Education
Children’s Day to be holiday for Delhi schools, offices (Lead)
New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) Children’s Day this year will be a holiday for all schools and government offices, and cultural programmes and other activities will be organised for children on the day at over 100 places in the city, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Monday.
Sisodia said November 14 — Children’s Day — would be declared a holiday for all government offices and schools, and directions to this effect would be sent to the private schools as well.
Addressing the media, Sisodia said “Dilli for Children Festival” would be organised at over 100 locations across the city on November 14.
“The festival will feature sports, arts and cultural programmes and activities, in which children can participate.”
He said the government would facilitate locations for the festival and different groups, including NGOs, residents’ welfare societies and individuals, would organise different activities on the day.
“We want to send a message to the children that Delhi enjoys with your enjoyment,” Sisodia said.
Schools and offices were being given a holiday to encourage people to attend the programmes with their children, the Deputy Chief Minister added.
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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.
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