Two smart classrooms opened in Namakkal govt school

The facility has been created with financial assistance from former students and voluntary organisations. With the launch of smart classrooms, the black boards of the school will now be replaced by digital boards.

Speaking to media persons, the minister said the government has been taking efforts to fill post graduate teacher vacancies within two months. Until then, the Parent Teacher Associations (PTA) can fill the positions with temporary staff on a payment of Rs 7,500 per month. 

Stating that 1.30 lakh more students have been enrolled in government schools, Sengottaiyan said, “Admissions in around 1,250 schools remained less than ten students. Admissions were increased from 50 to 60 students in 285 schools.” 

Sengottaiyan said that a private firm has been entrusted with cleaning toilets using specially designed equipment in government schools.

Electricity Minister P Thangamani, Social Welfare Minister V Saroja, Member of Parliament PR Sundaram were among those others who took part in the function. 

Meanwhile, in a statement issued separately, Sengottaiyan appealed for contributions from corporates to develop infrastructure in all government schools in the State. 

The minister said all the 57,000 government schools in the State will be at par with private institutions. through corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives. 

Pointing out that the State government has allocated Rs 27,205 crore in the budget for school education alone, Sengottaiyan said though huge money has been spent, private partnership can give a boost to the welfare measures undertaken by the government.

“It has been instructed to the concerned authorities to give permission if any organisation is willing to take over any government school,” the minister said.

School Education department sources also said that the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the State government have already established a joint task committee on improving the school education system.

CII members, who represent various corporates, will identify the government schools to improve the infrastructure. The committee, which is led by the principal secretary of the School Education department, will organise periodical meetings in this regard.