Fifty five meritorious students of Uttarakhand Board examination of 2019, belonging to Devprayag Assembly segment met the Governor of Uttarakhand Baby Rani Maurya and Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat at their residences. These students who had topped their respective schools in the board examination are on a tour of the country. The Governor Baby Rani Maurya met these students at Rajbhawan on the day.
Addressing the students on the occasion, she said that the education tour would give new experience and inspiration to the students. She said that apart from their studies, excursions should be organised for the students from time to time. The Governor opined that such tours would help in all round development of the students.
The students also met CM Rawat at Janata Darshan hall of CM’s residence. Interacting with the students, Rawat said that the students would get knowledge of culture of the country and different activities during the tour.
He said that such tours help in increasing the tendency of learning in the students. Rawat added that the areas of interests are known when children are on such tours. He said that the State Government has started a ‘Know your country scheme’ for 25 toppers of class X and XII board examinations. Under the scheme, the meritorious students were taken on a seven day tour of the country.
During this tour, the students would be taken on an air journey to one place. Devprayag MLA, Vinod Kandari, said that the tour is being conducted on the inspiration of CM Rawat. he said that the objective of the programme is to make the students aware about important places and prominent personalities of the country.
He opined that the tour would also help in increasing powers of imaginations and added that such a tour would be organised every year.
These students are on a five day tour from September 15. During the tour the children would visit IMA, FRI, Patanjali vidhyapeeth, Mansa Devi, IIT Roorkee and many places of Delhi. They would meet President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M Vainkia Naidu, Speaker of Lok Sabha Om Birla, Home Minister Amit Shah and union HRD minister Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank.