Kolkata, July 29 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday announced a corpus of Rs 296 crore for 80,375 state-run and state-aided schools in West Bengal under the “composite school grant fund” to develop and improve the state-run school education system.
Announcing this at a press conference at the state secretariat Nabanna, the Chief Minister said that during the previous Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government, the academic standards in the school education system had deteriorated drastically because of the regime’s reluctance to allot adequate funds for state-run and state-aided schools.
“The new state government is operating with two separate departments, one for school education and the other for higher education, so that we can concentrate separately on these sectors. Our goal is to improve the quality of the education system by agreeing with the Union Government,” the Chief Minister said.
He stressed improving education infrastructure in the state to make students school-oriented.
“We aim to elevate the standards of the state-run education system on par with the private sector,” he added.
He also said he was hopeful that modern education would be combined with Indian culture in accordance with the National Education Policy.
“Parents will be included in the school management committee. We have plans to thoroughly modernise state-run and state-aided schools. Audio-visual education on the West Bengal education portal and training of teachers on the Diksha platform are all part of those efforts,” the Chief Minister said.
According to him, three lakh teachers have already registered on the Diksha portal.
He further said that the new Union Education Minister, Pralhad Joshi, would visit West Bengal shortly.
“There will be multiple discussions to revive the education system in the state. The government will move forward on the path of development step by step. The state government has already provided land for the establishment of Kendriya Vidyalayas in every district,” the Chief Minister added.
–IANS
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