Hemant Soren Directs Push to Strengthen Jharkhand’s School Education System
Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Tuesday chaired a comprehensive review meeting of the School Education and Literacy Department at the Jharkhand Mantralaya, issuing a series of directives aimed at improving the quality, reach, and infrastructure of government school education across the state.
The meeting covered a detailed assessment of academic arrangements, physical infrastructure, and student welfare facilities in government schools.
Reaffirming the state government’s priorities, Chief Minister Soren said that his administration is committed to providing quality education to every child in Jharkhand. He directed officials to ensure that the benefits of all school-related schemes and programmes reach students in a transparent and timely manner, with no room for delays or leakages.
One of the key directives issued at the meeting was to accelerate the teacher recruitment process and fill vacant posts at the earliest. The Chief Minister acknowledged that thousands of teachers have been appointed in recent months but maintained that filling remaining vacancies continues to be a government priority.
He further directed that all verification processes for newly appointed teachers be completed by the end of this month, so that salary disbursements can begin on time without any procedural hold-ups.
Soren noted that student examination results in government schools have been showing steady improvement. He directed officials to pay special attention to teacher training programmes and the integration of modern, technology-based teaching methods, with the goal of pushing academic outcomes even higher.
The meeting was also informed that the number of children dropping out of primary and secondary school has declined, with Jharkhand now performing better than the national average on this indicator. The Education Department has been running targeted campaigns to re-enrol children who had previously left school, and those efforts are showing measurable results.
Chief Minister Soren directed officials to identify children who are engaged in labour or other work and are currently out of the education system, and to take concrete steps to bring them back into school. This directive reflects the government’s continued focus on ensuring that no child is left behind due to poverty or economic compulsion.
