Education standard has improved in last 4 yrs: CM

Tribune News Service

Haridwar, September 25

Chief Minister Harish Rawat today claimed that the standard of education had gone up in the past four years, with the state government focusing on this sector majorly.

Rawat stated this while speaking as the chief guest at a felicitation ceremony of meritorious students at Nirbhaya farmhouse, Pherupur village, here today.

Citing figures, the Chief Minister said in America, 28 per cent of students were taking up higher education post intermediate but the figure in Uttarakhand stood at 38 per cent this year.

More than 150 Industrial Technical Institutes (ITIs), 75 polytechnic colleges and 500 model schools were being developed in the state which would take education to a next level, he said.

The Chief Minister announced establishment of statues of Rajput king Prithviraj Chauhan and former Union Minister Rajesh Pilot in Bahadrabad by the end of this year. He said the younger generation needed to be informed about freedom fighters, historical figures and politicians who had contributed to the nation and society.

He also stressed on the need to form women self help groups for providing employment and engaging women in various activities.

Ranipur-BHEL legislator Adesh Chauhan, Congress leader Anupama Rawat, Purushottam Sharma, former women commission chairperson Dr Santosh Chauhan, Kshatriya community representatives Rajendra Chauhan, District Magistrate Harbans Singh Chugh and SSP Rajeev Swarup were present on the occasion.