Himachal Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Friday said the Inspectorate of education, a separate wing would be constituted for inspection in the State to ensure that all schools teach Mathematics, English and Hindi from the first class and it would also conduct sudden inspections in school to ensure that the teachers are not absent in the schools.
Addressing a public meeting at Baddi in Solan district, the Chief Minister said education was most important for development of society and it was being insured that better and qualitative education was provided to the students. He stressed that teachers should understand their responsibilities and provide qualitative education to the students with full motivation and dedication.The Chief Minister said a proposal had come from certain sections on grading system in schools and he personally was against it and the decision had been taken to start Hindi, Math and English from the first class as mandatory subjects in the State.
Virbhadra Singh claimed it was the Congress which assures equal development of all sections of the society adding that Himachal Pradesh had progressed in leaps and bounds since independence and warned those, who were trying to play divisive politics.
Reiterated his statement that former Chief Minister Shanta Kumar was a man of principle as opposite to Prem Kumar Dhumal, he said that the Dhumals failed to dethrone him and with help of a central BJP leader, they have stooped so low that they were trying their hands on him through central intelligence agencies.
“They were pressuring central intelligence agencies to probe the assets of my family members and trying to defame me”, he said.
Industries Minister Mukesh Agnihotri targeted the BJP for playing cheap politics to defame Virbhadra Singh and his family but said they would not succeed in their motives. He said that it was very unfortunate that on the day of the marriage of Virbhadra’s daughter, the NDA got conducted the CBI raids on his residence and on the occasion of Holi the Enforcement
Directorate(ED) under pressure from their political bosses got attached the property of His family members in New Delhi which he termed as the cheapest move of the Central leaders of BJP.
He said the present Congress Government would complete full five years term and would also get the budget passed on March 31. Agnihotri said it was a historic decision taken in the budget to provide assistance to general BPl families for construction of their houses. Social Justice and Empowerment Minister, Col Dr Dhani Ram Shandil also spoke on the occasion.