At the district level school enrolment festival programme organised at the Boys Higher Secondary School at Gariaband district headquarters on Sunday, the newly admitted children were welcomed by applying tilak on their forehead and supplying textbooks and uniform.
In the messages of chief minister Dr Raman Singh and School Education minister Brijmohan Agrawal, read on the occasion, emphasis was given to join the children in the mainstream of education by enrolling all the children of the age group of 6 to 14 years and school drop outs in the schools.
Addressing the function in the capacity of chief guest, Member of Parliament of the area, Chandulal Sahu, said that Chhattisgarh State was moving towards development in all fields and it has grabbed a place among the developed states of the country. In education sector also the state was in the forefront, he added.
He said that the newly constituted Gariaband district, which is blessed with plenty of natural resources, including minerals and forest wealth, should grab a place in the education sector also. He asked the teachers to make contacts with the parents and bring back the school deserted and non-enrolled children to schools. They should also encourage the students to educate their children, he added.
Sahu said that it was the responsibility of all that no children of the district deprived of education. He said that under the leadership of chief minister Dr Raman Singh, the state government had launched several public welfare schemes. The government has been providing midday meal, uniform, free textbooks to the children and bicycles to the girls studying in high schools. It is the responsibility of all to educate children and make their life happy and prosperous, he added.
He said that the school enrolment festival should reach at each village, house, family and person.
District Panchayat member Rajesh Sahu, Janpad Panchayat president Shailendra Sahu, Ramkumar Sahu, Anil Chandrakar, Anup Bhonsle, Ashish Sharma, SDO Gariaband SK Gupta, DEO BR Dhurv and other officers and peoples representatives and school children in large number were present on the occasion.