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funds likely for education
Puducherry: Minister for Education
and Information Technology M.O.H.F. Shahjahan on Wednesday said that
the government had plans to allocate more funds for the department.
Speaking at the
inauguration of the regional level science exhibition at the
Jeevanandam Government Higher Secondary School at Karamanikuppam here,
he said the government was constantly upgrading facilities at
educational institutions and wanted to improve the quality of education
provided to children.
"Since quality human
resource development is the need of the hour, we have to plan and work
towards that. We want to make modern classrooms in government schools
with better facilities. We are studying as to how this could be done at
the primary level and will soon sign an agreement with the Azim Premji
Foundation for this," Mr. Shahjahan added.
The Minister, while
stating that the quality of education in government schools has
improved, commended teachers who put their heart and soul into getting
better results each year.
Vice Chairman of the
Puducherry Municipality A. Johnkumar, local MLA Om Sakthi Sekar and
Joint Director R. Vanjulavalli also spoke.
Exhibits selected at
the regional level exhibition would be sent to the State level Science
Exhibition that would be held at Mahe from November 28 to December 1.
The regional level science exhibition is the first phase of the
Jawaharlal Nehru National Science Exhibition for children.
This
article appeared in The Hindu, issue dated 22 November, 2007
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