ANANTHAPURAM: In a dream come true, a Class XI student of Kasturba Gandhi
Ashram School
under Garladinne mandal in
Anantapur district
, M
Sravani officiated as district collector for a day on
International Day of the Girl Child
on Sunday. Her decisions taken as district collector were also treated as official and implemented.
As collector, Sravani signed a file releasing compensation to a victim under the Disha Act and directed district officials to not call women officials between 8 pm to 8 am except in case of emergencies. The initiative, under which girl students from government and ashram schools officiated in government posts for a day, was the brainchild of district collector Gandham Chandrudu. The students were selected through a draw of lots and briefed about the posts to be headed by them.
“We decided to appoint girl students as officials to boost their morale and make them set their focus on higher positions,” Chandrudu said about the initiative. “It is a big honour for me to sit in this chair. I will study hard and become an
IAS officer
in future,” said Sravani. All posts, from district collector, joint collector, revenue divisional officer at district and divisional levels to tehsildar and mandal parishad development officers at the mandal level, were filled by girl students.