Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur stated the state had surpassed Kerala by way of literacy price.
Speaking at a laptop computer distribution programme underneath the state authorities’s Srinivasa Ramanujan Student Digital Scheme, Thakur stated: “If we talk about Himachal Pradesh, there was a time when there were talks about who is ahead in literacy rate. There was usually a competition between Himachal and Kerala.”
“Today, I can say that, as per the literacy rate, we are not behind Kerala. Himachal Pradesh is better than Kerala and ahead. It is a matter of happiness for us.”
He added that the Himachal Pradesh authorities had tried its greatest to make the state a greater one by way of training regardless of a tricky and rugged geographical terrain and congratulated individuals who straight or not directly labored with the training division.
Thakur additionally stated the federal government tried to attach with extra college students nearly and work together with them because it was not doable to have an occasion at one place. He distributed free laptops value Rs 83 crores to twenty,000 meritorious college students.
He instructed the scholars, academics, and oldsters current on the occasion: “We have been trying to have an interaction with the students and I am happy about the fact that we are distributing about 20,000 laptops to students who have performed well in their studies. I congratulate all of them and wish them all the best for their future.”
The chief minister added that earlier mother and father wished their boy youngster to review, however not everybody wished to permit the lady youngster to review. “…it’s good to see that times have changed and girls are now excelling more than the boys in studies.”
Thakur added that the federal government’s focus now was on the standard of training together with strengthening infrastructure.
With inputs from Asian News International.
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