Uttarakhand

• 06 Sep 2022

Chief Minister's Trophy to the Best Performing Schools and Prizes to Meritorious Students

Why in News?

On September 5, 2022, the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Pushkar Singh Dhami presented the Chief Minister's trophy to the best performing schools and rewarded the meritorious students in a function organized in the Chief Sevak Sadan on the occasion of Teacher's Day.

Key Points

• Chief Minister under 'Pt. Under Deendayal Upadhyaya Educational Excellence Award Scheme, awarded the trophy to IP Inter College Laksar Haridwar, Glorial HS Ddihat Pithoragarh, DNPSS School Bhatrouj Khan Almora at Intermediate level and Devbhoomi Children Academy HSS Sankla Rudraprayag, Gloria HS Ddihat School Pithoragarh and MD SP School Pithoragarh at High School level.
• Diya Rajput of SVMIC Mayapur Haridwar, Anshul Bahuguna of SPVMIC Gopeshwar Chamoli, Sumit Singh Mehta of Vivekanand VMIC Madalsera Bageshwar and Darshit Chauhan of SVMIC Jaspur Udham Singh Nagar got the prize for the 12th examination of Uttarakhand Board.
• At the high school level, Mukul Silswal of Subhash Inter College Tholdhar Tehri Garhwal, Ayush Awasthi of SSS Brahmkhal Uttarkashi, Ayush Juyal of Subhash Inter College Tholdhar Tehri and Rabina Koranga of Vivekananda VMIC Mandalsera Bageshwar were awarded.
• On this occasion, Education Minister Dr. Dhan Singh Rawat said that 22 thousand primary teachers would be given tablets to connect primary education through digital medium. Apart from this, one thousand science teachers will be given educational training at the National Institute of Science, Bangalore, so that students can be educated in the field of science in a better way.

'Balashray Yojana' for Orphans

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On September 5, 2022, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that the state government will start 'Balashray Yojna' for the education system of orphan children from class 1 to 12 in the state.

Key Points

• Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami made this announcement while rewarding teachers and meritorious students at a function organized at Mukhya Sevak Sadan on Teachers' Day.
• Announcements made by the Chief Minister-
• The Chief Minister said that free books, school dress, bags, shoes, socks and stationery would be given to the orphan children under the Balashraya Yojana, along with their education up to class 12th.
• In the first phase, teacher;s residents will be built for teachers in 50 schools with high student strength in remote and inaccessible areas in the state. Based on the availability of land in government schools, playing fields will be prepared in the schools with the amount given to the panchayats.
• Based on the availability of resources, integrated laboratories will be established in 100 schools at the high school level and laboratories for physics, chemistry, biology, geography etc. in 100 schools at the intermediate level.
• Under the PM Nutrition Scheme, more than six lakh students will now be given milk for two days instead of one day in a week.
• For the food arrangements of the students in Rajiv Gandhi Navodaya Vidyalayas, Kasturba Gandhi Residential Girls Hostel and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Residential Hostel, funds will be given at the rate of Rs.100 per day.
• In addition to the amount to be given under the centrally funded scheme, the expenditure will be borne by the state government.
• Like Kendriya Vidyalayas, arrangements will be made for thematic teachers at the local level to ensure that the education of children in schools is not affected during the long leave of teachers in the secondary schools of the state.
• Suggestion cell will be constituted at the Directorate level to improve education.
• The principal will have a provision of Rs 50,000.