CM Stresses Education & Health as Core Priorities, Inaugurates Hybrid Learning Centre and 19 Projects
Srinagar, Aug 19 (KNC): Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said that government schools must be uplifted to a standard where parents prefer enrolling their children in them, calling education the foundation of a progressive society.
As per news agency Kashmir News Corner — KNC, Omar Abdullah made these remarks while addressing a day-long Educational Stakeholders Meet on NEP 2020 – Challenges and Prospects in J&K held at SKICC, Srinagar.
CM Omar said that education and health sectors form the core for the development of any society in the world.
He added that as soon as this elected government came into power, prime attention is being given to the education and health sectors in Jammu and Kashmir.
“I always say that keep everything else aside. If we do not have education, if we are not healthy, then we have nothing”, CM said.
“We build roads, we build bridges, we build factories, we provide electricity, we bring tourists, we do anything. If we do not have education to benefit from these things, if we are weak, if we are infirm, then we will not be able to benefit from these things”.
The Chief Minister further said that Education has the power to transform any society, adding that all the stakeholders associated with the education sector need to work with such a dedication so that the government schools are brought to such a level where parents will feel that getting their children admitted to a government school is the best decision for their future.
Quoting Nobel Peace Laureate, Nelson Mandela, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”, the Chief Minister said that there is so much meaning in this quote and all the stakeholders associated with the education sector need to make this as their mantra for contributing something to this sector.
Highlighting on other aspects of the education sector, the Chief Minister called upon the education community that serving in far flung areas should be considered as an opportunity to contribute something rather than as a punishment. He also called upon all the stakeholders that the more and more Hybrid Learning Centres should be established in remote areas so that the students in these areas can receive education from subject specified teachers from anywhere.
The Chief Minister, on the occasion, also called upon the educational community that in the last five years of implementation of NEP-2020, the challenges which may have emerged should be discussed and deliberated on platforms like these in order to have required corrective measures.
Highlighting on the significance of this stakeholders meet, the Chief Ministers called upon the participants of the meeting that after its conclusion, to bring around 10 actionable points before the government which will form the roadmap for the developing educational sector across Jammu and Kashmir. (KNC)
