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Councillors pitch for English medium corporation schools

Tuesday, 12 March 2013 09:51 administrator
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The Times of India                  12.03.2013  

Councillors pitch for English medium corporation schools

MADURAI: Pointing out the rising demand for seats in matriculation schools among parents in the city, councillors urged the Madurai corporation to introduce English medium corporation schools during the corporation budget meeting here on Monday.

Pointing out the escalating demand for the matriculation school seats among the parents in the city, councillors have urged the corporation to introduce English medium of instruction in more corporation schools during the corporation budget meeting on Monday.

The councillors accused private matriculation schools of fleecing money from the parents due to the absence of English medium schools run by the civic body. Stressing the demand S T Jeyabalan, councillor of ward 64, urged the corporation to re-open the school at Kansamettu street which has been locked for several months and convert it into a English medium corporation school. He predicted that the enrolment of students in corporation school would be high if English becomes the medium of instruction.

M Chellam, councillor of ward 63, supporting the proposal said that the corporation had already taken some initiative on this line, but it was not carried out effectively. She also urged for the establishment of an exclusive women's college run by the corporation to serve the poor students in the city.

Replying to Chellam's suggestion, mayor V V Rajan Chellappa said that the plan was already under consideration. However, when the civic body scrutinised the possibility of establishing a self-financing college, it was found that recurring expenditure, including the salary for faculty, would be very high, which is impossible for the corporation to bear. However, the mayor promised to consider the setting up of a college with some government assistance.

On the demand for introducing English medium of education in more number of corporation schools, Suganthi Ashok, chairperson of the education committee, said that the corporation had introduced the system in five schools recently. She assured that it would be extended to more number of schools in the future.

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Corporation schools to be solar-powered soon

Tuesday, 12 March 2013 07:15 administrator
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The Hindu                      12.03.2013

Corporation schools to be solar-powered soon

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All corporation schools would soon be solar-powered, if the civic body took forward a proposal outlined in its budget 2013-14. The move comes in the backdrop of the State government’s initiative to give a push to renewable energy sources, especially solar power.

The government has already issued an order for establishing solar power systems in all government and civic buildings. The corporation has also announced its intent to put up a solar power system for its main office.

The civic body has now made a budgetary allocation of Rs.1 crore from the education cess for putting up solar power systems in all the 61 corporation schools. These include 31 elementary, 27 middle, two high and one higher secondary schools. Given the power shortage and frequent load shedding, the move is expected to come as a boon for students of the schools catering largely to the lower-income groups.

The corporation has decided to construct toilets in 14 schools and improve amenities such as drinking water supply and electricity connections.

Streetlights

The corporation has decided to replace tube lights with LED lamps in all streetlights. The corporation has also planned to invite private participation in the maintenance of the streetlights. It plans to install, through a private partner, energy saving devices such as streetlight controllers, voltage controllers, individual lamp monitoring equipment, and a centralised monitoring station under the project, through which the civic body seeks to reduce its power consumption by at least 35 per cent, and also secure carbon credits.

The civic body has also unveiled a plan to establish a heritage centre at its main office. In an attempt to meet a felt-need, the corporation has decided to put up signboards of important road/street names at 60 places in the city.

 

Colourful uniforms for tiny tots, CCTVs in hospitals

Tuesday, 12 March 2013 06:32 administrator
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The Hindu                      12.03.2013

Colourful uniforms for tiny tots, CCTVs in hospitals

 

As was the case in the last budget of the Chennai Corporation, the emphasis, this time too, was on exposing students of Chennai Schools to the fine arts.

In addition to 30 residential camps or ‘Kanavu Pattarai’ for students of classes VII and VIII, fine arts labs will be established in 10 Chennai Schools.

For primary and middle school students, play parks will be set up in 30 schools. The Corporation will also start ten kindergarten schools. All kindergarten children will be provided specially-designed shoes along with colourful uniforms.

Keeping in mind the demands of parents, the Chennai Corporation will start 20 more English-medium sections in primary schools. There are already 99 English-medium sections in the primary schools.

Among the 22 announcements under the education head, was one regarding the provision of generators to all high and higher secondary schools. This is to ensure that science and computer labs and offices in the schools can function throughout the day.

Chennai Schools students will be provided training for maths and physics olympiads, international chess competitions, kabaddi and swimming competitions.

With a view to encourage scientific temper among students, permanent science exhibitions will be installed at zonal-level. The best science models at school-level will be showcased in these exhibitions and prizes will be awarded.

The budget also made provisions to ensure the safety of in-patients, prevent theft of babies and unauthorised entries into hospitals. CCTVs will be installed in all 24-hour maternity hospitals. Inverters will be installed at all the existing 109 health posts; all maternity hospitals will have intercoms and push trolleys.

Digital thermometers and BP apparatus would be procured for all maternity hospitals and health posts. This is to discourage the use of mercury in these facilities.

Fine arts labs will be set up in ten Chennai Schools.

 
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