*Directs for time bound promotion, regularization in Edu Deptt
Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 9: Reiterating his commitment to address their genuine grievances in a time bound manner, Minister for Education Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari today appealed teachers to fulfill their responsibilities by making personality development of the students as the main focus of their duties.
Chairing a review meeting of school education sector of Baramulla district in Civil Secretariat here, Bukhari observed that teaching community must show keenness in making schools as the centres of excellence.
The meeting was attended by Minister for Horticulture Syed Basharat Bukhari, Imran Raza Ansari, Minister for Information Technology, Technical Education and Youth Services and Sports, MLA Sopore Abdul Rashid Dar, MLA Baramulla Javed Hassan Beigh, MLA Gulmarg Mohammad Abbas Wani, Secretary Education, Director School Education Kashmir, Director RMSA, senior officers of R&B and School Education Department.
“I believe that peace, prosperity and development is directly linked to what is being taught in the schools. I appeal my teachers, who are extremely talented, to show their zeal and zest by making their schools vibrant in terms of academic and co-curricular activities,” Bukhari remarked.
The Minister asked all the officers to go for gap analysis in their respective wings of the department and come up with proposals to revamp the whole educational sector in the State.
He said that the Department of School Education will ensure that infrastructural gaps across the State are addressed expeditiously. He also directed all the CEOs to ensure that all legislators of their respective districts are taken on board in crucial matters of the department and fixing infrastructural priorities.
While taking various important decisions, Bukhari asked the officers for completion of under construction buildings in a time bound manner. He also asked Director School Education Kashmir to go for immediate auction of unsafe school buildings for their re-construction.
The officers of RMSA were asked to make smart classrooms effectively functional by preparing offline video lectures for four subjects wherever the internet facility is not available to the schools.
He also directed for clearance of promotion at all levels in School Education Department in a time bound manner preferably by 1st week of June, this year.
Referring to the deficiency of staff in schools, the Minister asked for filling up all vacant posts in a time bound manner including the posts referred to Service Selection Board which will be dealt under fast track recruitment basis. He also asked for fast tracking of recruitment of teachers under RMSA.
The Minister also asked for filling up of vacant posts of ZEO and ZEPOs in all districts within 15 days. He asked Director School Education to furnish a proposal for filling up of contractual staff/academic arrangement posts for remote and inaccessible areas while exploring a possibility to relax norms in favour of local aspirants to ensure proper teaching in schools.
Bukhari also directed for expediting the process of rationalization of staff in every district. On a reference to school excursions, the Minister for Education sought help from legislators to earmark a portion of their constituency development fund for educational tours of students in their respective districts.
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