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Varanasi: The chief minister Yogi Adityanath interacted with a local student Kapil Dubey through during the launch of Abhyudaya Yojana of free coaching for the preparation of competitive exams on Monday through video conference.
The state government has introduced Abhyudaya Yojana for the preparation of competitive exams like IAS, IPS, PCS, NDS, CDS, NEET and JEE. During interaction, Kapil asked the CM how he thought about this scheme. Responding to his query, the CM said that the idea came to his mind after seeing the agony of students stuck in Kota due to Covid-19 pandemic. It was decided to provide better coaching facilities to the students near their homes in the state.
The CM said that the Abhyudaya Yojana has been started at 18 divisional headquarters of the state, which will be further expanded to the district level. He said that the physical and virtual classes will start running on the auspicious occasion of Basant Panchami on Tuesday. The scheme website has been visited by 40 lakh people so far and more than six lakh people have registered themselves.
Yogi informed that 50,000 students have been selected in the first phase of Abhyudaya Yojana. Those who have not been selected yet, do not need to be disappointed as there will be a virtual arrangement for them as well, he said. There will also be a weekly and monthly examination of the children studying in the coaching classes. “Abhyudaya is not just a coaching center, it is a new beginning of life building,” said the CM
Divisional commissioner Deepak Aggarwal, district magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma, chief development officer Madhusudan Hulgi and other officials attended the programme. The official said that the state government is providing the facility of high-level coaching to prepare them for competitive examinations.