Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu on Monday e-inaugurated 15 important infrastructural projects of the School Education Department.

Kewal Kumar Sharma, Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor; BVR Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretary; Dr. Asgar Hassan Samoon, Principal Secretary, School Education Department, Directors School Education � Anuradha Gupta and Mohammad Younis Malik, Dr. Arun Kumar Manhas, Project Director, Samagra Shiksha, J&K, and other senior officers attended the inaugural event, in person and through video conferencing.

The Lt Governor called for doubling of efforts for bringing educational reforms in J&K to achieve comprehensive development in the sector. He stressed prioritizing the educational infrastructure development even in far-flung areas and called upon the stakeholders to initiate necessary measures to play a decisive role in enhancing the education scenario across J&K with a special focus on increasing the female literacy rate.

The Lt Governor underlined the importance of improving the school infrastructural setup by optimum utilization of resources to improve the facilities in Government-run schools.

He directed for immediate utilization of the newly constructed infrastructure, terming the projects as assets created for rural areas which will certainly contribute towards the quality improvement in the education sector. He further directed for construction of boundary walls, fencing, cleaning, and preparing grounds under MGNREGA and other schemes.

The newly inaugurated projects worth Rs 14.7 cr included the construction of � 100 bedded Girls Hostel at Atholi Padder, Kishtwar; 100 bedded Girls Hostel at Palangar, Rajouri; 10 roomed High School Building at Theeru, Ganderbal; 10 roomed High School Building at Goripora, Srinagar; Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) at Panchkarwari, Srinagar; Model Girls Hr. Sec. School Rajouri; Art/Craft room, Computer room at Government High School Shahpur, Poonch; Additional accommodation at Higher Secondary School, Saaj, Rajouri; GHS Dooru, Anantnag; Government Middle School Hanumanpora, Anantnag; KGBV at Arnas, Reasi; Additional Block at HSS Ladrwan, Kupwara; 04 Roomed building at Model Girls HSS Udhampur; 08 Roomed building at HSS Garh Dhamma, Udhampur and 08 Roomed building at Dalwah, Ramban under schemes like Samagra Shiksha, JKIDFC and Capex.