 Early Times Report
SAHARANPUR, July 1: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday launched the second phase (July 1 to 15) of the state-wide School Chalo Abhiyan from Upper Primary School Ismailpur (Composite). The Chief Minister appealed to parents to ensure that their children attend school. He stated, "Education is the strong foundation of the individual, society and the nation. Good education alone creates civilized and cultured citizens and shows them the right path. Good education produces good social workers, teachers, principals, public representatives, officers, entrepreneurs, engineers, doctors, judicial officers and others. Whatever field the future generation, which will shape the nation's future, chooses to pursue, education will fill them with confidence and enable them to effectively discharge their role in building society and the nation."
He informed, "In 2017, under the guidance and inspiration of Prime Minister Modi ji, the state government launched the School Chalo Abhiyan. Since the government's intentions were clear, the results were also positive. The government's policy for improving education was equally clear. The government moved forward with the resolve to extend the benefits of its schemes to every child without discrimination."
He added by saying, in 2017, only 36 percent of the schools under the Basic Shiksha Parishad were considered fully saturated. At that time, adequate arrangements for toilets, drinking water, furniture, libraries, electricity and the Mid Day Meal were lacking. We then launched Operation Kayakalp and appealed to public representatives, entrepreneurs and officials to ensure the widespread availability of these facilities in Basic Shiksha Parishad schools, achieve saturation targets and establish clear parameters for the same.
The CM stated, "We decided that every school should have separate toilets for boys and girls, drinking water facilities, and a fixed daily menu under the Mid Day Meal. Smart classrooms, digital libraries, uniforms, bags, books and all other essential facilities should be provided to every child by the government. The student-teacher ratio also had to be corrected. A campaign was launched to achieve these objectives. As a result, the saturation level of Basic Shiksha Parishad schools increased from 36 percent to over 96 percent within the next 5 years."
He further added, every child started receiving bags, books, shoes, socks, sweaters and uniforms, leading to a rise in enrolment. Over the past 9 years, more than 60 lakh children have been added to the Basic Shiksha Parishad, while the dropout rate has declined from 19-20 percent to just 3-4 percent. |
