The Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) was launched to provide a solid academic foundation to the lives of children who would otherwise find getting education difficult. Now, in Panchkula, the administration will also provide solid foundations to the SSA classrooms where these students are taught.
The administration intends to build 103 earthquake-resistant classrooms in the district that falls in the 'active fault zone'.
The project will be completed by February 2009.
Cheques for the construction of 82 such classrooms have already been distributed to the concerned village and education-cum-construction committees and the remaining 21 cheques will be given away soon, said an administration official.
Majority of the sites for these rooms have been identified. Officials are meeting with representatives of villages to identify the remaining sites.
"The rooms will be built using earthquake-resistant techniques. The walls of these rooms will not collapse in the event of an earthquake," said an official.
Deputy district education officer Karan Singh told TOI that these classrooms were being built under the SSA scheme and the state government would also help in this project.
Panchkula deputy commissioner Rajinder Kataria said, "At the time of earthquakes, children suffer the most because they are not able to save themselves. Under this project, the government and local administration are making an effort to protect school students when earthquakes hit."
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