About 100 tribal children from higher secondary schools of insurgency hit Dantewada and Bijapur districts of Bastar, who were on a study tour on Saturday had paid a courtesy visit to Chief Minister Raman Singh at his residence here.
Prompting the children, the Chief Minister had stated that every child has talent. Poverty and insufficiency do not weaken the skill of any child, but some lags behind due to lack of resources. He stated that the State Government provides every kind of facility and resource for education to children of tribal dominated areas.
They should use them and give attention to studies with hard work and dedication. They should move forward by setting high target of becoming doctor, engineer, scientist and administrative officers, he added. The educational tour of these children was arranged by the Tribal and Scheduled Caste Development Department.
The Chief Minister had told the students about the development of Chhattisgarh. He had also gathered information from the children about their village, house, family, agriculture farm, school education etc. Giving example of the architect of Indian Constitution Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar and former President of India
Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, the Chief Minister had stated that these great personalities had spent their childhood and schooling in poverty and insufficiency, but they did not lose heart and graced the highest posts of the country. School Education, Tribal and Scheduled Caste Development Minister Kedar Kashyap, Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand, Additional Chief Secretary, Tribal Development Department, NK Aswal, Mission Director of National Secondary Education Campaign Rajat Kumar and other senior officers were present on the occasion.