Haryana Chief Minister  Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday called upon the management committees of private schools to assist in improving the educational standard of government schools by adopting the schools in their surrounding areas.

Addressing the gathering after laying the foundation stone of the new building of Lions Public School near village Dhankot in Gurugram, he said education has a major role to play in character building. He said the State Government is making conscious efforts to raise the educational standards in the State while the private institutions are also contributing to the same, so both the government and private institutions are partners in this task and have the same objective.

He said that the management of private schools should adopt neighbouring government schools and help them improve their standard of education. He made it clear that the resources at government schools will be provided by the state government while the pattern would be that of private schools. For this, he has instructed the  officers concerned to sign MoUs with the management of the private schools. He said that some private schools in Karnal have also adopted 50 government schools and said that other institutions should also come forward to adopt government schools in other districts.

The Chief Minister said that the Congress Government’s ‘No Detention Policy’, according to which no student should be declared as failed until Class 9 had led to a decline in the standard of education in the government schools. He informed that the present government took cognizance of this and started conducting  monthly tests, which has led to an improvement in students.

Khattar said loan will be provided to help children pursue higher education, adding that the education loan facility will be available soon to students for pursuing higher education without giving collateral guarantee.

He informed that two centers are being run in Jhajjar and Panchkula to prepare talented children of government schools for competitive examinations. He said that around 200 children of these centers appeared in the IIT pre-mains, of which 72 have been selected. This is a good start. Giving  3 D’s formula to the students, the Chief Minister said that they should work hard with Dedication, Discipline and Determination. Mr. Manohar Lal said that tomorrow’s India depends on today’s students. At the same time, he called upon the teachers to work on improving the learning level of students,  of whatsoever caliber he or she is.