The staff of the government school in Ulat village of Barmer donated Rs 1.91 lakh for the school’s uplift.

JAIPUR: Teachers and parents of students at government schools across the state have been able to collect more than Rs 9 crore towards improvement of school infrastructure.

In an effort to improve the infrastructure at government schools with wider participation from people, Rajasthan school education department organised a Bal Sabha along with the Republic Day celebration on Sunday where teachers and parents both contributed towards the cause.

Commissioner of college education Pradeep Borad , said that they are expecting the number to grow until the final calculations. "Till Tuesday when we calculated, this amount was around Rs 9.13 crore. We are expecting this number to grow. This is just our 60% of the calculations. This money will be utilised for the development of school for which villagers, parents and teachers have contributed money. At Bal Sabha, parents were requested to contribute for the school development," said Borad.

Many teachers donated their one-month salary towards the cause. Kailash Dan, headmaster of the Government High Secondary School , Ulat village in Barmer said that his school staff collected around Rs 1,91,000 for the upliftment of the school.

"At the Bal Sabha, we asked parents and public at large to contribute in the school and we will do our part. Five teachers in total contributed their one-month salary to the school. We have taken so much from the school and these students have given us so much love and affection. One month salary is not much," said Kailash.

Kailash said that his school needs four classrooms, furniture and other school amenities. Officials at the education department said that this step will increase school's accountability as then parents will be able to question a particular school directly on infrastructure and more.

School education minister Govind Singh Dotasra also tweeted about the contribution stating he is full of pride looking at the huge amount of contribution from the people for improving the school infrastructure. Around 25 lakh people attended the Bal Sabha celebrations across state on Sunday. Around 15,000 schools are yet to update their collection at the Shala Darpan portal.

