Education
Parent workshops in Delhi government schools soon
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) The Delhi government on Friday launched “parent workshops” project in schools which will help create the “right” environment for children at their homes, said Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.
“The first set of workshops will begin from November 15 in 50 schools across the city,” Sisodia said in a statement.
A full-fledged roll out of this programme is set to take place from January next year.
“The involvement of parents in the education of children makes a significant difference to their performance.
“These workshops are aimed at working with parents to help create the right kind of environment even in children’s homes,” he said.
The initial workshops would be conducted only for parents of children of Class 10 and 12.
“Parents will be sensitised on how to play a supportive role in the upcoming board examinations,” Sisodia said.
He also said that strengthening of School Management Committees has helped “to mobilise and activate parents to play a serious role in the functioning of schools”.
“Parent-teacher meetings that started in July 2016, have improved the parent-teacher engagement to a large extent.
“The results of these interventions have been seen in the performance of children over the last two years,” he added.
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Education
As many as six new nursing colleges to be functional in Haryana soon
Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal shared that the construction work of six nursing colleges in the state will be completed soon and classes will commence in the month of July. Not only this, the new building of the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Panchkula has also completed its construction work.
Adding on to this, he shared that, till now, the classes are being held in another building, the chief secretary said while presiding over the review meeting of development projects worth more than Rs 100 crore here.
CHIEF SECRETARY REVIEWED MAJOR PROJECTS
The Chief Secretary reviewed several major projects, including power, health, medical, and technical education in the state, and directed the concerned officials to complete them within the stipulated time period.
COLLEGES UNDER CONSTRUCTION
He said that the construction of nursing colleges in Dherdu village of Kaithal, Khedi Ram Nagar village of Kurukshetra, Kheranwali village of Panchkula, Aura and Dayalpur village of Faridabad, and Sadatpur village of Rewari is under construction.
The construction work of Medical college in Koriawas in Narnaul, Medical College at Jind, Bhiwani, and Dental College at Nalhar is being completed at a fast pace. The work of the second phase of Kalpana Chawla Medical College is also undergoing.