Needed right to quality education, not right to education: Jagan
Deccan ChronicleJagan Mohan Reddy on Friday released a sum of Rs 708.68 crore towards the Jagananna Vidya Deevena scheme for total fee reimbursement for beneficiary students in the October-December 2023 quarter. Addressing a public meeting before releasing the amount in online mode at Pamarru in Krishna district, Jagan Mohan Reddy said the Jagananna Vidya Deevena and other schemes helped students from poor families to pursue higher education, get professional degrees and boldly face the competitive job market. The government has been striving to reform the system introducing English Medium, digitisation, modern and emerging subjects like AI and IB besides upgrading school infrastructure through Nadu-Nedu so that our government school students receive quality education, pursue global courses and face the competition easily in the global job market.” “If we continue the momentum for educational reforms in AP, we will find our students working in top companies and attaining high positions after a few years.” The Chief Minister said, The government has been making huge investments in Education as it believes education is the only means to eradicate poverty. The results are tangible among government school students, some of them even getting an opportunity to represent India in UN forums.” "Jagan is the only chief minister who went into the details of the school and college curriculum and took steps to introduce modern trends and emerging courses like AI, verticals like risk management, machine learning, virtual and augmented reality, investment banking and management, robotics, virtual building designs, intellectual communication, risk return and supply chain management," the Chief Minister asserted.