The Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan has till date maintained its tradition to impart quality education and has thus earned a reputation for itself, said Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis here today.
Stressing the need for quality education in the state, Fadnavis said these days it was really a big challenge.
We have (society) developed a number of educational institutions in the state but more attention is required for imparting the best of education to our pupils, said Fadnavis while inaugurating the fourth city branch of Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan's Bhagwandas Purohit School in Trimurty Nagar here.
State Minister for Energy, Chandrashekhar Bawankule who is the Nagpur district Guardian Minister, Ajay Sancheti, Rajya Sabha MP and former MP Banwalilal Purohit who is also the president of Nagpur Chapter of Bhawans, were present on the occasion.
Fadnavis said Bhawan is a brand name in the field of education and was known to pass on Indian culture and tradition to it pupils.
"It has produced meritorious students in the past who have in due course excelled in respective fields," he said.
The CM complimented the teachers fraternity for being a leading light to the future generation.
He congratulated the management for not compromising with the selection of merit in appointments of teaching staff and for maintaining a clean slate as far as financial transactions and donations are concerned.
Purohit in his speech asserted that a transparency in its dealings was on top priority for school.
Fadnavis and Bawankule offered 10 acres of land to Bhawans for opening a new branch in Koradi in the vicinity of MSEB thermal power stations for the benefit of near by areas.
