Leh, Aug 12: Lieutenant Governor Kavinder Gupta called for a transformative approach to education in Ladakh’s monastic institutions, advocating for a blend of mainstream subjects and religious studies to create a more inclusive learning environment for young monks.
In a meeting with representatives from the Ladakh Buddhist Association and Ladakh Gonpa Association at the LG Secretariat, he emphasized the need for sufficient teachers in gompa schools to ensure high-quality education and highlighted the importance of vocational training to promote self-reliance among monks.
The LG also underlined the importance of imparting vocational skills to young monks to make them self-sufficient.
Similarly, Kunzes Dolma, UNESCO GRO–Geothermal Training Program fellow, called on the Lt Governor and briefed him about the training programmes provided in geothermal energy, gender equality studies, fisheries, and other fields at the GRO Centre in Iceland for fellows fully sponsored by the Icelandic government.
Another delegation comprising Rehbar-e-Khel (ReT) teachers also met the Lt Governor and highlighted their issues.
Reiterating the UT Ladakh Administration’s commitment to promoting green energy and making Ladakh a carbon-neutral region, the Lt Governor stressed the importance of further promoting renewable energy initiatives.
Highlighting the need to ensure quality education for Ladakhi students, the Lt Governor assured that proper recruitment rules would be framed so that only qualified teachers are appointed, thereby strengthening the education system in Ladakh.
The other day also, the LG launched a transformative initiative to empower rural women in Ladakh by promoting Self-Help Groups (SHGs) through training in business models, product packaging, and marketing to help rural women become ‘Lakhpati Didis’.
The LG emphasized showcasing SHG products at high-visibility platforms like airports to help women achieve ‘Lakhpati Didi’ status.
The LG called for full implementation of central schemes to ensure no beneficiary is overlooked, directing surveys to identify disabled children for targeted support and advocating counselling to address genetic risks from consanguineous marriages.
The LG directed the concerned department officials to conduct survey to identify disabled children in Ladakh so that all central government schemes could be provided to them.
Highlighting BDO shortages, the Lt Governor suggested promoting Panchayat Inspector Grade I to BDO posts. He called for improved solid and wastewater management for a healthy Ladakh and ODF+ certification, as well as inter-department convergence for watershed projects.
For complete mobile connectivity, the Lt Governor directed telecom companies to meet targets on time. He stated that courses on wildlife, ecology and other subjects which is fundamental to Ladakhi youth must be introduced so that they can take them up further and make a livelihood out of it. He directed the concerned departmental officials to augment emergency systems to provide timely assistance to the public in times of emergency.
Later in the day the LG has stressed the need to ensure that no eligible citizen is left out of central government welfare schemes, particularly the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM).
He called for maximum registration under ABDM to build a robust digital health ecosystem in the Union Territory.
Gupta emphasised wide-scale promotion of health initiatives so that the benefits reach every household. He appreciated NHM’s plan to install hoardings across Ladakh to spread awareness about ABDM.
