Chief Minister Raman Singh on Friday said that teachers play a vital role in nation building.
He was inaugurating the three-day National Annual Conference of Central Board of Secondary Education (C.B.S.E.) Schools' organization 'Abhyudaya' (Sahodaya) here.
The teachers are doing a marvellous job of building up an entire generation of youth and in turn the society. The younger generation with their sheer dint of talent and hard work had proved to the entire world that they are ready to face the challenges of modern world, Singh said.
The Chief Minister appreciated the efforts of the institution in improving the standards of education and spreading it all over the country.
Chhattisgarh is the first state in the country which formulated a law for Skill Development Programme, Singh said.
There are livelihood Colleges in all the 27 districts in the State. The students of I.T.Is are provided training as per their trades and interests. leading institutions of the country like I.I.T. , I.I.M., Hidayatullah National law University, A.I.I.M.S. N.I.T., are operating from the capital, he said.
Singh gave detailed account regarding the immense potential of Chhattisgarh and rapid development during the last sixteen years.
The generation of electricity had increased manifold in the recent past. Development activities and spread of education had almost put an end to Maoist activities in some parts of the backward districts, he said.
Chhattisgarh sector Sahodaya Chairperson Kalpana Chowdhary gave a detailed presentation of the organization.
Notably, ''Abhyudaya'' (Sahodaya) had been constituted in 1986 to improve the quality of education in schools and observe better teaching patterns in other schools. Chhattisgarh Chapter had been inaugurated in the year 2011 in which 32 C.B.S.E. schools are included.
A large number of principals of C.B.S.E. schools from various parts of the country participated in the annual conference. C.B.SE. Chairman R. K. Chaturvedi, Joint Secretary Manoj Srivastav and Regional Bhubaneshwar Officer l. l. Meena attended as special guests.