Additional Secretary of Central Government Visits Kanker: Inspects Mawa Modol and School for Hearing Impaired

Raipur, October 09

Carolyn Khongwar Deshmukh, Additional Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, arrived in Kanker, an Aspirational District, today. She inspected the Mawa Modol coaching institute and the Central Library started there. Subsequently, she visited the Government Special School for the Hearing Impaired located in Kodabhat village, where she interacted with physically disabled, mute, and deaf children.
Ms. Deshmukh, Additional Secretary to the Government of India, inspected the Central Library in Kanker and talked to the students who visit there. This Central Library has been established with the objective of providing a conducive environment and study material for local youth in Kanker to prepare for various competitive examinations. College students study books based on different subjects at this library every day. The Additional Secretary appreciated the State Government’s initiative. She also signed the Library’s visitor register.
Additional Secretary Ms. Deshmukh also visited the Mawa Modol coaching institute. Here, she went into the study room and interacted with the students. This coaching institute has been started to provide better preparation for competitive exams and career guidance to talented students from remote tribal areas. In the coaching institute, talented youth from Kanker district are being prepared for CG PSC, SSC, Vyapam, and various other competitive examinations. Additional Secretary Ms. Deshmukh also praised this effort. She said that providing facilities for preparation for UPSC, State PSC, and other competitive examinations is a good effort to nurture the talents of the district. She extended her best wishes to all the participants and said that students from Kanker should not only be selected for the state’s public services but should also establish their identity through services in the country and abroad through their hard work and the institute’s guidance. Ms. Deshmukh visited various classes, inquired about their studies and their future strategy through competitive exams, and extended her best wishes.
Additional Secretary Spends Time with Mute-Deaf Students
During her visit to Kanker, Additional Secretary to the Government of India, Ms. Deshmukh, also reached the Government Special School for the Hearing and Visually Impaired located in Kodabhat village. Here, the specially-abled students welcomed her with sign language. During this time, the disabled children sang a welcome song and presented her with paintings prepared by themselves. This special school has a capacity of 50 seats. Classes up to the twelfth grade are conducted in the school, and a total of 45 students are studying, including 33 hearing-impaired and 12 visually-impaired children. Free residential and meal facilities are available for all students on the special school campus. There is also a plan to start smart classes in this school in the near future. Appreciating the means and resources available here, Additional Secretary Ms. Deshmukh also spoke about providing training in various disciplines along with education, according to the children’s interests, so that the physically disabled and visually and hearing impaired children can become self-reliant when they grow up.