He was speaking at IIT-Hyderabad after inaugurating IInvenTiv 2024, described as the country's largest R&D Innovation Fair from Higher Education Institutions
"Ruling BJD leaders are too arrogant and the people will teach them a lesson in the next elections," the Union Education minister said
The government, in line with the National Education Policy (NEP), is diligently working on fostering greater synergy between education and skill
"In the last 9 and half years, Fit India, and Khelo India were introduced and Yoga was taken to the international level. Making a person physically strong is an important thing," Pradhan said
The drop out rate in Class 10 stands at 20.6 per cent as of 2021-22 with Odisha being the worst performing state in this regard followed by Bihar, Union Education Min Dharmendra Pradhan informed LS.
The Winter Session, 2023 of Parliament commenced on December 4 and will continue till December 22 and will be having 15 sittings spread over 19 days
He further said that the welfare of the poor is the priority of the government
The focus should be on districts that have a low gross enrolment ratio (GER), higher population of Dalits and tribals, and are affected by left-wing extremism, among others, it said
It will also work on smart cities, climate change, protection of the environment, sustainable development, semiconductors, rare earths and advanced minerals, the minister said
Out of 97 Central Schools and Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas, the scheme will be implemented in 63 institutes run by the Centre in the first phase in the state
"NEP has catalysed transformation in our education and skill ecosystem and we are eager to share our experience with partner countries," he said
The Union Minister stated that the Centre worked hard to provide subsidies on LPG cylinders through Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana and Chhattisgarh was also a significant beneficiary of this scheme
It has the presence of three major industrial areas, and the expansion of the arterial roads is needed as economic activities are set to grow there," he added
The MoU aims at facilitating student and faculty mobility, joint research programmes, designing courses, organising and participation in conferences, lectures, symposia, courses
At the programme, the minister distributed appointment letters of different central organisations such as railways and India Post to 172 people
India Skills is the precursor to the WorldSkills competition, as the participants who excel in India Skills at national level will participate in global event next year, scheduled to be held in Paris
"The crimes against women are continuously increasing in the state. Pratapgarh and Kota are the biggest examples of this," he said
Pradhan said the time has come to have a serious discussion on the issue of 'dummy schools'
In an interview to PTI, Pradhan said no lives should be lost and the Centre is taking initiatives to ensure that coaching is not required and school education is enough
In an interview to PTI, Pradhan said the issue of 'dummy schools' cannot be ignored and the time has come to have a serious discussion about it