Himachal Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Wednesday said the state government was committed for education of girl child.
Presiding over the annual prize distribution function of Portmore School here, he said, “You educate a man, you educate a man. You educate a woman, you educate a generation” a quoting American colonizer and saint Brigham Young.
He said the State Government was endeavouring to educate the girl child and in this direction had opened many schools and colleges in far flung and rural areas to facilitate the girl child for attaining basic and higher education at their door-step.
Under “Mukhya Mantri Shikshak Samman Yojna” the Government has decided to give one year extension in service to such teachers, who have consistently given 100 percent results in board examination for a period of last five years, he said.
Virbhadra Singh said that to promote healthy competition amongst students and strengthen learning activities in schools, Net Books to meritorious students of 10th and 12th were being given under “Rajiv Gandhi Digital Yojna”, besides numerous scholarship schemes has been started.