UP govt schools drag feet in registering on portal
PRAYAGRAJ : Not even a single government or governmentaided secondary schools of Prayagraj has yet registered on the designated portal of the central government’s Vidyanjali 2.0 scheme launched by PM Narendra Modi in September last year to improve level of education in all such institutions spread across the state and the country.
The district has more than 225 government and government-aided secondary schools which need to register on the portal mandatorily. The situation is no different in many other districts of Uttar Pradesh too, say state education department officials in the know about the matter.
Districts in which not even a single school has registered on Vidyanjali-2.0 portal include Basti, Chitrakoot, Jhansi, Etawah, Kanpur Nagar, Kanpur Dehat, Lakhimpur Kheri, Amroha and Shamli besides Prayagraj, a senior official says.
Of more than 6,500 schools across the state that need to register on the portal as part of the initiative, only 1,943 schools have registered till date. Moreover, the state of affairs is not good in other districts too. For example, only one school each has registered from districts like Mau, Barabanki and Rampur, the official adds.
These schools are required to register on the Vidyanjali 2.0 portal and post what services, infrastructure and equipment they need the most.
Taking a strong cognizance of this negligence and failure of the officials concerned of the state secondary education department to ensure compliance, director, secondary education, Sarita Tiwari has sent a stern missive to all the district inspectors of schools (DIOSs) on May 13.
The missive, a copy of which is with HT, Tiwari has expressed her displeasure over the non-registration of these secondary schools on the designated portal and has instructed the DIOSs to ensure implementation of the scheme on priority in all schools that come under its purview in their respective districts.
District inspector of schools, Prayagraj, RN Vishwakarma said all government or government-aided secondary schools of Prayagraj had been asked to immediately register on the designated portal. “We have made plain to them that no further delay would be tolerated in this regard,” he said.
Vidyanjali is an initiative taken by the ministry of education with the aim to strengthen schools through community and private sector involvement in them across the country. This
THE DISTRICT HAS MORE THAN 225 GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNMENTAIDED SECONDARY SCHOOLS WHICH NEED TO REGISTER ON THE PORTAL MANDATORILY
initiative aims to connect schools with varied volunteers from the Indian Diaspora namely young professionals, retired teachers, retired government officials, retired professionals, NGOs, private sector and public sector companies, corporate institutions and others.