Union Human Resource Development minister Smriti Irani has called on the social workers, state governments and educationists to contribute at their end to improve the quality of education in the country.
Irani, who laid the foundation stone of a Kendriya Vidhalaya building in Haroi on Sunday, said that there is an urgent need for upgrading the education system. “Every government – be it union or state – want to improve the quality of education. The need of the hour is to work unitedly to achieve this target,” she said.
The Union minister in her speech did not make any political comment. She only talked about the education system and the need to give quality education to the students. “To achieve this target we will have to build infrastructure and ensure students do not have walk long to reach their respective schools,” she said
She also appealed to the parents of the KV students to use app. 'Saransh' to monitor the performance of their ward. “This app will help the parents to know the progress of their children. There would not be any need for the parents to go to school now and then to know about the progress of their wards,” she said
The new Kendriya Vidyalaya school, coming up in Malihamau area of Sursa block in the Hardoi district, would impart education up to XII with science and mathematics as main subjects.
lauding the Digital India programme of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, she said this new school would have 10 e-classes so that students can get the benefit “The students will be exposed to the digital world. They will have smart classes where education would be made easy,” the union minister said.