Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that all people in the State must be literate for the development of Madhya Pradesh. He urged to take pledge for sending every child to school. He urged all people to cooperate in the efforts for developing golden Madhya Pradesh. Chief Minister Chouhan was addressing a function under “School Chalen Ham Abhiyan” and “Aao Banayen Apna Madhya Pradesh” at Sheopur on Wednesday.
Chouhan inaugurated and laid foundation stones of 12 construction/ development works costing Rs 8 crore. Public Health Engineering Minister Kusum Mehdele, MP Anup Mishra and MlA Durgalal Vijay were also present on the occasion.
The Chief Minister said that every child in the State must be educated. He asked public representatives to work unitedly for getting deprived and poor children admitted to schools. The Chief Minister said that illiteracy not only hampers pace of progress of family, but country also.
He said that State Government has accorded top priority to education. State Government has made arrangements for free education, text-books, uniform, cycles and scholarships for students. The Government is making available bank loans on its guarantee to students pursuing higher education. Students having obtained over 85 per cent marks in Class XII are being provided laptops by state Government. Chief Minister Chouhan felicitated school children by applying roli-chandan and garlanding them.
The Chief Minister said that this year, arrangements have been made to prepare caste certificates in school itself. Parents will have to give only an affidavit. He said that strict action will be taken against persons for negligence in preparation of caste certificate.
During his Sheopur visit, the Chief Minister directed to remove PHE’s executive engineer NR Godiya from Sheopur due to complaint regarding not solving drinking water problem in tribal areas. he said that officers performing excellently will be rewarded while those exercising negligence in schemes’ implementation will be subjected to strict action.