Aided junior high schools to be renovated under ‘Op Kayakalp’

Prayagraj: The basic education department has started preparations for upgradation of 3,049 government-aided junior high schools under the state government’s ‘Operation Kayakalp’.
However, only those schools would be selected that have at least 100 students enrolled in them. Director of Basic Education has sent a proposal in this regard to director general (school education) Vijay Kiran Anand so that guidelines can be issued regarding grant of assistance for renovation, repair, reconstruction and developing infrastructural facilities at government-aided junior high schools of UP.
UP government’s ‘Operation Kayakalp’ started in 2019 is aimed at transforming the primary schools of the state. Under this, efforts are being made to provide a clean and safe environment with modern facilities for children studying in state-run primary and upper primary schools. Officials said a letter, dated May 26, 2023 sent to DG (school education) mentions that the schools which are old and have minimum 100 students registered will get the budget for revamp. Funds ranging from Rs 15 lakh to Rs 55 lakh will be made available to the selected schools. For this, the director of basic education will develop a portal and issue orders to the basic shiksha adhikaris (BSAs) to get timely and quality work done. On the designated portal, the manager and headmaster of the schools concerned will need to upload the photo of the school and the item-wise report of the work to be done finalised by the project executing body, reads letter.
As per the proposal, a committee will be formed in every district under the chairmanship of district magistrate concerned, in which BSA would be the member secretary and executive engineer, Public Works Department and finance and accounts officer, basic education department will be members. A task force will also be constituted under the chairmanship of the sub divisional magistrate (SDM) of the area where the selected school is located for the survey of the schools.
In this, assistant engineer of public works department, tehsildar of tehsil concerned, principal of government-aided junior high school (except the school under consideration) will be members while block education officer of the concerned development block will be member secretary.