Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday announced that the Swami Atmanand English Medium School will be run as per international standards.
Children more than three years old will be enrolled in ‘Balvaadi’ as part of pre-primary education. Job oriented education will be imparted to Class IX to XII students along with their regular studies, he said.
The three key announcements, part of ‘Vision Document 2030’, was made by Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel during the inaugural session of a two-day Jawaharlal Nehru National Education Conference organized by the School Education Department here on the birth anniversary of first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
He said ITI training in select trades has begun in some schools. The students undergoing training will get ITI certificate along with Higher Secondary School pass certificate. He said 8,000 students have been enrolled this year.
Former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor and former Vice-Chancellor of Delhi University Dinesh Singh extended best wishes for the event.
The Chief Minister released a booklet ‘Vision 2030’ and other publications on the occasion.
He said there is a need to analyze the drawbacks of school education in the last 75 years.
School Education Minister Dr Premsai Singh Tekam said that in Chhattisgarh the Right to Education scope has been widened from Class 8 to Class 12.