Uttarakhand education minister holds meeting with education department officials

DEHRADUN: A meeting of education officials chaired by the newly elected education minister, Arvind Pandey was convened at Vidhan-Sabha premises on Monday.
The minister has asked officials of the education department to ensure that they work with 'complete honesty' and do 'hard-work', so that the common-masses can see visible changes in the education department in the coming days.
Showing concern about the decreasing student-strength in the state-owned schools, education minister, Arvind Pandey also gave instructions to improve the quality of teaching in government schools. Besides which, at the block level, Pandey has instructed that the residential schools should be developed as ‘model schools’.
The education minister has asked all officials in the department to work without any pressure but ensure that they fulfill their responsibilities, besides directing that to ensure quality education is imparted, the workers and staff in offices and schools should be regular for duty.
In a bid to overhaul the education department and improve the quality of education in the state, the education minister, Arvind Pandey has also asked officials to present ‘proposals’ from their own side. All senior education officials were present in the meeting.