Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Literacy of girls must for society’s progress: Agrawal

Raipur, January 24, 2013

School education minister Brijmohan Agrawal feels that only literacy of girls can help the society t progress. Agrawal expressed these views during annual function of Patel Vidya Mandir Mahamai Para on Thursday.

He said the government was running several literacy programmes across the state and was giving special attention on infrastructural development of education system. 

Indicating towards government’s free uniform and text book distribution scheme, Saraswati cycle scheme, scholarship scheme, etc, he said the literacy rate had increased in the state due to such schemes. 

He informed that the government had also achieved target of opening primary school in every one kilometre and pre-middle school in every three kilometre in rural pockets. He said now the government was focussing on expanding education at middle-school level in rural areas. 

On the occasion, Agrawal announced to give Rs five lakh for construction of additional rooms in the school. Later, he distributed prices to the talented students of the school.

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