DSEK asks CEOs to come up with comprehensive plan for utilization of funds
Srinagar, July 22 : The school education department Kashmir has failed in utilizing Rs 127 Crore funds, resulting in a dent in the development process already inching in at snail’s pace.
Director School Education Kashmir (DSEK), Mohammad Younis Malik in a meeting of Chief Education Officers (CEO) wherein he reviewed the progress regarding initiatives taken by the department, said that there were unspent funds to the tune of Rs. 127 Crores in the department.
The documents available with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) mentioned that “There are unspent funds to the tune of Rs. 127 Crore, earlier earmarked in connection with the Model School Concept in the year 2010, out of which 46 Crore have been released by the Government.”
Malik directed the CEOs to come up with workable and comprehensive work plans for utilization of the unspent funds on augmentation of facilities and infrastructure. He directed them to submit the zone wise plans within a week at DSEK headquarters.
The director in the meeting further said that the students of Kashmir valley are now in a phase of amalgam learning, which means that a student has got learning opportunities at the same time from various platforms.
Malik said till date, the teachers have almost completed the syllabi of Term-I through different modes of teaching—may it be through Tele-Classes, audio classes, video lectures, virtual class rooms and other digital platforms.
“Now is the time to conclude the Term-I teaching,” he said—(KNO)
