Jagan stressed the need to be vigilant about school attendance as the government implements Amma Vodi, Vidya Deevena and Vasathi Deevena programs aimed at reducing the number of early school leavers
The prime minister told officials that efficiently tracking student attendance using the synergy between the education department and secretariats will help reduce the dropout rate
The Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, accepted the proposal to organize certificate courses for teachers by the IIT Chennai in teaching methods for efficient implementation of the subject-teacher concept.
At a review meeting with the education department on Monday, the CM asked officials to finish printing next year’s Vidya Kanuka textbooks ahead of time and they told him that the Vidya-Kanuka kits would be ready on May 15.
Officials informed the CM that the certificate courses would be given to the math, physics and chemistry teachers over the next two years to improve their teaching skills.
He also underlined the need to prepare e-content for the students to take TOEFL exams at the elementary and junior level. He said students should take tests in reading, writing and listening to improve their skills and successful students should get certificates. While these exams should be conducted for third- to fifth-grade and sixth- to tenth-grade students at the elementary and junior levels, respectively, teachers should be ready, too, he suggested.
The prime minister told officials that efficiently tracking student attendance using the synergy between the education department and secretariats will help reduce the dropout rate.
Jagan stressed the need to be vigilant about school attendance as the government implements Amma Vodi, Vidya Deevena and Vasathi Deevena programs to reduce the number of early school leavers.
Officials told the CM that arrangements are being made to provide training for 1998 DSC candidates during this summer, while steps are being taken to place IFPs (Interactive Flat Panels) in classrooms by June.
They also informed him of the details of the distribution of tabs to the Class VIII students and developed SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) to fix them in addition to the ongoing development work under the second phase of Nadu-Nedu.
The Prime Minister asked the officials to strictly monitor the implementation of the midday meal program to ensure quality and recruit teachers to maintain the necessary student-teacher ratio through periodic evaluation.
So far, 1,000 government schools have obtained CBSE affiliation, while steps are being taken to get the same for the remaining schools, they told him, ensuring that watertight arrangements are made for mid-term examinations, strictly without room for the leaking questionnaires in the same way. while tenth grade exams are held.
Minister of Education B. Satyanarayana, First Secretary Dr. KS Jawahar Reddy, Adviser to Government (Education) A. Sambasiva Reddy, Chief Secretary (Education) Praveen Prakash, Commissioner for School Education S. Suresh Kumar, Commissioner for Secondary Education MV Seshagiri Babu, Commissioner for Education (Basic Infrastructure) K. Bhaskar, SSD Project Director B. Srinivasulu, Mid-day Meals Director Nidhi Meena, APEWIDC MD CN Deewan Reddy, Nadu-Nedu Technical Director Manohar Reddy, NCERT Director Pratap Reddy and other officials attended the meeting.
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