Rajasthan govt schools to hold ceremony for parents on Valentine's day

JAIPUR: Government schools in Rajasthan will celebrate Mata-Pita Pujan Samman Samorah on February 14 to counter Valentine's Day. The announcement was made by the state education minister Vasudev Devnani in the state assembly late on Monday. "Students should first learn to love parents thereafter they love anyone else. The aim is to instill a sense of love for parents. A similar event of felicitating parents is being followed in Chattisgarh," said Devnani.
State education department has continued its focus on injecting technological interventions in bringing institutional changes in the education sector. From setting up of the E leaning studio at Shiksha Sankul with a cost of Rs 1.44 crore for having QR code on every textbook for students to access content digitally. Tablets to Panchayati Raj Education Officers and School Principals to keep a track of academic and administrative affairs along with maintaining a direct link with the state offices. "The focus of these interventions is to progress towards a paperless department," said Devnani.

The technological intervention follows focus on promoting girls education high on the agenda of the department. The state will set-up digital classrooms in 150 Sharde Balika Hostels. The HRD ministry will felicitate the setting up with allocating 7.81 crores in these classrooms. "63 Sharde Balika hostels will have solar PVC system enabled power plant with a cost of 2.84 crore," said Devnani, who argued that enrollment in government schools have seen among the highest rise in India.

He said that nine hostels in the Mewat area have started on the lines of Kasturba Gandhi Hostels. "Those girls in class 9-12 who have not got the bicycles in the rural areas and lives far from the schools will get the transport voucher of Rs 20-25. Rajasthan Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan has allocated rs 25 crore for the same," said Devnani. The department will set-up a toy bank in every school with the help of donors. Besides, all teachers training centers will have named after Pandit Deendayal Upadhaya.