To achieve the universal goal of ensuring primary education for all, the Uttar Pradesh government, on the initiative of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, has taken several initiatives.
An official communiqué released here on Saturday said that under the government's Operation Kayakalp, elementary and primary schools had undergone total transformation in the state in the recent past.
It said the government was running 2.65 lakh schools to enhance basic education in the state and in the academic year 2020-21, the government had facilitated admission of 1.85 crore children in schools to date under its School Chalo Campaign.
Besides, the government is providing books, school bags, shoes, socks and sweaters for boys and girls of council schools for free to ensure that the children of the state are not deprived of basic education for want of money.
As part of its commitment to providing quality education for children, the state government has appointed more than 1.20 lakh assistant teachers. The government is also running around 5,000 Smart Classes to provide technology-based education for children in council schools.
The state government has also taken concrete steps to promote Sanskrit education in the state. The government is currently imparting Sanskrit education to 88.29 thousand students through 1,151 secondary Sanskrit schools in the state.
Besides, to avoid disruption of education and ensure continuation of educational activities in the state during the ongoing COVID-19 times, the government is running e-schools under its Mission Prerna (inspiration) campaign where students are taught through digital and other modes of telecommunication.
It includes telecasts of educational programmes on TV, WhatsApp classes as well as the YouTube channel of Mission Prerna.
In the academic year 2020-21, WhatsApp virtual classes are also being held to ensure continuity of teaching and it has benefitted 67.73 lakh students. As many as 29.06 by lakh WhatsApp groups of teachers and students have been formed under the programme.
