The government has planned to distribute bicycles to
16,054 Plus-One students free of cost this academic year in the
district, said K.P. Munusamy, Minister for Municipal Administration and
Rural Development here on Saturday.
He was
distributing bicycles to 1,274 students in Government Higher Secondary
School in Krishnagiri, Shoolagiri, and Uthanapalli.
The
Minister said that the scheme was introduced by Chief Minister
Jayalalithaa during her second term with a view to take urban facilities
to the rural students. Since then, the scheme was being implemented by
the subsequent government successfully.
The
government was giving laptops too free of cost to students. These
measures would improve the self-confidence of students and encourage
them to study well, he added.
Though 80 per cent of
the parents in the district were illiterate, they wanted to give good
education to their children. The Minister appealed to teachers of the
Shoolagiri Government Higher School to improve the pass percentage this
academic year.
Pooja Kulkarni, District Collector,
presided over the programmes. C. Prakasam, District Revenue Officer, K.
Ashok Kumar, Chairman, District Panchayat, Praveen K. Nair, Sub
Collector, Hosur, office-bearers of the Parent-Teachers organisations
participated.
S. Suganya, Chief Educational Officer welcomed the gathering on the occasion.
