After getting the information during a review of the functioning of the primary schools that the school buildings are not being constructed due to lack of land and the schemes for constructing school building are gathering dust since long, the DM of Araria directed his subordinates to organize public meetings. He had appealed to the people to donate land for the construction of primary schools at their respective villages.
On instruction of District Magistrate, the BDOs of the district organized public meetings in their respective blocks and people came forward to donate land. The locals listed their names for donating adequate land for the construction of buildings for as many as 129 primary schools. But, the remaining 167 primary schools are still landless.
Araria district education officer (DEO) Rajive Ranjan Prasad said that as directed by the DM, all out efforts were being made to get land for the remaining 167 primary schools of the district. All the block education officers (BEOs) have been directed to obtain land.
Araria DM M Saravanan said that top priority had been accorded to make land available for these 296 primary schools by the end of this year for which all the officials concerned had been asked to appeal to people to provide land.
It is a herculean task to manage and run midday meal scheme in these primary schools and the rice etc have to be kept at the house of private persons, cooked somewhere else and fed to children at a third place. The children of landless primary school are often deprived of midday meals, added the DM.
This is really commendable initiative of Araria District Magistrate as the landless primary schools would now get their permanent buildings. It would give a proper shape to school and streamline the education and official works. The District Magistrates of Kishanganj, Purnia, Katihar and other parts of Bihar should take a lesson from Araria DM Saravanan to take ahead the districts in the field of education that would help lakhs of children.
