Tanmay Mondal
IIM graduate, Batch of 2014
West Bengal has always been known for being the intellectual capital of India. From education to arts, the state was globally recognized. But in the last few decades, the glory was lost - the syllabus was backdated, infrastructure was poor and no special attention was given to students of backward classes.
In the last three years, a lot of focus has been given on school education, as it lays the foundation of one’s career. From modernizing the syllabus to setting up more schools, the West Bengal Government has been revamping the infrastructure of school education.
Development of infrastructure
• A total of 221 primary and 1,660 higher primary schools have been constructed.
• A total of 1,626 schools have been upgraded – of which, 1,363 secondary schools have been upgraded to higher secondary schools and 263 junior high schools have been upgraded to secondary level.
• General lavatories have been constructed in 98% of the schools across the state, and separate lavatories for girls have been constructed in 82% of the schools.
Free text-books to students and mid-day meal at schools
The syllabus for text books has been revised from class I to class VII, and a total of 7.5 crore well-illustrated good quality text books have been published. These books have been distributed free of cost to the students of all schools. Under mid-day meal projects, afternoon meals have been made available to 99% of the primary schools and 98% of the higher-primary schools.
Computer training in schools
Under the I.C.T project, 2,600 secondary and higher secondary schools have been provided with computers and allied devices for computer training of students.
Disbursement of library-grant and laboratory-grant
A library-grant of Rs 50,000 each has been provided to 1,107 schools which have been upgraded to higher-secondary levels and 3,717 schools have been provided with Rs 2 lakh each as laboratory grant.
IIM graduate, Batch of 2014
West Bengal has always been known for being the intellectual capital of India. From education to arts, the state was globally recognized. But in the last few decades, the glory was lost - the syllabus was backdated, infrastructure was poor and no special attention was given to students of backward classes.
In the last three years, a lot of focus has been given on school education, as it lays the foundation of one’s career. From modernizing the syllabus to setting up more schools, the West Bengal Government has been revamping the infrastructure of school education.
Development of infrastructure
• A total of 221 primary and 1,660 higher primary schools have been constructed.
• A total of 1,626 schools have been upgraded – of which, 1,363 secondary schools have been upgraded to higher secondary schools and 263 junior high schools have been upgraded to secondary level.
• General lavatories have been constructed in 98% of the schools across the state, and separate lavatories for girls have been constructed in 82% of the schools.
Free text-books to students and mid-day meal at schools
The syllabus for text books has been revised from class I to class VII, and a total of 7.5 crore well-illustrated good quality text books have been published. These books have been distributed free of cost to the students of all schools. Under mid-day meal projects, afternoon meals have been made available to 99% of the primary schools and 98% of the higher-primary schools.
Computer training in schools
Under the I.C.T project, 2,600 secondary and higher secondary schools have been provided with computers and allied devices for computer training of students.
Disbursement of library-grant and laboratory-grant
A library-grant of Rs 50,000 each has been provided to 1,107 schools which have been upgraded to higher-secondary levels and 3,717 schools have been provided with Rs 2 lakh each as laboratory grant.
