Exhorting students to become leaders not followers, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that students should make a mark in the field of education and for this the educational institutions should play a pivotal role.
The chief minister, who was speaking at the 88th foundation week programme of Maharana Pratap Education Council (MPEC) in Gorakhpur on Thursday, said that students should excel in the field of education and this was possible when educational institutions worked as a team.
“People associated with the MPEC will have to work continuously for the betterment of the institution so that they can set an example for others to follow,” the chief minister said, adding that this was also the aim of the national education policy.
“In the testing times of the coronavirus pandemic, the extraordinary work done by the Central government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was possible only because of technology. People should also get associated with technology and make better use of it,” he said.
Yogi Adityanath said that the COVID-19 vaccine would arrive by January next year and until then, everyone should comply with the Covid protocols.
The chief minister, along with Vidhan Sabha Speaker Hriday Narayan Dikshit, also released a book, Bharatiya Sanskriti Ka Vishwa Mein Prasar.
Speaking on the occasion, Dikshit said that education was the only way by which the society and the world could be made beautiful. “The MPEC is also imparting social values along with education and it is also an example for other educational institutions to follow,” he said.
UP Jal Shakti Minister Mahendra Singh said that education gave a solution to every problem and the MPEC was doing this since 1932.
“The works done under the leadership of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath are exemplary and UP is developing at a fast pace,” he said.
Those present at the programme included Bharatiya Janata Party state president Swatantra Dev Singh, State Disaster Management Authority Vice Chairman Lt Gen RP Shahi, Digambar Akhara, Ayodhya, Mahant Suresh Das, Swami Raghavacharya, Devipatan Shaktipeeth Mahant Yogi Mithilesh Das, Member of Parliament Ravi Kisan and Jai Prakash Nishad, MPEC president Prof. UP Singh and others.