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‘Bhagyalakshmi scheme has touched 12 lakh families'

BANGALORE: Indian youth, especially from the State, are all set to overtake Americans and this has been possible because of the efficiency of the education system, said Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa. He was speaking at a convention organised by the Association of Senior and Non-Graduate Government Primary School Headmasters here on Friday.

Bhagyalakshmi's success

Addressing a packed audience of headmasters from across the State, the Chief Minister listed the success of the Bhagyalakshmi scheme as one of the Government's achievements. “As many as 12 lakh families are benefitting from this scheme. If it had been introduced 10 years ago, more than one crore women would have profited by now,” he said. He added that the success of the scheme depended on the parents of the girl child, and urged them not to engage their children in child labour or get them married at a young age.

Mr. Yeddyurappa pointed out that teachers had a pivotal role in shaping the future of the students and making these important schemes reach the people.

A promise

Reacting to the demands placed by the association before him, including introducing a separate pay scale for primary school headmasters, promoting primary school headmasters as high school headmasters and appointing Group ‘D' workers to Government-run primary schools, Mr. Yeddyurappa assured the association that the Government would look into them. “We are in good financial health and will be able to look into your demands,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Right to Education Act of 2009 got some support as T.M. Kumar, former director of the Department of Public Instruction termed the Act ‘revolutionary'. Criticising the misconceptions of the heads of some private schools who said the standard of education would come down by bringing in children from poorer backgrounds, Mr. Kumar said, “If that is the case, how do you explain how 90 per cent of our IAS officers studied in government schools?”

Confidence

The Chief Minister did not forget to use the platform to assert his Government's victory even before the verdict on the disqualified MLAs was delivered in the High Court. “Power is not permanent. But I know that the people of this State are with me and no one will be able to remove me for another two and a half years,” he declared.

Mr. Yeddyurappa reiterated that he had faith that the good work done by his Government would do the talking instead.

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