Teachers can play a pivotal role in building character : CM Yogi

Kicking off the `School Chalo’ campaign in Pratapgarh on Tuesday, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath asked teachers to build character of students which could help building a strong nation.Later in Sultanpur, the CM advocated the need to stop exodus from rural areas. “Teachers can play a pivotal role in building character of students because education is the only base on which the strong edifice of a nation can stand. Even Gita talks about the importance of making someone knowledgeable,” Yogi said while flagging off the ‘School Chalo’ campaign in Pratapgarh on Tuesday morning.

Earlier, the CM stayed for the night at Dalit-dominated Kandhai Madhupur village in Patti tehsil of Pratagarh and held a meeting with officials on Tuesday morning.

Yogi said, “Our aim should be to bring qualitative change in education so that we can fulfill the commitment to make every child of the state educated. From this academic session we are introducing a new syllabus so that the poor and rich could get equal oppurtunity in education.” Later in the day, the CM went to Sultanpur where he said that in order to make the country a super power, there ws an instant need to stop exodus from rural areas to the cities. 

“We have to provide basic infrastructure in villages and provide jobs to the youths so that they can stay in the villages,” he said. Yogi said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was working towards focussing on gram panchayats and increased funds for the same. “ Development of villages would stop exodus from rural areas and pave way for a new India,” he said. Addressing a gathering at National Gram Swaraj Abhiyan in Sultanpur after attending the National Panchayatiraj Diwas, the CM said, “We have to realize the power of our villages and have to promote the indigenous and local products.” Without taking names, the CM said that a large number of people had no information about welfare and developmental schemes of the government. “We have to make these people aware about our schemes and ask them to avail the benefits,” he said. “Seventy per cent of the population lives in rural areas. Without development of villages, nothing can be achieved. We have to do a lot of work in this regard so that people staying in the villages do not have to rush to the cities to get the facilities,” he said. On the occasion, Yogi also elaborated on welfare schemes launched by the Modi government and the UP government. He said that the Centre’s Jan Dhan account opening scheme was a landmark achievement, while Pradhanmantri Awas Yojgna and Ujjwala Yojana have boosted the rural infrastructure. Besides, the Chief Minister laid the foundation for a 100-bed women wing in district hospital, a girls hostel at ITI and a Community Health Centre. He also gave away certificates to the beneficiaries of Central schemes.