Schools to spread awareness about govt schemes

Gopeshwar (U’khand), Sep 20 (PTI) In a new method tospread awareness among the people about development schemes,the state government has asked schools in Uttarakhand’sChamoli district to entrust a student with the task of tellingthe rest of the students about one development or welfarescheme each day during the prayer assembly. Development and welfare schemes being run by the stategovernment in the district have been compiled in the form of abook and sent to all government and private schools throughthe Chief Education Officer with an instruction that onestudent every day will be assigned the job of telling the restof the students about one development or welfare scheme duringthe prayer assembly, Chamoli’s District Magistrate Vinod KumarSuman said. It will ensure that benefits of the schemes reach theirbeneficiaries and the schemes achieve their objectives, hesaid. The book introduces the schemes, their targetedbeneficiaries and how they can avail of them, the officialsaid, adding the book is also being sent to governmentdepartments, people’s representatives and gram pradhans sothat people in the remotest parts of the state are aware ofthe schemes. PTI CORR ALMSMN