The State of Uttarakhand is bestowed with tough climatic conditions and there is an urgent need to develop a system of education which is suited for the condition of the State. The vice-chancellor of Garhwal Central University Prof Jl Kaul said this while speaking at a conference ‘Primary education in Uttarakhand — present condition and future’ organised under the aegis of Devbhoomi Vikas Sansthan at Municipal Corporation hall here on Thursday.
He said that only a relevant education system would be able to stop the menace of migration from the mountainous areas of the State. The speakers on the occasion deliberated on various issues affecting the primary education of the State. The fact that despite doubling of Budget on education since 2009 the number of students in the Government schools of the State is decreasing, rued noted educationists. It was said that despite the State spending 18 per cent of total earnings on education sector, which is three times more than the national figure which is only 6 per cent, the State stands at 18 place in the country.
Former director of school education NN Pandey said that education department in the state should be run exclusively by the educationists. The vice-chancellor of Sanskrit University Mahavir Agarwal, founder of Vikas Bharti Ashok Bhagat and patron of Devbhoomi Vikas sansthan Trivendra Singh Rawat also spoke on the occasion. The meeting was chaired by Mayor of Dehradun Vinod Chamoli.