Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that both good education and health for the students are important for us. In view of corona infection in the State, we have gradually started classes. Classes IX and X are also being started from August 5. At present these classes will be held for only two days a week.
Chouhan said that schools and colleges were closed during the Corona period, but teaching work continued be it through online classes or through TV programmes, radio, WhatsApp groups etc. Parents and teachers have also played an important role in this arrangement.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan held virtual discussions with students, teachers and parents from the Chief Minister’s residence in the ‘Student Dialogue Programme’ today. Minister of State for School Education (Independent Charge) Shri Inder Singh Parmar was also present in the programme.
The Chief Minister said that students should set their own goals. He told the students to set their goals like Arjuna. Just as during the course of archery training, when Guru Dronacharya asked what he could see, Arjuna had said that he could see neither a tree nor a bird, he could see only a bird’s eye, similarly students should also concentrate and pursue their studies.
Chouhan said that the role of parents as co-educators increases even more in these challenging times. You must create a conducive environment for studies in the family and realize the vision of ‘Hamara Ghar- Hamara Vidyalaya’. Maintain lively contact with parents and teachers and keep children engaged in physical activities like sports, exercise, pranayama etc. Parents must maintain lively contact with teachers and keep their children engaged in physical activities like sports, exercise, pranayama etc. along with academics.
Chouhan said that parents are the first teachers of children. The values that you give them, decides their future. I remember after the birth of both my sons, I first recited the Gayatri Mantra in their ears. Even today, I keep motivating them to study religious texts.