CM says meaningful efforts made to connect edu centres with society

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Kanpur: Lauding the anganwadi workers on Wednesday, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said they were constantly converting negativity into positivity. He added that a meaningful effort has been made to connect educational centres with the society.
“It is a good initiative to adopt anganwadis and make them well equipped. It is the foundation of the social system,” the CM said this while addressing a gathering in the programme of distribution of essential commodities to 75 anganwadi centres in Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University on Wednesday.
He said that during the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic, when he went to see the situation in the villages, anganwadis workers were found working with full zeal and spirit to control the spread of the pandemic.
“Even today, anganwadis are playing an important role in protecting children from coronavirus by screening three to five year olds,” said the CM and added, “The initiative taken to solve the problems related to anganwadi actually fulfills the vision of Antyodaya, which was inspired by Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay ji in the 60s.”
He said, “Last year on the initiative of the Governor, the state government had decided to take forward anganwadi as a pre-primary centre, where the children here will be strengthened by engaging in general sports and knowledge development.”
“However, due to corona, the plan could not be implemented. But, soon the form of anganwadis will be changed and they will be developed as per the need of the time,” he said.
The CM said anganwadi workers are constantly converting negativity into positivity.
“To avoid a possible third wave of Covid, door-to-door screening as well as medicine kit distribution is also being done by anganwadi workers,” he said.
CM further said that the efforts to make arrangements for treatment and food by adopting TB affected children in association with the universities of the state is commendable.
He said, “Everyone was apprehensive about UP, which has a high population, during the corona period, but the model with which the state has controlled Covid has been appreciated by WHO and NITI Aayog, besides many other institutions of the World.”
Yogi said, “If the government is at the front and the society is behind, the chances of any action plan being successful are very less. However, if the society itself is ahead and the government is behind, then it becomes a factor of public welfare by becoming a successful mass movement.”
Governor Anandiben Patel, who was the chief guest on the occasion, said that earlier anganwadi centres used to run on paper. “When Narendra Modi became the Chief Minister of Gujarat, she put this thing in front of him, after that there was no looking behind.”
She said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi told her to run the same mass movement of Gujarat in Anganwadis of Varanasi. “After this the whole curriculum was made and the women were taught how to teach the children,” she said.
“The birth may be given by someone else but it’s anganwadi worker who teaches the children, hence she is called Yashoda Mata. Children should come to the anganwadi laughing and not crying. “They should feel that they will get a chance to play there,” she said.
Axis Institute of Technology and Management, PSIT, Kanpur, Kanpur Institute of Technology, Maharana Pratap Group of Institutions, Narayana Vidyapeeth Group of Institutions, Allen House Institute of Technology and Kanpur Institute of Management Studies were honoured for adopting anganwadi centres.
During the programme, anganwadis were given educational toys, ABCD, numbers, puzzle, blocks, toy fruits, toy animals, educational map, playbook, pictorial story book, white board, weight machine, height gauge, first aid box, handwash, tricycle, swing, kids table-chairs and food utensils.
Vice-chancellor Professor Vinay Pathak, mayor Pramila Pandey, industrial development minister Satish Mahana, minister of state for higher education Neelima Katiyar, district panchayat president Swapnil Kamal and registrar Anil Kumar Yadav and teachers attended the event.