Lucknow, Dec 23 : Congress youth icon and party's general secretary Rahul Gandhi is set to fulfil his late father Rajiv Gandhi's dream of seeing students from rural background excel in the field of their interest by providing them free education under the ambitious Navodaya Vidyalaya project.
With over a hundred students of Navodaya Vidyalayas already working as doctors and engineers, the plan is now to open at least two schools in every district of the country to impart quality education.
The idea of opening Navodaya Vidyalaya to provide free education from class six to intermediate level was mooted by the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, and after his death, his wife and Congress president Sonia Gandhi pursued the project.
For this purpose, the country had been divided into eight regions and 593 Navodaya Vidyalayas were opened, including 83 in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
Now Rahul Gandhi with his passion to work for the uplift of rural India, has decided to open at least two more schools in every district so that talented rural children, who fail to rise due to lack of money and educational facilities, get a chance to pursue quality education, with the government bearing their entire expenses.
According to Navodaya Vidyalaya's newly-appointed vice-chairman Virendra Madan, they were taking up the matter with the state government to seek land for opening the new premises under the expansion plan.
He said with students of Navodaya Vidyalaya already excelling in different fields, the United Progressive Alliance(UPA) government had decided to open more colleges so that every district had two such institutions.
Mr Madan, who is also the UP Congress spokesperson, said they planned to bring students of all regions and different languages and cultures under one roof at Navodaya Vidyalaya so that they could inherit the diversified culture and promote unity and integrity in society.
Recently, he had held a meeting with All-India Navodaya Vidyalaya Staff Association leaders in Lucknow to hear their problems. The employees are demanding that CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 be made applicable for them and prescribed working hours and special allowance.
The idea of opening Navodaya Vidyalaya to provide free education from class six to intermediate level was mooted by the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, and after his death, his wife and Congress president Sonia Gandhi pursued the project.
For this purpose, the country had been divided into eight regions and 593 Navodaya Vidyalayas were opened, including 83 in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
Now Rahul Gandhi with his passion to work for the uplift of rural India, has decided to open at least two more schools in every district so that talented rural children, who fail to rise due to lack of money and educational facilities, get a chance to pursue quality education, with the government bearing their entire expenses.
According to Navodaya Vidyalaya's newly-appointed vice-chairman Virendra Madan, they were taking up the matter with the state government to seek land for opening the new premises under the expansion plan.
He said with students of Navodaya Vidyalaya already excelling in different fields, the United Progressive Alliance(UPA) government had decided to open more colleges so that every district had two such institutions.
Mr Madan, who is also the UP Congress spokesperson, said they planned to bring students of all regions and different languages and cultures under one roof at Navodaya Vidyalaya so that they could inherit the diversified culture and promote unity and integrity in society.
Recently, he had held a meeting with All-India Navodaya Vidyalaya Staff Association leaders in Lucknow to hear their problems. The employees are demanding that CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 be made applicable for them and prescribed working hours and special allowance.
--UNI
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