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Union Education Secretary Reviews Schools and Digital Programs in Puttaparthi
TK Anil Kumar visited schools in Puttaparthi.
He is a senior official in India’s Ministry of Education.
He looked at how schools use technology to teach students.
He also checked libraries, science labs, sports areas and vocational training facilities.
At one girls’ school, he saw health services, meals, yoga and self-defence activities.
The schools also showed rainwater harvesting and kitchen gardens.
He said he was satisfied with the schools’ digital learning and buildings.
He praised work carried out under the PM-SHRI scheme.
TK Anil Kumar inspected schools in Puttaparthi mandal on Friday.
He visited AP Model School and KGBV in Jagarajupalli, along with Model Primary School in Puttaparthi.
The review covered digital classrooms, STEM labs, libraries, vocational labs and sports facilities.
At KGBV, he observed PAL labs, Brighter Minds sessions, health services and student activities.
Anil Kumar praised the schools’ digital education and infrastructure under the PM-SHRI scheme.
- Who
- TK Anil Kumar, accompanied by district Collector A Shyam Prasad and Samagra Shiksha officials.
- What
- Inspected school programmes, digital teaching methods, facilities and student services.
- Where
- Schools in Puttaparthi mandal, including facilities in Jagarajupalli and Puttaparthi, Sri Sathya Sai district.
- When
- Friday.
- Why
- To review innovative programmes, digital education, infrastructure and other school services.
Key facts
- Visiting official
- TK Anil Kumar, Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education, Government of India
- District
- Sri Sathya Sai district
- Schools visited
- AP Model School and KGBV in Jagarajupalli, and Model Primary School in Puttaparthi
- Facilities reviewed
- Libraries, STEM labs, digital classrooms, vocational labs, sports facilities, rainwater harvesting systems and kitchen gardens
- KGBV activities observed
- PAL labs, Brighter Minds sessions, health services, mid-day meal hygiene, self-defence, yoga and cultural programmes
- Assessment technology
- Clicker-based assessments in digital classrooms
- Scheme praised
- PM-SHRI scheme










