In a bid to ensure that no talented student belonging to a poor family loses a chance to pursue their dreams, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday announced free of cost education for those whose verified family income is less than Rs 1.80 lakh per annum under the State Government's ambitious Parivar Pehchan Patra scheme.
The Chief Minister made this announcement while interacting with the students who have cracked Civil Service Exam-2020 and JEE Advance Exam -2021(under state’s super 100 programme) during a state-level felicitation programme held at Panchkula.
Congratulating the students who have cleared the country’s most prestigious Civil Services Examination 2020, he said, “Each one of you should remember that you have decided to opt for civil service as a career option for serving the society as during your service period you will get innumerable opportunities to work in the diverse fields."
While boosting the morale of the 29 students coming from poor backgrounds who have cracked JEE Advance 2021, the Chief Minister said, “All of them are a great example that if you have talent, no one can stop you from achieving your dreams, no matter if you belong to the poor background.”
Khattar hoped that all these students will make Haryana proud in whichever field they will opt for. The Chief Minister said that in 2014 when he had been sworn in as the Chief Minister, ensuring overall and equitable development was his utmost priority.
However, among all other sectors, bringing revolutionary reforms in education was his primary focus, for which many new unique schemes and milestones were formulated and set up by the State Government, he said.
KG to PG to be implemented from this session in the Kurukshetra University
The Chief Minister said that as per National Education Policy 2020, such educational institutions are being set up in the state, in which education will be provided from KG class to PG level. Initially we are going to make an arrangement of imparting education from KG to PG in four universities. Kurukshetra University has already started preparing for admission to be given under KG to PG scheme from this academic session that is 2021-22, he said. Khattar said that the education system of Lord Macaulay was focused on the 'Three R's': Writing, Reading and Arithmetic, which did not ensure the holistic development of a citizen.
Hence in a bid to make the younger generation educated along with also inculcating the feeling of nationalism in them, national education policy -2020 has been launched, he said.
In Haryana, we have already started working towards ensuring implementation of this Policy by 2025, five years ahead of the national target of 2030. Every department involved in this has been directed to work dedicatedly in this direction, he added.
Digital reforms introduced in state
The Chief Minister further said that at present, digital reforms have been brought to replace human interface in almost every wing of the government. Khattar said that the online teachers transfer policy is one of the greatest examples of this as under this system more than 90 percent of teachers are satisfied. Similarly, various online reforms are being brought in to make the system paperless, faceless and transparent.
In the last seven years, we have been doing various works to bring in revolutionary reforms. “While working in the spirit of Antyodaya, ensuring government welfare benefits reaches those at the bottom of the pyramid, we sometimes thought if we are moving in the right direction or not. But I am now satisfied and overwhelmed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recognized our hard work and appreciated us, he added.
Earlier, the students who have cracked the JEE Advanced examination by getting free coaching under the State Government’s Super 100 Programme, expressed their gratitude towards the Chief Minister for giving them a golden opportunity.
