BENGALURU: Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao has said that a meeting will be convened to discuss the expansion of the ‘Jyoti Sanjeevini’ health insurance scheme to include aided school teachers.
At present, the ‘Jyoti Sanjeevini Yojana’ is only applicable to state government employees. Under the scheme, seven major health services are provided free of charge.
Dinesh Gundu Rao said this while inaugurating the State Level Teacher’s Day and Teacher’s State Conference of the Karnataka State Aided Primary School Teachers’ Association in Bengaluru. Addressing the 13 demands presented by aided school teachers during the conference, he assured them that they will be discussed at the government level.
He emphasised the need to simplify rules, particularly regarding the renewal of accreditation for aided schools and expressed his view that government-level resolutions should be adopted to address these issues.
“In my view, there is a need to simplify the rules, especially in the matter of renewal of recognition of aided schools. Resolutions should be made at the government level regarding this”, the minister said. He further assured the aided school teachers that he will hold discussions with both the Education Minister and the Chief Minister to arrive at decisions on all of these issues.
Dinesh Gundu Rao emphasised the importance of education and health in the nation’s progress, stating that higher literacy rates contribute to a healthier society. “Education and health are two important factors for the progress of the country. More the literacy the better. In addition to this, we also need a healthy society”, he said. (ANI)