Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan celebrates Foundation Day

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New Delhi : Union HRD minister Prakash Jacadekar on December 15 said the government has strongly emphasised that imparting quality education to students is a must exercise and there should be more and more innovative ways to build up a new generation for a culturally rich nation like India. Addressing the foundation day celebrations of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan here, Javadekar lauded the role of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan in imparting quality education and said KVS is now a brand in the field of quality education. The minister announced the convening of a national conference in March next year to devise ways to implement innovative practices. Experts and exponents of education will be invited to the  conference to share their experiences and ideas for improving the quality of education.

Javdekar congratulated the award winning teachers and non-teaching staff of the Sangathan for their excellent performance and called upon them to get involved in the onerous task of future building of students who come to school for fulfilling a long cherished dream of getting proper quality  education in a more concrete and positive manner. The minister referred to one of his experiences of a conference where 1,000 teachers were invited and were asked to suggest possible reforms in education through zero investment. He said that more than 500 ideas and proposals were generated. He asked the authorities to consider positively these innovative ideas given by teachers for any possible and viable improvement in the field of education, according to a PIB release.

Speaking on the occasion, Minister of State in HRD ministry Upendra Kushwaha highlighted the need to ensure that quality education is imparted to every section of society to enable it give its best.  “The role of teachers in this regard is to produce personality like Vivekanand and Mahatma Gandhi, which could be the only criteria of education,” Kushwaha said. On this occasion, 104 teachers and non-teaching staff from all over the country were awarded and felicitated.