The education committee of South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has decided to constitute a social audit committee (SAC) to supervise maintenance and construction work being carried out in its schools.
Sources have informed Millennium Post that the committee would be headed by a retired IAS officer and would also comprise of journalists and eminent social workers. The civic body runs 589 schools in the areas under its jurisdiction. The source also added that SAC will be responsible for ensuring that the promised facilities are being timely delivered to the students.
It can be noted that every year the committee supervises the facilities at civic body run schools. But this time eminent personalities will be a part of the supervising team. The name of the committee members could not be accessed.
When asked about it, Ashish Sood, chairman of education committee, SDMC, said that SAC is in the pipeline. ‘We are going to form a committee to supervise our schools. But I can’t reveal much about it until the official notification’, added the councillor. The civic body provides score of services to its students such as providing free uniforms, meals, etc. It also has water harvesting facilities in some of its schools. However, the civic body often receives complaints about the manner in which the schools function.
The SAC will also ensure that the pending construction work in schools is completed at the earliest before the start of next academic session in July.
Meanwhile, last month, the body had proposed bringing underprivileged children in its education fold. The South Delhi Municipal Corporation had launched an over fortnight-long enrolment campaign for them. The campaign ‘Neev’ included such children aged between 6 and 14, who were be enrolled in the SDMC’s schools.
Under this campaign, teachers of the SDMC schools were to take initiatives for the admission of children in nearby schools and they will also ensure that these children attend school regularly. No document was be required for the admission and the campaign ended on 30 June, he said.
For this drive, teachers of SDMC schools and volunteers from the NGOs attached with the schools of SDMC carried out this survey and they also carried with them the admission forms for on spot admission of the children nearest to their residence, who were not going to any formal school.
The survey was conducted by approximately 5,500 schools teachers of SDMC and approximately 300 volunteers from the NGOs during the entire campaign.
Sources have informed Millennium Post that the committee would be headed by a retired IAS officer and would also comprise of journalists and eminent social workers. The civic body runs 589 schools in the areas under its jurisdiction. The source also added that SAC will be responsible for ensuring that the promised facilities are being timely delivered to the students.
It can be noted that every year the committee supervises the facilities at civic body run schools. But this time eminent personalities will be a part of the supervising team. The name of the committee members could not be accessed.
When asked about it, Ashish Sood, chairman of education committee, SDMC, said that SAC is in the pipeline. ‘We are going to form a committee to supervise our schools. But I can’t reveal much about it until the official notification’, added the councillor. The civic body provides score of services to its students such as providing free uniforms, meals, etc. It also has water harvesting facilities in some of its schools. However, the civic body often receives complaints about the manner in which the schools function.
The SAC will also ensure that the pending construction work in schools is completed at the earliest before the start of next academic session in July.
Meanwhile, last month, the body had proposed bringing underprivileged children in its education fold. The South Delhi Municipal Corporation had launched an over fortnight-long enrolment campaign for them. The campaign ‘Neev’ included such children aged between 6 and 14, who were be enrolled in the SDMC’s schools.
Under this campaign, teachers of the SDMC schools were to take initiatives for the admission of children in nearby schools and they will also ensure that these children attend school regularly. No document was be required for the admission and the campaign ended on 30 June, he said.
For this drive, teachers of SDMC schools and volunteers from the NGOs attached with the schools of SDMC carried out this survey and they also carried with them the admission forms for on spot admission of the children nearest to their residence, who were not going to any formal school.
The survey was conducted by approximately 5,500 schools teachers of SDMC and approximately 300 volunteers from the NGOs during the entire campaign.