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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (PS)
Mangalore, Jul 4: “As part of ‘Shalegagi Naavu Neevu’ programme, an initiative of Sarva Shikshana Abhiyan, which aims at giving quality education to all children in the state to be kicked off on Wednesday July 4, a rally will be taken out from the neighborhoods to the doorsteps of government schools in the district. People’s representatives and officials will visit the schools to scrutinize the quality of education, infrastructure development, and implementation of various projects,” informed Dakshina Kannada ZP CEO Dr K N Vijayprakash at a press conference held at Mini Hall of the Zilla Panchayath on Tuesday July 3.
On Thursday July 5, various peoples’ representatives and officials have scheduled visits various schools in the district.
However, the list does not have any schools from the interior or backward locations of the district. MP Nalin Kumar Kateel is scheduled to visit the school in Balmatta, deputy speaker Yogish Bhat in Attavar, MLA Krishna J Palemar in Krishnapura, MLA U T Khader in Konaje Padau, DC Channappa Gowda in Mullakadu, ZP CEO Dr Vijayprakash in Gandhinagar, officer Shivaramegowda in Nalyapadau, and Mayor Gulzar Banu in Katipalla on Thursday
Replying to a query by a senior journalist as to what made the officials exclude the schools in interior and backward areas in their scheduled visit, Dr Vijayprakash said that the programme will be on till Tuesday July 31, and Thursday was merely the first day of the campaign, and on the rest of the days all the government schools in the district will be visited by the officials. He assured that all the schools will be covered under this campaign without failure.
During the Shalegagi Neevu campaign, attendance of children, their uniforms, conditions of toilets in the schools, library facility, and health of the children will be discussed among other pro-education activities.
Responding to a query, DDPI Moses Jayashekar said that in the district, two schools were made to close down due to a lack of students and in case students turn up in future, the schools will be reopened.
ZP president K T Shailaja Bhat and Sarva Shikshana Abhiyan convener Shivaprakash were present during the press meet.