Union Minister concerned over high dropout rate of students in State

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Jharkhand to get big advantage of Central schemes’

Minister of State for Education and External affairs, DrRajkumarRanjan Singh has expressed his concern over high dropout rate of students in State. Reviewing the progress of education department at VikasBhawan of Ranchi district administration, the minister came to know that the dropout rate is high among the children from class 1 to 6 and it is necessary to fix it.

The high dropout rate is largely during the corona period as many school children after the pandemic are yet to return to school.  The minister directed the Ranchi district administration to bifurcate the dropout rate of students in boys and girls and work in positive direction to address the issue.

The Union Minister had a meeting with the Ranchi district administration. The minister also appreciated the efforts of the district administration. After taking detailed information about various schemes and projects, he said that Ranchi district is a role model for the entire state. In Ranchi district, work has been done in a better way to take the plans on the ground.

The minister assured that Centre is willing to provide all necessary help and assistance to check high dropout rate of students. Apart from this, the minister said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, work is being done on many schemes to reach the last person of the society and bring him on the path of development.

Later in the day the minister held a press conference at the BJP party office where he talked about various welfare schemes launched by the centre for the poor. He said that Jharkhand is going to get a big advantage from these schemes due to its terrain and socio economic structure.

Party spokesperson Saroj Singh and media co-in-charge YogendraPratap Singh were also present during the conference.

The minister said that if there are shortcomings they are examined and it will be shorted out. He also said that due to the country's strong foreign policy many countries are willing to make big investments in India.  He also said that as part of a task assigned to the union minister to look after the aspirational district, the minister said that he has been assigned Singhbhum district.

His visit is to assess the progress of centre schemes in Singhbhum district and in this connection virtual meetings have also been carried out.

The Union Minister said that the basic mantra of BJP is "SabkaSaath, SabkaVikas, SabkaVishwas and SabkaPrayas". Believing in this mantra, the Modi government is creating new dimensions of development. The Modi government is determined to develop the last section. We also expect cooperation from the general public.

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