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KOLKATA: Education minister Bratya Basu launched a new education scheme - Sab Boi Porboi - at an awards ceremony in Town Hall on Sunday. The programme was organized by the state school education department and UNICEF on the occasion of National Education Day.
Under the scheme, the government will distribute books on various topics pertaining to the new syllabus that it is framing.
Speaking at the awards ceremony to honour schools qualifying for the Sishumitra Vidyalaya Puraskar, the minister said the government was trying to bring out the best in education by combining the western and eastern models. "We have appointed teachers in primary, secondary and higher education sections and a workshop will be held at Netaji Indoor stadium next month which will be attended by 75,000 teachers," Basu said. The minister also gave away awards to students who had participated in a statewide sit-and-draw competition on water, sanitation and hygiene.
Besides launching the scheme, Basu also made a slew of announcements. From next year, the school education department will organize the Jamini Roy awards to felicitate schools that make themselves visually appealing.
This apart, the government was also working on a GIS mapping project which will provide complete data of all schools in the state and will be accessible to all.
SN Dave, a wash specialist of the UNICEF office in the state, said that the Nirmal Vidyalaya Puraskar, which has also been initiated along with the Sishumitra Vidyalaya Puraskar, was a great example to show how education, water, hygiene and sanitation could all be put together.
"We will take the competition to the high school and higher secondary level from next year," school education department secretary Arnab Roy said.
State school and higher education minister Bratya Basu launched a new educational scheme - 'Sab Boi Porboi' and awarded school children who participated in the state wide sit and draw competition on water, sanitation and hygiene.
Attending the award ceremony organised on the occasion of national education day on Sunday at Town Hall organised by the state school education department with UNICEF support to honour qualifying schools across the state with Sishumitra Vidyalaya Puraskar that was announced last year, Basu said that the government was working on to bring out the best education by combining the western and eastern model. "We have appointed teachers in primary, secondary and higher education sections and a workshop will be held at Netaji Indoor stadium next month which will be attended by 75,000 teachers," the minister said. The government of India has declared November 11, the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad as national education day.
Minister Bratya Basu also said that from next year, the school education department will also hold a Jamini Roy awards that will be awarded on district wise to schools that will decorate themselves as visually appealing.
The minister launched the 'Sab Boi Porboi" scheme in which books on various topics will be distributed according to the new syllabus that the government was framing.
The government was also working on a GIS mapping project in which there will be a complete data of information of all schools of the state. The data will be available to everyone that will provide all information about the schools.
SN Dave, a wash specialist of the UNICEF office for West Bengal said that the Nirmal Vidyalaya Puraskar, which has also been initiated along with the Sishumitra Vidyalaya Puraskar was a great example as to how education, water, hygiene and sanitation all could be put in together.
State school education department secretary Arnab Roy said that the Nirmal Vidyalaya competition was the first of its kind in the country. "We will take over the competition to the high school and higher secondary level from next year," he said.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Bratya-Basu-launches-new-education-scheme/articleshow/17188295.cms
Under the scheme, the government will distribute books on various topics pertaining to the new syllabus that it is framing.
Speaking at the awards ceremony to honour schools qualifying for the Sishumitra Vidyalaya Puraskar, the minister said the government was trying to bring out the best in education by combining the western and eastern models. "We have appointed teachers in primary, secondary and higher education sections and a workshop will be held at Netaji Indoor stadium next month which will be attended by 75,000 teachers," Basu said. The minister also gave away awards to students who had participated in a statewide sit-and-draw competition on water, sanitation and hygiene.
Besides launching the scheme, Basu also made a slew of announcements. From next year, the school education department will organize the Jamini Roy awards to felicitate schools that make themselves visually appealing.
This apart, the government was also working on a GIS mapping project which will provide complete data of all schools in the state and will be accessible to all.
SN Dave, a wash specialist of the UNICEF office in the state, said that the Nirmal Vidyalaya Puraskar, which has also been initiated along with the Sishumitra Vidyalaya Puraskar, was a great example to show how education, water, hygiene and sanitation could all be put together.
"We will take the competition to the high school and higher secondary level from next year," school education department secretary Arnab Roy said.
State school and higher education minister Bratya Basu launched a new educational scheme - 'Sab Boi Porboi' and awarded school children who participated in the state wide sit and draw competition on water, sanitation and hygiene.
Attending the award ceremony organised on the occasion of national education day on Sunday at Town Hall organised by the state school education department with UNICEF support to honour qualifying schools across the state with Sishumitra Vidyalaya Puraskar that was announced last year, Basu said that the government was working on to bring out the best education by combining the western and eastern model. "We have appointed teachers in primary, secondary and higher education sections and a workshop will be held at Netaji Indoor stadium next month which will be attended by 75,000 teachers," the minister said. The government of India has declared November 11, the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad as national education day.
Minister Bratya Basu also said that from next year, the school education department will also hold a Jamini Roy awards that will be awarded on district wise to schools that will decorate themselves as visually appealing.
The minister launched the 'Sab Boi Porboi" scheme in which books on various topics will be distributed according to the new syllabus that the government was framing.
The government was also working on a GIS mapping project in which there will be a complete data of information of all schools of the state. The data will be available to everyone that will provide all information about the schools.
SN Dave, a wash specialist of the UNICEF office for West Bengal said that the Nirmal Vidyalaya Puraskar, which has also been initiated along with the Sishumitra Vidyalaya Puraskar was a great example as to how education, water, hygiene and sanitation all could be put in together.
State school education department secretary Arnab Roy said that the Nirmal Vidyalaya competition was the first of its kind in the country. "We will take over the competition to the high school and higher secondary level from next year," he said.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Bratya-Basu-launches-new-education-scheme/articleshow/17188295.cms
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