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The commissioner-cum-Secretary of SC & ST Development Department wrote letters to all the district collectors in this regard.
According to the guidelines, SC & ST department run Schools will conduct one-day structured meeting, preferably on last Saturday of the month, once in every two months, in which Teachers, Students, Parents, SMC representatives, local MLA would participate.
The meeting will address ranges of issues such as safety and security of the students, scholarship schemes, skill development programmes etc.
Currently, the SC & ST department runs as many as 1670 residential educational institutes across the state, wherein more than 5.4 lakh SC & St students receive education with the facility of free boarding.