Union HRD Minister visits Night School in Dadar, Mumbai
Close on the heels of assuming
charge as the Human Resources Development Minister, Shri Prakash Javadekar on Saturday
evening paid a visit to the Gopal Krishna Gokhale Night School in Dadar,
Mumbai and interacted with the students studying there.
“Education
is essential for upliftment, I sincerely 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” Shri Javadekar said. He said
education should be inclusive and no one should be left behind. He described
night schools to be among the important institutions helping make education
inclusive and asserted that Government’s top priority will be to improve the
conditions of night schools and zilla parishad schools.
“After
meeting you, my will to work for you has strengthened. PM Narendra
Modi 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” Shri Javadekar said. He added that since he himself has
studied in a Zilla Parishad School, he is in a good position to understand
their problems and challenges The Union Minister assured the students and
the teachers that he would ask Maharashtra Education Minister Vinod Tawde to do
his best to improve the infrastructure in nights schools and municipal schools.
School
authorities told the minister that they have been having 100 per cent
result for the last four years. Mumbai, the commercial capital, has a
well developed infrastructure of night schools, where over 15,000 students,
aged 15 and above are enrolled for Class 8 upwards. The city also boasts
of many success stories in the form of night school students who went on to
succeed as entrepreneurs, particularly in the hotel business.
No comments:
Post a Comment