4.79 lakh fresh admissions during rural Shala Praveshotsav: Gujarat govt

Gandhinagar:

The 14 th edition of the rural version of annual Kanya Kelavani and Shala Praveshotsav (Girl Education and Admission to School campaign), this year has seen 4.79 lakh children including 2.43,360 girls admitted to Standard-1 in state-run primary schools across the state.

During the three day campaing from June 8 to 10, a total of 2,29,998 toddlers were also admitted to pre-
school anganwadis.

Chief Minister Anandiben Patel introduced another a novelty to the campaign from this year by encouraging the Standard-8 pass-outs to take admission in Standard-9. The number of such studetns was 2.26-lakh boys and 1.87-lakh girls, totaling 4,14,335 during the campaing which was started by the then Chief Minister Narendra Modi in 2003 has seen a remarkable improvement in the primary education sector.

As part of the government’s motivational scheme, Vidya Lakshmi Bonds of Rs.2,000 to every girl student as assistance for higher studies were presented during the campaing to 48,579 girls with a total sum of Rs.9.72-crore.

During the campaign a donation of Rs 23.08 crore was received for creating better infrastructure
facilities in schools and for girl education.

The urban edition of this year’s campaing would be held from June 15 to 17.

– DeshGujarat