A week after assuming charge as the Union Human Resource Development Minister, BJP leader Prakash Javadekar, in his first visit to the city, said his priority will be to improve the quality of education in night schools and zilla parishad schools.
Mr. Javadekar visited the Gopalkrishna Gokhale night school at Dadar on Saturday night and interacted with the students.
Describing night schools as important institutions that make education inclusive, Mr. Javadekar said the government’s top priority would be to improve their condition. He said that since he studied in a zilla parishad school, he was in a good position to understand their problems and challenges.
All praise for students
“Education is essential for uplift of society. I salute the spirit of these poor students, who are pursuing education in night schools, after putting in 8-10 hours of hard work during the day,” said Mr. Javadekar. He said education should be inclusive and no one should be left behind, adding that his will to work for the students had strengthened after meeting them.
“PM Narendra Modiji says, ‘Work for the Dailts, underprivileged and backward classes’. We will study the problems of night schools and will do whatever is possible for them,” he said. The Minister assured the students and teachers that he would ask Maharashtra Education Minister Vinod Tawde to improve the infrastructure in night schools and municipal schools.
Authorities told the Minister that the school was producing 100 per cent pass for the last four years.
