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Time of India
6 days ago
- General
- Time of India
District in-charge officers to inspect schools twice a mth
Jaipur: The education department has instructed all district in-charges to inspect schools under their jurisdiction twice a month. The officials were instructed to observe the progress and implementation of various programmes and schemes run to improve the quality of education. With the second phase of the enrolment drive underway in schools, officials were also instructed to check improvements needed in schools. District in-charges will have to conduct field visits once during a working day in a month and one Saturday in a month. After the visit, the in-charges, through the Shala Sambalan App, will assess the learning level of students in different classes and submit report by 7th of every month. "During the visit programme, the district in-charge officer will compulsorily visit at least one residential school operating in the district," said education secretary Krishna Kunal. All the district in-charges were instructed to organise a joint meeting with the chief district education officers for primary and secondary, the district project coordinator for Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan, the principal of the district education and training institute, all chief block education officers, among other officials. TNN
Time of India
04-07-2025
- General
- Time of India
Govt to plant 11cr saplings, links it to marks of students
Jaipur: Education secretary Krishna Kunal said that the department will plant 11.04 crore saplings as part of the Hariyalo Rajasthan 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam 2.0' campaign this year. The secretary conducted a review meeting for different initiatives of the department Friday. "During the campaign, a target of 10 saplings per student for Classes 1 to 8 and 15 saplings per student for Classes 9 to 12 has been set. For this target, the parents of the children should also be included because the basic spirit of this campaign is to connect children emotionally with plants." A target of planting 15 saplings has been set for each teacher and employee, said officials. The secretary also directed officials to take public support for this work and to connect donors. Along with the available land of the schools, plantation will also be done on the sites approved in the NREGA of the Gram Panchayat. In the meeting, the secretary also informed that students will be able to take selfies with their mothers while planting saplings and enter them on the Eco Club portal to get instant certificates. They will also get marks in internal exams for planting saplings as per the target. "After planting saplings, it will also have to be geo-tagged on the Hariyalo app so that the sapling can be monitored continuously," added the secretary. TNN
Time of India
20-06-2025
- General
- Time of India
Portal launched to monitor progress of STARS project
Jaipur: The state education department Friday launched a portal for monitoring development works done under the STARS (Strengthening Teaching-Learning and Results for States) project. Rajasthan is one of the six states selected for the STARS project, which focuses on the infrastructure development of schools with the support of the World Bank . Other states include Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Odisha. Its objective is to ensure overall improvement in the quality of school education, teaching-training, and administrative efficiency. Officials said that this microsite is the dedicated digital presence of the STARS project, which aims to provide transparent information about the activities related to the project, ensure monitoring of progress, and promote active participation of the public in education reforms. Through this portal, policymakers, educationists, teachers, students, and the public will be able to see the progress of different activities undertaken as part of the project. The project focuses on strengthening early education, improving learning assessment, performance of teachers, and classroom practice, among other initiatives to improve the quality of education. Education secretary Krishna Kunal directed the departmental officers to regularly upload details regarding meetings, activities, and documents related to the project on the microsite, so that this platform can become a live and updated information source. As part of the STARS project, the education department in the past three years conducted training for over 32,500 mentor teachers and anganwadi workers to enhance parental engagement, a key part of monitoring the progress of a student. Under this project, intervention was also done in schools to provide child-friendly furniture to schools where anganwadi centres are also run. "Child-friendly furniture, such as appropriately sized tables and chairs, provides better sitting arrangements, promoting comfort and proper posture. This helps in retaining students as it increases their attraction to the schools or anganwadi centres," said a senior official. As part of the project, creative wall and floor paintings were also introduced in 210 schools, including KGBVs and MEWAT hostels, to support joyful and visual learning.
Time of India
13-06-2025
- General
- Time of India
Participation of govt teachers, staff is mandatory for yoga day programme
Jaipur: The education department announced Friday that participation of govt school teachers and staff is mandatory for the Yoga Day programme. Teachers have been given the facility to participate in the programme from the nearest govt school. Education secretary Krishna Kunal, while chairing a meeting on preparations for International Yoga Day , stated that yoga is not just an exercise but an integral part of the National Education Policy 2020, which teaches Indian culture and life values. The secretary instructed all govt and private schools to ensure mandatory registration on the 'Yoga Sangam Portal' by June 18. Emphasising active participation of govt as well as private schools, the secretary said, "Organising International Yoga Day is not just a formal programme but is the responsibility of every educational institution." The secretary also mentioned that Hariyalo Rajasthan: Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam Abhiyan 2.0 will start on July 15 and will run for a month. To make this campaign more effective, instructions have been given for the selection of plantation sites from June 15-30, and preparations for plantation should be done once a week. Follow more information on Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad here . Get real-time live updates on rescue operations and check full list of passengers onboard AI 171 .
Time of India
08-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Teachers to be posted in Eng medium schools ‘within a wk'
1 2 J aipur: In a meeting with govt school teachers held Sunday, officials said allotment of English-medium schools in every district for teachers will be completed within one week. After recruitment in Aug last year, selected candidates have been waiting for postings in English-medium schools. Teachers, under the banner of Rajasthan Shikshak Sangh (Rashtriya), held talks with the education secretary and the director of secondary education regarding 25 points. In the meeting, consensus was reached on many demands, including giving posting to teachers in Mahatma Gandhi English Medium Govt schools within a week and Vivekananda Model Schools this month. Along with this, officials agreed to work on removing salary discrepancies, reducing the burden of non-educational work of teachers, and holding district-level educational conferences in Sept and state-level educational conferences in Nov. Ramesh Chandra Pushkarna, president of the organisation, said, "In the meeting, many demands were put forward, including starting Balvatika in 19,500 schools and keeping a minimum of 5 posts of Grade-II category teachers intact, including Hindi, English, and Social Science, in the new staffing pattern for secondary education. Along with this, discussions were held on filling 15,000 out of 38,000 new posts as per the staffing pattern in this session itself. " On the transfer of teachers, education secretary Krishna Kunal said it will be started as soon as the chief minister gives permission. In the meeting teachers also raised the issue of difficulty in mandatory Aadhaar and Jan Adhaar verification for generating APAAR IDs of students along with other schemes in rural areas. An agreement was reached on organizing time-bound camps at the district level to resolve such problems.
