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Students should be provided with better facilities in residential educational institutions: State Government Chief Secretary Sanjay Jaju ————————————————————————– Collectors should conduct surprise inspections at the field level *Continuous monitoring of food, sanitation, attendance, and infrastructure* *Student safety is of utmost priority.. Measures to prevent undesirable incidents* *Warm water and blankets should be made available during winters* *Measures should be taken to ensure that every student gets two pairs of stitched uniforms by Dussehra* *Details should be updated on the integrated portal from time to time* *State Government Chief Secretary Sanjay Jaju reviewed the management of residential educational institutions with district collectors through video conference* State Government Chief Secretary Sanjay Jaju* has ordered the district collectors to strictly monitor the residential educational institutions under the purview of the School Education, SC, ST, BC, and Minority Welfare departments in the state and take steps to ensure that all kinds of facilities are provided to the students. On Monday, from Hyderabad, Chief Secretary Sanjay Jaju along with senior officials held a review meeting with the Collectors of all districts through video conference on the management of residential educational institutions and the facilities provided to students. On this occasion, District Collector Sandeep Kumar Jha attended this video meeting from the video conference hall of the district integrated collector’s office. In this context, the Chief Secretary of the State Government said.. Collectors should pay special attention to the safety, health and education of students in residential educational institutions as well as the infrastructure provided to them. Collectors should regularly conduct surprise inspections of residential educational institutions and directly observe the field conditions. The Chief Minister mentioned that despite the government taking many steps in the recent meeting, the CS expressed concern over incidents like food poisoning, rats and snake bites in some places. He ordered that strict preventive measures be taken to prevent such incidents from recurring. He said that the prescribed standard operating procedures should be followed in the preparation, storage and consumption of food in residential educational institutions. The quality of food served to students, sanitation management, attendance of teachers and students, defects in infrastructure, etc. should be constantly monitored. It was suggested that work should be taken up as soon as possible where there is a possibility of modernizing kitchens. He said that the collectors should regularly examine the dashboard designed to monitor the field conditions in residential educational institutions at a high level. The details of the facilities, defects and remedial measures taken in the educational institutions should be recorded in the integrated portal from time to time. He said that thus, the changes taken at the field level can be continuously monitored by the higher-level officials. He suggested that the officials should immediately conduct an investigation at the field level when negative reports are received regarding residential educational institutions in the district. He ordered that if any information is found to be false, action should be taken as per the rules and if it is found that there is a real problem, it should be resolved immediately. He said that the government is increasing and implementing diet charges and cosmetic charges, and cosmetic charges are being provided through DBT. Keeping in mind the upcoming winter, he ordered to take steps to ensure that warm water is available for bathing for students and to provide necessary blankets in advance. Residential facilities in rented buildings
Collectors have been asked to meet with the building owners of educational institutions and take steps to make necessary changes and repairs. He said that steps should be taken to ensure that every teacher receives the necessary training. As per the Chief Minister’s orders, steps should be taken to sew one lakh uniforms every day, and the collectors should pay special attention to ensuring that every student gets two pairs of sewn uniforms by Dussehra. He suggested that the sewing process should be expedited as the uniform cloth has already reached the districts. He ordered that all aspects related to the management of residential educational institutions be comprehensively monitored and that the details of the steps taken at the field level and the resolution of problems should be regularly updated on the integrated portal. He made it clear that there should be no negligence in matters related to the health, safety, nutrition and mental well-being of students. He suggested that FRS attendance should be mandatory in all educational institutions, and there should be continuous monitoring of the punctuality and performance of duties of the staff. He ordered that the sanitation of the kitchen should be checked daily to ensure that the food served to the students is of high quality and hygienic. He said that steps should be taken to ensure that the kitchen, utensils, food storage rooms and surroundings are clean. He suggested that a nodal officer should be appointed for each educational institution and that the welfare, attendance, sanitation, food quality, drinking water facilities, security, etc. should be constantly monitored. He said that the nodal officers should visit the institutions regularly and submit reports. He ordered that a female officer should be appointed in girls’ educational institutions. The female officer should specifically monitor issues like girls’ safety, health, personal problems, hygiene, and counseling. He said that the mental health of students is the most important aspect. He suggested that stress, personal problems, and emotional difficulties should be identified and necessary counseling should be provided, and mental health awareness programs should be organized frequently with students in every educational institution. After this video conference, District Collector Sandeep Kumar Jha spoke to the concerned officials.. He directed the officials to make it mandatory to register the FRS attendance of students and teachers in all welfare, Gurukul and residential educational institutions in the district and to pay special attention to cleanliness, food quality and safety of girls along with regular monitoring in every educational institution. He also directed to appoint nodal officers to inspect all residential schools in the district every day. He said that during the inspections, the cleanliness of the kitchen, purity of drinking water, maintenance of toilets, cleanliness of classrooms and hostel rooms should be thoroughly inspected. He clarified that the food served to the students should comply with the quality standards. He instructed the officials to continuously check the quality of raw materials used for cooking, food preparation method and cleanliness of serving food. It was suggested that women officers should be appointed as special nodal officers, especially in girls’ educational institutions, and that continuous monitoring should be carried out on the safety, health and welfare of the students. He said that a clean, safe and healthy environment should be provided in educational institutions. Education Department AD Srinivas, GCDO Gausia Begum, BC Welfare Department Officer Narasimha Rao, SC Welfare Department Officer Vikram, ST Welfare Department Officer Haseena Begum, Minority Welfare Department Officer Muralidhar Rao, Food Safety Officer Vinil, DCO Manvi Chand, DMHO Vanishree, other concerned officers, etc. participated in this video conference.
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