School education and PWD Minister Brijmohan Agrawal on Sunday performed bhumi poojan and laid foundation stone for the construction of office building of Secondary Education Board, Bilaspur division.
Addressing the gathering, he said, since last 27 years the divisional office of the Board was operating from rented building and now it would get own building very soon. He instructed the officers to complete the construction of the building in time.
Agrawal said that if children get educated State would be developed. Because of which the State Government under the leadership of CM Raman Singh has been every effort to promote education. Health and Urban Administration Minister Amar Agrawal presided over the function.
Brijmohan Agrawal, who was the chief guest of the function, said that efforts have been made since last nine years to extend education in a better way to the far-flung areas of the State.
He said, on the construction of the Bilaspur divisional office works of about 2,600 schools spread in 10 districts, where three lakh children have been registered, could be carried out in systematic manner. Rs 1 lakh would be given to children come in the merit list of standard 12 and Rs 25,000 to the meritorious children of Class 10, the Minister added.
He said that 16,000 schools, including 1600 high schools and 900 higher secondary school, had been opened in Chhattisgarh during the last nine years. About 60 lakh children were studying in the 60,000 schools of the state. About 1.5 lakh teachers (Shikshakarmis) have been appointed in these schools in the last 8 years, he added.
Agrawal said that the state Government has sanctioned Rs 2 crore for the construction of office building and instructed the officers concerned to get Rs 1 crore sanctioned for the construction of rest house. He announced to sanction Rs 25 lakh for construction of Government Multipurpose Secondary School, shed and Rs 5 lakh for computer room.
Health Minister Amar Agrawal said that to conceive development of any State would not be possible without education. Every effort is being made to promote education in State.
Chhattisgarh State Scheduled Caste Commission chairman Dr Krishnamurthy Bandhi, Chhattisgarh Secondary Education Board chairman T Radhakrishnan, secretary of the Board Alok Awasthi, member Dr Prafulla Kumar Sharma, corporator Umeshchandra Kumar other peoples’ representatives, officers of the departments concerned and prominent citizens were present on the occasion.