Mumbai: The state government has decided to map the availability of schools every year, in a major fillip for implementation of the Right to Education (RTE).
Satellite imaging will be used for the annual exercise, which will be undertaken between October and December in urban and rural pockets.
The survey will ascertain the availability of schools in an area. Approval for new schools will depend on the survey’s findings, which will be incorporated in to the plan for schools in an area. RTE guidelines make it necessary to have at least one primary school (class I to IV) every kilo metre, a secondary school (class V to VII) every 3km and a higher secondary school (above class VIII)every 5km.
The state government had decided to use satellite imaging to prepare a master plan for schools in urban and rural areas in February 2010.
The Nagpur-based Maharashtra Remote Sensing Applications Centre(MRSAC)was appointed for the exercise.
A draft master plan for the urban and rural pockets was formulated on the basis of the first exercise. Even as the final plan for these pockets awaits formal approval, the school education department has decided to make the
mapping exercise an annual feature.
Source | Times of India | 2 May 2012
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