TURA: South West Garo Hills Deputy Comissioner, Ramkumar S has directed SSA functionaries to identify the bottom 10 schools in the district that are the lowest in terms of academic performance.
The DC also issued a warning to the heads of such schools that their salaries will be held up for failing in their duties to nurture and motivate the students.
The directive was given during a meeting with education officials and functionaries of the district unit of SSA on Thursday.
It was held to review the education scenario vis-a-vis the functioning and academic performance of students in schools across the district.
The meeting is a part of Deputy Commissioner’s Systematic Review of the implementation of schemes and projects by various line departments which is being conducted in the district on a monthly basis and follow up with field inspections.
The functioning of the coaching centres for class X students which was setup under the initiative of the DC to improve their performance in the SSLC examination was also reviewed.
Interventions under SSA, RMSA, implementation of mid-day meal and the process of establishment of Eklavya Model Residential School were also discussed in the meeting besides the performance and functioning of schools.