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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Mapping reveals Pune district needs another 200 schools

Mapping reveals Pune district needs another 200 schools

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published Published on Jul 19, 2011   modified Modified on Jul 19, 2011
Pune : The state government’s exercise to map schools in the state to determine distribution as per population to make it easier to determine the number of schools and where they should be located to suit the Right to Education (RTE) Act targets has completed the second stage. As per the survey released on Monday, Pune district needs around 200 more schools as of now.

There is a need of around 58 new primary schools and 141 higher secondary schools in the district to meet RTE requirements. The RTE Act recommends at least one primary school within a kilometre of every neighbourhood. The distance set for secondary school is three kilometres and higher secondary school 10 kilometres.

The mapping is being done through the Geographic Information System (GIS).

An official of the school education department (primary) said that the masterplan formulated by the government to ascertain availability of primary and secondary schools across the state is expected to help the education department expand its reach and provide education to more students across the state.

Describing the initiative, M R Kadam of the directorate of primary education, Pune, said, “The state government has taken up the masterplan of geographically mapping each and every school in the state, be it urban or rural. The survey was carried out both manually and through satellites. The work was started about 5-6 months ago. Now, the list has been released. Approvals for new schools will be granted on the basis of the masterplan.”

Sangeeta Tiwari, chairperson of the PMC School Education Board, said, “Poor students will gain a lot from this move. There are so many areas that do not have schools and students have to travel long distances. Many areas do not have government schools for which they have to seek admission to private schools, which they are hardly able to afford.”

The exercise is open to suggestions or objections from citizens, which they can send to education officers (Primary and Secondary) of the district concerned in the next one week. A copy of it has to be sent the Divisional Deputy Director (education) concerned.

The opinion of the public will be taken into consideration while deciding the number of schools to be set up, said Kadam.

Sangeeta Tiwari, chairperson of the PMC school education board said, “Poor students will gain a lot from this move. There are so many areas without schools forcing students to travel long distances. Many areas do not have government schools and students take admission in private schools they can hardly afford.”


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