SHUBHANGI SHIFA
Ranchi, April 27: In order to keep school children in government schools involved and eager to go to school, the district administration, under the direction of Ranchi DC Chhavi Ranjan has started an initiative to provide private school facilities to children in government schools.
The District Education Officer, Kamala Singh while talking about the same said, “The district administration is ready to introduce several facilities provided at private schools in government schools. In the first phase, children of 20 government schools in Khalari and Burmu blocks will get all facilities on the lines of private schools. This means there will also be a provision of a smart classroom, digital entertainment room and much more.”
“Smart TVs will be installed in digital entertainment rooms in these schools, where documentaries, educational movies, etc will be shown. Overall, with the initiative of Ranchi district administration, now children will be able to study and will be entertained to connect them with schools,” he added.
The DEO continued by stating, “There will also be a library facility provided for children to help inculcate reading habits. At least 200 books on science, social studies, general knowledge, local culture and art will be made available in these libraries. Children will also be able to read magazines like Panchatantra stories, Chandamama, Champak, etc which will be changed every month with a new edition. At the same time, a digital library is also being arranged for the school children.”
Apart from this, reading rooms will also be provided to children at schools, in case children in the village do not get a place to study. Internet facilities along with computers will also be made available at all schools for the benefit of students. Solar panels will also be installed so that there is no issue with electricity.
Other facilities to be provided include 15 indoor games like carrom board, ludo and chess. In this regard, DDC Vishal Sagar said that state-of-the-art facilities would be provided to the children from the funds of DMFT.
These facilities will be available in the 20 schools which have been selected in the first phase. The district administration now hopes that these initiatives will help decrease school dropout numbers.
