Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that there should be a uniform education policy in the entire country. For this Madhya Pradesh will extend complete co-operation. He said that as an experiment, a school well-equipped with complete infrastructure and facilties of reading-writing will be opened in Betul district for middle and higher secondary education in which students will be brought from nearby villages and left back. If this experiment succeeds, its expansion would be considered.
Chouhan was replying to queries by a news channel during State Education Summit Programme held on Saturday. He felicitated educational institutions for their outstanding constribution in the field of education.
To a query Union Minister for Human Resources Prakash Javdekar lauded the efforts of State Chief Minister Chouhan in promoting new educational institutions, increasing autonomy and quality of education in Madhya Pradesh.
He said that after making remarkable progress in the agriculture field, under the leadership of the Chief Minister, the state is now focussing on continuously increasing the quality of primary education.
Once known as the ‘bimaru’ State, Madhya Pradesh is now one among the States in the first category. Javdekar said that Madhya Pradesh will be extended all possible support in the field of education. He said that a panel of experts will select 20 best universities from the country. He expressed the hope that Madhya Pradesh too will find a place in this.
On improving quality of primary education in state Chouhan said Utkrisht Vidyalaya, Eklavya Vidyalaya and Gyanoday Vidyalayas have been opened. Four Shramoday Vidyalayas are being opened in Bhopal, Indore, Gwalior and Jabalpur. Educated and trained teachers have been specially appointed in these schools whose service conditions are also different. Chouhan said that teachers should be honoured by the society also as this tendency has reduced. He said that a teacher wants respect other than his salary and facilities.