Operation kayakalp’ of UP govt schools leaves foreign delegation mesmerized

New Delhi: Under the visionary leadership of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Uttar Pradesh is being looked at in awe not only by the other states but by the other countries as well.

In one such instance, a 23-member delegation of National Defence College (NDC) which consisted of six army officers from Indonesia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Afghanistan, was a mesmerised lot when they visited a government primary school in Bakshi Ka Talab in Lucknow district. ” This is beyond imagination that a government school could look so spick-and-span and well-equipped, ” remarked one of the senior members of the delegation which had Rear Admiral Dhiren Vig and Brig Manjit singh Manral as its senior members.

The foreigners were especially impressed with the work being done by the Yogi government in the state and said they would certainly tell about this back home. ” This is something worth emulating,” they were of the opinion.

The high-ranking delegation, who is on the official tour of Uttar Pradesh, also visited an Anganwadi centre, and could not resist themselves from heaping praises on the state government. This has happened only because of the hard-working attitude of none other than CM Yogi who made it sure that the state broke the shackles of being the backward state.

One of the members of the delegation, appreciating the transformation of the school, said that they had heard that the Yogi Adityanath government was consistently working for the betterment of education facilities for all children in the state and now saw it for themselves. They were even more impressed that under ‘Operation Kayakalp’, as many as 1.35 lakh government schools will be transformed in the state, out of which, the transformation of over 93,000 schools have already been done. All the classes will be upgraded and will be equipped with modern facilities.

The members of delegation had several questions to ask about how the government provided free books, stationery, school bags, shoes, socks, and sweaters to the students of primary classes so that they would not be deprived of receiving primary education due to financial hardships. With the efforts of the Yogi government to improve the Basic Education Department, the primary schools have witnessed an increase of over 54 lakh students, the officials present on the occasion told the visiting delegation.

Praising the Yogi Government for doing such a great work for the makeover of Anganwadi centres, the delegation said, “CM Yogi is doing great work by making Anganwadi centres interactive and more child-friendly by providing additional facilities like creche as well as smart teaching and learning aid.” They also stopped by a pond where the delegation was told that the UP government has announced that a pond will be built in every village- an initiative to be financed through MNREGA to provide employment to migrant labourers.

Rohit Sharma, the senior Indian Revenue Service officer and the coordinating officer of the delegation said that the visiting officers, drawn from various armed forces and civil departments, were completely smitten by the beauty and flawless maintenance of these places that they were all praise for the work of the authorities in the state. They were also briefed by Additional Chief Secretary, Navneet Sehgal, Department of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, about One District One Product (ODOP) scheme, the flagship initiative of the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government.