Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has said that the first condition for good governance is to create transparent and sensitive image of the Government.
Addressing senior State Government officials and his Council of Ministers at the valedictory function of the 9th Chintan Shivir at Vadodara on Saturday Rupani said that his Government’s goal was to make the State unemployment free, poverty free, mal-nutrition free, child labour free, pollution free, female feticide free and riots free. For the purpose those in the administration would have to take the path of Sardar Patel, Mahatma Gandhi and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said the Chief Minister.
“It is our moral responsibility to work for under-privileged. For better administration we have to adopt mentality to decentralize power and give more responsibility to junior officers for the betterment of 6.5 crore people of Gujarat,” said Rupani.
Meanwhile in a session on education Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel said that State Government has taken comprehensive steps to improve the quality of education. Patel urged to create an atmosphere for the maximum participation of students in Government Schools just like Private schools.
Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama called upon each officer to adopt one school of his own village or village in his own region in the 9th Chintan Shivir. He discussed about the improvement for the quality education. We all will have to take initiative to become self-innovative for the primary education and for the improvement of secondary education.
Economic Evaluation Specialist and former Chief Secretary Sudhir Mankad said that the idea of best teacher and structural facilities was marked but the root cause of educational problem the quality of education was not taken into consideration. There is a need of competent teachers to improve the quality of education. He advocated for the establishment of institutions like Central University of Teachers for the creation of capable teachers.
Chief Secretary JN Singh insisted senior bureaucrats to use their rich experience to make Gujarat well-governed state. He also insisted to work on reducing infant mortality rate by securing 100 per cent vaccination across the State. During the function awards were given to district collectors and district development officers for the year 2015-16 and 2016-17.