MLA from Varanasi Cantonment constituency Saurabh Srivastava inaugurated digital boards installed in the classrooms of Gopi Radha Primary School and Girls Inter College located in Ravindrapuri here on Wednesday, by writing wishes with a laser pen on a digital board. It is a step towards fulfilling the dreams of Digital India of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his own parliamentary constituency. It also marked the farewell to the traditional old black boards from the school as now in the primary wing classes, the teachers will teach the children by writing on the screen with finger and laser pen instead of chalk and using duster.
Besides, the Singh Dwar (Lion Gate) of the school, a 40-seater bus and toilets built at a cost of Rs 5 lakh were also inaugurated. Addressing the inauguration ceremony, chief guest Saurabh Srivastava said that the New Education Policy (NEP) has been made keeping in mind the all-round development of children and such digital boards would be extremely beneficial for compliance of this policy.
A free health check-up camp was also organised by the efforts of Dr Chaitanya Sah and Dr Neha Sah in which the people got their health check-up. Apart from this, a fair was organised by the children in which counters of various food stalls, games, mehendi etc were set up by the children.
In the beginning, the guests were welcomed by the Chairman of the school Vivek Shah and Manager Dr Manoj Kumar Shah.
The vote of thanks was done by Director Dr Shalini Shah. Principal Niti Jaiswal felicitated Dr Anand Prabha Singh, Principal of Nivedita Shiksha Sadan, Sumedha Singh, Principal of Guru Nanak Khalsa School, Dr Pratibha Yadav, Principal of Aryamahila Inter College as the guests of honour in the programme. Deputy Manager Abhinav Bhatt, Deputy Director Smriti Sah and Assistant Director Saloni Shah honoured the first student of the school Aarti Chatterjee and in-charge of Hindu Yuva Vahini (Varanasi Region) Ambarish Singh Bhola.