Excelsior Correspondent
KANGAN, May 2: Minister for Forests, Ecology and Environment, Mian Altaf Ahmad today inspected several educational institutions at Kangan and Ganderbal besides taking stock of under construction educational infrastructural and the facilities being provided to the students. The Minister inspected Government High School, Nunner, Kangan, Wussan, Higher Secondary School Manigam, Cheerwan, Hari Ganiwan and Girls Higher Secondary School Kangan.
The Minister also inaugurated computer lab at High School Nunner.
Director School Education, Mir Tariq Ali, Chief Education Officer, Ganderbal, Mir Sonaullah, Zonal Education Officers of Ganderbal and Kangan besides senior engineers of R&B Department accompanied the Minister.
The Minister asked the teachers to take their duties serious and work with full zeal besides ensuring quality education to the students. He instructed teachers to redouble their efforts for increasing the pass percentage of the students in Board examinations.
Asking students to take the benefits of the facilities being provided in the schools, the Minister said that Government has taken several initiatives for creating educational infrastructure besides upgrading educational standards in the State.
The Minister asked officers to speed up work on under execution projects and ensure that projects taken up under education sector in the district are completed in time. He instructed Director to provide requisite furniture to the Government run schools as per their requirement.
The Minister was informed that over Rs. 12 crore are being spent on creation of additional accommodation in the Ganderbal district while new building for Boys Higher Secondary School, Hari Ganiwan, coming at a cost of Rs. 94.45 lakh is expected to be completed by next month. He announced release of funds for fencing of the school premises out of his Constituency Development Fund.
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