Focus on restricting drop outs from educational institutions at elementary level: Omar

            Srinagar June 21 (Scoop News) – J&K Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah said that the focus should be on restricting drop outs from educational institutions at elementary level.

            Speaking at a meeting held under his chairmanship here to discuss main features of School Education Act, the Chief Minister has called for strengthening elementary education in the State to ensure cent percent coverage of boys and girls of 6-14 years of age group.

            “Imparting of quality education and upgrading infrastructural facilities in the schools should be given priority”, he said stressing on rationalizing the student-teacher ratio in the educational institutions.

            Omar Abdullah said that education has been flagged as one of the most important sectors in the development policy. He said educational schemes for universalization of elementary education needed to be implemented in a machinery spirit and benefits of these ensured at gross roots.

            The meeting among others was attended by the Minister for School Education, Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, Khurshid Ahmad Ganai, Secretary, Education, G.A. Peer, Secretary Law, Directors of Education, Kashmir and Jammu and other senior officers.

            A power point presentation was also made in the meeting by the Secretary Education in which he dwelt in detail about the salient features of School Education Act.   

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