JAMSHEDPUR: Day is not far when the general public and senior government officials would be able to keep an eye over the quality of midday meals, attendance of teachers in schools, embezzlement of funds by contractors and directives issued by BDOs to execute development works in remote villages.
Thanks to the Unicef-sponsored child reporter programme, which is all set to begin in Jharkhand once the trainers and teachers are ready to do the assigned work by March. The child reporter programme will enable students pursuing education in government schools to become journalists. These reporters would collect information and submit reports. Their articles and news items would be placed in a special "Children's Newspaper", which would be circulated along with the dailies.
Communication officer of Unicef, Jharkhand, Sugata Roy said that Jharkhand is the 14th state to implement this programme. "Thirteen states, including Orissa, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, have already implemented this programme. At several places, the "Children's Newspaper" has made a good impact," he said.
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