Education Min inspects schools
Source: The Sangai Express / DIPR

Imphal, March 28 2017: Education and Labour Minister Thokchom Radheshyam inspected 13 Government schools located within Heirok and Yairipok today.

During the inspection, the Minister had an interaction with the teachers pertaining to different problems to these schools like infrastructure, toilet, mid-day meal, upgradation, using unfair means in exams, low student-teacher ratio etc.

It was also found that a power station was constructed near Yairipok High School with a water supply plot located just besides which reportedly will disturb the learning environment.

In Phoudem Upper Primary School, some parts of the school are in bad condition and an Urban Primary Health Centre was established within the school.

Education Min inspects schools

Talking to mediapersons, Minister Radheshyam stressed on bringing a change by identifying solutions to current problems faced by the schools specially student-teacher ratio. He further said, "Kasturba Gandhi Bal Vidyalaya is a minority-backward class project to be undertaken with the DC as chairman in which the District Selection Committee appoints the teachers" .

He continued that education and health sectors are the two most important Departments of the State.

Education sector grooms the students who are the pillars of the Nation while the latter plays an important role of providing health care services to the people.

The Minister said that today's inspection is not a fault-finding process but a way to correct past mistakes, supply need-based requirements, set up new education reforms, take up improvement measures and encourage co-curricular skills apart from imparting textbooks-based education.

The Minister promised the teachers of the schools that he would try his best to find practical solutions to the issues and sought co-operation of the school authorities to achieve the target.

The Minister was accompanied by Education (S) Commissioner M Lakshmikumar and ZEO Thoubal M Manilal.