Ganderbal: Secretary Educatiob Mr. Farooq Ahmad Shah on Thursday said establishment of counseling cells in educational institutions is imperative for students’ guidance and the government is keen to establish such centres at an earliest.
MLA Ganderbal, Sheikh Ishfaq Jabbar, Deputy Commissioner Ganderbal, Dr. Piyush Singla, Director School Education (Kashmir) Dr G N Itoo, Director RMSA, SSP Ganderbal Fayaz Ahmad Lone, ADDC Ganderbal, N.A Baba, Chief Education officer, Deputy Chief Education Officer, Principals of Higher Secondary Schools, ZEO’s, Head Masters, other staff members of Education department and students attended the session.
The setting up of counseling cells would lead to massive participation of students in education reforms. Through this setup, the students can provide their suggestions and opinions in framing curriculum which will lead to more value-based education, Farooq Ahmad Shah said.
The Minister made these remarks while interacting with students at Ganderbal during a face to face interactive programme ‘Ru-ba-Ru’.
During the interaction, the students put forward their questions and issues like shortage of teachers, need to introduce more subjects, improvement in infrastructure and establishment of counseling cells among other issues.
Mr Farooq Ahmad Shah Secretary Education listened to the students patiently and assured them that the Government is trying its level best to address these issues.
Mr. Shah impressed upon teaching staff of Educational institution and ZEO’s to improve results by achieving above 60% marks in annual examination. To achieve the targets he reviewed threadbare educational activities with teaching staff at the same instant, he advised students for hard work and to co-ordinate with their teachers to achieve better results.
As many as 31 All Terrain Bikes (ATB’s) were distributed among meritorious male students from District Ganderbal who qualified 10th class with and above 65% marks in annual examination.
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