Sharad Pawar attributes Maha defeat to propaganda that Ladki Bahin Yojana will be stopped by MVA
"It is a highly unexpected result but we have no option but to accept it and move forward," he added.
The Himachal Pradesh government has started ‘Prerna Plus’ scheme for students of Classes I to V for enhancement of learning ability.
A similar scheme ‘Prayas Plus’ has been started for students from Classes VI to VIII to improve their ability in science and maths to make education more qualitative.
Sharing this at the centenary celebration function of Government Senior Secondary School, Mamleeg in Solan district on Thursday, chief minister, Virbhadra Singh said the state has been ranked as the first state in field of education in an independent survey by Annual Status of Education Report.
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“The state was also awarded at national level beating Kerala in learning outcomes. The achievement level of government schools in HP is 65.3 per cent and 47.4 per cent, in language and math respectively as compared to the national average of 41.6 per cent a 21.1 per cent respectively in above streams,” Singh said.
He said many children around the world do not get quality education, but in HP there are as many as 15, 500 schools in the government sector alone catering to best of the educational needs of the children.
Apart from this, there are 126 colleges in the state catering to the higher educational needs of the youth. “The 47 colleges opened by present government are in far flung areas and have benefitted the girls most,” he said.
Singh talked about the importance of discipline in life and said education inculcates the manners and the attitude of living for the people and while it makes good professionals, it contributes in making a very good human being. Education not only teaches the bookish knowledge but it also teaches the way of living, respect and dignity.
CM honoured KL Azad, who served as headmaster of the school in 1954.
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