Centre hails Raj move for mobile schools for kids of nomadic groups

Time of India

02-05-2025

Jaipur: During the 59th general council meeting of NCERT held in Delhi, Friday, the central govt authorities praised Rajasthan govt's initiative to start mobile schools for children from nomadic communities from this academic session.
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An official release shared by the education minister's media team stated, "Union minister of state for education Jayant Chaudhary praised Rajasthan's plan for the education of children of nomadic families and directed the officials to implement it as a model across the country."
Education minister Madan Dilawar, who participated in the meeting, while speaking to TOI, said, "To ensure that children from nomadic communities get formal education, mobile schools are being started by the department from this year.
Children from this community suffer as their parents keep shifting bases and children have to drop out from schools."
Dilawar said that officials have been instructed to identify areas with a sizeable population of the nomadic community and start a mobile school for a minimum of 15 students. "If the parents take their children with themselves to their place of work, then these mobile schools (operated out of buses) will move to that area and teach students there.
Our aim is to provide education to all students across the state," added Dilawar.
In the meeting, Dilawar also demanded an increase in the number of PM Shri Vidyalayas and Swami Vivekananda Model Schools in the state. The minister also demanded that the budget received by the states from the central govt under Samagra Shiksha should be allocated on time so that the projects can be completed on time. He said that other initiatives like rechecking in board examinations and preparing board exam question papers in sections with a common question paper for the whole state were also praised.
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BOX--Admission for MGGEM schools to start from May 7
Jaipur: The application window for admission into
Mahatma Gandhi Govt English Medium schools
will start from May 7 and will be open till June 15, announced the education department, Friday. Applicants can fill the application forms online through Shala Darpan, and the lottery for the allotment of seats will also be done online.
On June 16, the list of applications received and information regarding class-wise vacancies will be displayed on the school noticeboard, and the lottery will be held on June 17.
The list of students selected for admission will be displayed on the school noticeboard on June 18. The submission of documents for the admission process will start from June 19, and the session will start from July 1.
An order issued by director secondary education Ashish Modi stated, "To ensure quality education in MGGEM schools, sections have been determined as per the standards of RTE." For classes 1-5, 30 students per section have been fixed, 35 students per section for class 6-8, and 60 students per section for classes 9-12.