Rotary in pact with Himachal on school education

An MoU was signed between ­Districts 3070, 3080 and the State Education department of ­Himachal Pradesh to revamp school education and upgrade related facilities under the ambitious project Samagra in the hill State.

D 3070 Governor Barjesh ­Singhal and PDG Dhian Chand representing DG Praveen Goyal, D 3080, signed the agreement in the presence of State Education ­Minister Suresh Bhardwaj and Department ­Secretary Dr Arun Sharma. Both the districts will partner with the Himachal ­government to “uplift and develop school ­education and other related facilities.”

“The agreement is the outcome of consistent efforts made by Dhian Chand who convinced the government that Rotarians are men of action and they mean ­business. And our success in PolioPlus campaign is a testimony on that,” said PDG K K Dhir, D 3070, one of the project signatories.

Rotary clubs in both the districts will conduct field survey of schools and recommend upgrades in ­teaching standards. “The partnership will also revamp school infrastructure and try to match it with those of private schools. The State ­government shall provide ­requisite funding to fulfill our ­objectives,” said DG Singhal.

DGN Davinder Singh, D 3070, Past AG S N Kapoor and AG ­Pankaj Daddwal, D 3080, were the other ­signatories to the Samagra Project.