Education Minister inspects school and teachers education colleges
Source: The Sangai Express / DIPR
Imphal, July 09 2019:
Education Minister Thokchom Radheshyam and officials of Directorate of Education (S) today inspected Tamphasana Girls Higher Secondary School, Imphal and Hindi Teachers Training College and Dhanamanjuri College of Teachers Education at DM College Campus.
Speaking to media persons by the sidelines of the inspection tour at Tamphasana Girls Higher Secondary School, Imphal, the Minister said that the students performed exceedingly well in the Higher Secondary Examination (HSE)-2019 with pass percentage of 73.83% compared to 67.04 % in 2018.With the high performance in the HSE, there has been an increase in demand for admission to the school, he added.
Th Radheshyam also stated that maintaining proper infrastructure of the school is essential towards bringing quality education.
Saying that the increase in student intake has also increased the pressure on existing infrastructure of the school, he added that four additional classrooms will soon be constructed.
Highlighting the need of constructing proper toilet facility for the hostel students, the Minister assured that a temporary toilet will be set up within one or two months at the ground floor of the hostel building.
The school has been playing an important role in imparting girls' education in the State.
It is one of the best Government schools of Manipur and for the country as well, he added.
Principal of Tamphasana Girls Higher Secondary School, A Sangeeta Devi stated that the student intake capacity for the current academic year has increased by 100 students and overall total student capacity is around 1700.She also said that each class has a strength of 100 students each.
Later, the Minister inspected the Hindi Teachers Training College and Dhanamanjuri College of Teachers Education both located at DM College Campus.
During the tour, the Minister said that teachers are one of the important constituents of education system.
The teachers play a major role in imparting education to the young minds, he said and added that improving the quality of training at teachers' education centre is among the main priorities of the Government.
With regard to the visit at the Hindi Teachers Training College, Radheshyam said that Hindi is used as a common language for communication across the country and it will be beneficial to learn the basic knowledge of Hindi.
The Minister then sought the support of every stakeholder in any developmental steps taken up by the Government for the betterment of education sector.