Bhat Imran
Srinagar, Mar 11: School Education Department Saturday ordered head of all government schools and teachers to start door to door campaign from March-15 to enroll students in public schools.
Director of School Education Kashmir (DSEK), Tassaduq Hussain Mir said this while announcing enrollment campaign for Academic Session 2023-24.
Mir in a order said that the practice shall not affect the school work.
“Since the enrollment drive of last session was a mega success due to the efforts of all the functionaries of the department especially teachers and school heads and the School Education Department of JK got recognition at national level,” it reads.
Mir said that the new session is about to begin. “Therefore DSEK is announcing a mega enrollment campaign for a period of ten days starting from March-15-2023 without affecting the school work.“
The campaign will be launched by the DSEK from district Baramulla.
Stating the activities proposed for the campaign, the director said that all Education Officers including JDs, Chief Education officers, Principal DIETs, HODs of DIETs, Deputy CEOs, DEPOs, DIET faculty, Zonal Education officers, and Zonal Education Planning officers shall visit at least one or more habitations as a part of the door-to-door campaign in order to inspire field functionaries.
He further said that the cluster heads shall lead the campaign at cluster or complex head level.
“There shall be door to door campaigning by HOIs and teachers, rallies by children, parent motivation camps involving SMC and VEC and other community leaders, PRIs and village elders,” Mir said.
The director also said that the concerned officials shall keep updating village education register in schools for identification of Out of school Children (OoSC) and Children with Special Needs (CwSN).
“The activity should also include mainstreaming out of school children including the dropouts, never enrolled and CwSN,” reads the order.
According to the DSEK order, the details of the new enrollment will be recorded in an online mode by the school heads on the link to be provided by DSEK and District Cultural Coordinators will coordinate the process at District level.
