By Tricitynews Reporter
Chandigarh 03rd
June:- The Education Minister, Punjab, Mrs. Aruna Chaudhary has
directed the departmental officers to focus on ensuring speedy working
mechanism in the department, transparent services and result oriented approach
leading to the maximization of the performance level.
In a meeting held here today at the
Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) complex with all the officers stationed at
headquarters as well as all the Circle Education Officers (CEOs) and District
Education Officers (DEOs) (Elementary & Secondary), the minister made it
crystal clear that as the Education Department is directly connected to the
children i.e. the future of the nation, so the departmental officials would
have to understand their responsibility and be accountable because lackluster
and dilly-delaying approach with regard to work would not be tolerated at any
cost.
Disclosing more, the Education Minister
said that the Chief Minister, Captain Amarinder Singh has accorded top priority
to the Education Department and has assured every assistance to the department
to improve upon the un-satisfactory results. The minister further said that the
officers stationed at the headquarters and DEOs are the axis around which the
whole department revolves which makes it all the more important for them to
take up the challenge to produce better results and take novel initiatives to
provide quality education in the schools. She also said that it is imperative
for the field officers to give feedback for further improvement in the
functioning of the department. The minister emphasized the compliance of the
directions issued from the headquarters in letter and spirit and said no laxity
in this matter would be tolerated.
The Minister also detailed that every
officer of the department whether at headquarter or field must take prior
permission from the higher officials before issuing directions on policy
matters. In another important matter, the minister instructed the officials to
refrain from putting unnecessary burden on the schools by issuing instructions
at short notice for the purpose of gathering data from the field but instead
update the departmental data at the regular intervals. The minister also said
that the DEO concerned must have all the required information about the
department with himself.
Calling the decision of the PSEB not
to grant grace marks in the recently announced results a significant one, the
minister divulged that the decision would go a long way in enabling the
students to have a better and realistic assessment of himself and arrive at a
practical decision regarding his/her future. The minister also informed that
the re-appear exams of the students are set to begin from 23rd June onwards in
order to save one precious academic year.
Speaking on the occasion, Additional
Chief Secretary (School Education), Dr. G. Vajralingam said that any work
concerning a teacher, employee or retired employee, must be completed at the
level of the DEO concerned so as to spare the employee the ordeal of travelling
to the headquarter. Taking serious note of the court cases, he said that in
case of negligence by any officer resulting in the contempt of court, strict
action would be taken against the erring officer.
The Director General School
Education, Pradeep Sabharwal assured the minister that no stone would be left
unturned to implement the instructions given by her in letter and spirit and
the department would work as a team to develop the educational infrastructure.
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