Uttar Pradesh is all set to launch a 15-day campaign ‘Khoob Padho Aage Badho’ from July 1 to ensure every child goes to school. The government would also hand out uniforms to students of classes 1 to 8 in government and government-aided schools during this campaign. The students would also get shoes and text books.
“A 15-day campaign ‘Khoob Padho Aage Badho’ will be launched from July 1 to ensure that every child is enrolled in school,” said chief minister Yogi Adityanath. He was addressing a gathering at a ceremony to award praiseworthy students of class 10 and 12 at Lok Bhawan.
CM also expressed happiness that out of 147 commendable students picked for the Rani Lakshmi Bai Award, 99 were girls. “Girls are leaving behind boys in every field. Even in such a scenario people are indulging in female foeticide and girls are not being allowed to go to school. I am happy that most of the awardees are girls,” CM said. Adityanath also told students that there was no shortcut to success.
“We will make sure that there are 220 teaching days in schools. Of these, 200 will be for regular classes and 20 days will be reserved for revision,” said Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma. He stressed that there would be 166 new Deen Dayal Upadhyay schools in the state soon.
