In Indian culture the education is imparted not merely by giving sermons but also by one's character and life, said the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Trivendra Singh Rawat while addressing the 201 annual day function of Government Pre Secondary School, Dehra Khas, Rajpur Road here on Friday.
Heaping praises on the school and its teachers, he said that the school is providing education to students without guardians and the teachers of the schools are discharging dual responsibility of teachers and parents of the poor students admitted in the school. Rawat said that the school and its teachers are setting an example for others to follow.
Expressing hope that the students of the school would follow footsteps of their teachers and provide necessary time and help to the school after completion of their studies, the CM said that the State Government would provide every possible help to the school. He said that education along with the inculcation of traditional virtues is important for the students.
In his address, the CM also explained the benefit of water conservation to the students. He said there are 20 lakh toilets in the State and the State has a population of 1.10 crores. A person uses 7 to 10 litres of water per day in toilet and if one litre of water per day per person is saved then we can save 1 crore litre of water per day which would be a big achievement, he said.
Rawat made an appeal to put a one litre bottle filled with water and sand inside the cistern of the toilet. He explained that if a family uses the cistern 15 times a day then 15 litre of water would be saved by the family in this way. Rawat said that this measure will have no adverse affect on the efficiency of cistern but 547.50 crore litres of water would be saved by it. He said that this measure should be adopted in offices and hotels as well. local MlA Khajan Das, teachers and students of school were present on the occasion.