondent
SAMBA, May 11: MLA Samba, Dr Devinder Kumar Manyal today chaired maiden meeting of newly constituted Shiksha Kalyan Samiti (SKS) at Government Model Higher Secondary School Samba.
The 25 member committee has been constituted on the analogy of ‘Rogi Kalyan Samiti’ with MLA Samba as Chairman and having members from Health, PDD, PHE, PWD and other Government departments besides representatives from NGOs and Corporate .
Dr Manyal informed that the committee has been formed for the betterment of education and is first such initiative in the State. He called upon members to come up with their suggestions for improvement of education system which would be adopted after thorough deliberations.
The meeting discussed various issues pertaining to the improvement and development of the institute and highlighted urgent need of upgrading physical infrastructure and sanctioning of additional posts of teaching and non-teaching staff. The members suggested for holding parents-teachers meetings on regular intervals, organizing career guidance and counselling programmes for students.
On the occasion, MLA Samba announced Rs 10 lakh out of his Constituency Development Fund for the school and also released ‘School Information Brochure cum Diary’. He sought support from public, NGOs and corporate houses for the development of infrastructure in the school.