Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], June 24 (ANI): Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel chaired a meeting on Monday regarding Kanya Kelavani Mahotsav and School Praveshotsav (school entrance festival)-2024 and said that more than 32 lakh children will be admitted to school amidst the festival.
The Mahotsav will take place between June 26-28 in the state.
Providing information about the Mahotsav, the Gujarat CM took to his official X handle and posted, “‘Celebration.. of Joyful Education,’ Statewide School Entrance Festival is starting from June 26 with this theme. More than 32 lakh children will be admitted to school during this three-day admission festival.”
In this regard, Patel held a meeting at Gandhinagar with Team Education. He called upon all to persevere with micro-planning so that no child in the state is deprived of education and all receive high-quality education.
He added further, “This year, for the first time, apart from Balwatika and Class-1, the School Entrance Festival is also going to be held in Class-9 and Class-11. This year, the state government has launched very beautiful schemes like ‘Namo Lakshmi Yojana’ and ‘Namo Saraswati Yojana.'”
He also called on the occasion to ensure that its benefits reach every student, even down to the village level.
Patel lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi for initiating the festival and said, “Narendra Modi started the School Entrance Festival in Gujarat during his Chief Ministership, and we are getting very good results. The dropout rate of students has become negligible, and a new consciousness has been instilled in society towards education.”
On girls’ education, Patel said, “The Gujarat government has launched the Namo Lakshmi and Namo Saraswati Yojanas to promote girls’ education and science studies. Both are very beautiful plans.”
Requesting people to take advantage of this scheme, Patel added further, “It is my special request that every parent and every student up to the village level should get information about this scheme and take advantage of it.”
Talking about the results of the festival, the Gujarat CM said, “So far, we have got very good results of the school entrance festival… Every girl child of Gujarat can go beyond secondary and higher secondary education and build a bright future.” (ANI)
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