- The Union government plans to replicate the success of the project in other states
- Banga said he will be visiting Delhi and will tell PM Modi during their meeting that he thinks this control and command centre is a great idea that can be put in other places in India and abroad
NE EDUCATION BUREAU
GANDHINAGAR, JULY 16
World Bank President Ajay Banga on Sunday said there is a need to replicate the ‘Control and Command Centre’, also called ‘Vidya Samiksha Kendra’, in Gandhinagar in Gujarat in not just other parts of the country but also the world as a model of leadership.
મુખ્યમંત્રી શ્રી ભૂપેન્દ્ર પટેલ સાથે ગુજરાતમાં યોજાઇ રહેલી #G20India બેઠકોમાં સહભાગી થવા આવેલા વર્લ્ડ બેંકના પ્રેસિડેન્ટ શ્રી અજય બાંગા અને ઉચ્ચસ્તરીય પ્રતિનિધિ મંડળે ગાંધીનગર ખાતે બેઠક યોજી હતી. વર્લ્ડ બેંકના પ્રેસિડેન્ટે મુખ્યમંત્રીશ્રીને ગુજરાત વિકાસના રોલ મોડલ તરીકે… pic.twitter.com/TIsRQ9hamO
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) July 15, 2023
Banga along with the United States Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen visited the centre, which gathers and analyses academic and administrative data of 11.5 million students, nearly half a million teachers, and 50,000 schools across Gujarat.
The @WorldBank is partnering with #SEWA to help millions of #women gain access to financial services & increase their earning potential. President Ajay Banga reiterated @WorldBank's commitment to extend the dignity of employment to all, particularly women & young people. pic.twitter.com/Aiy17R4Gft
— World Bank India (@WorldBankIndia) July 16, 2023
Secretary Yellen said the focus on education is core to break the cycle of poverty and to foster sustainable development, adding that the centre “points to the best of what the World Bank and other development partners can deliver from smartly designed projects with tangible outcomes and spur further innovations”.
#India is home to one of the world's largest populations of children and adolescents, and the @WorldBank is committed to ensuring they all get a quality education. This program benefits over 7 million students and 240,000 teachers across 40,000 government schools in #Gujarat. https://t.co/w3R5vqUQ4X
— Martin Raiser (@MartinRaiser) July 16, 2023
“The best way to be effective is to take a good idea that works and replicate it. I am very keen that ideas like this are taken across the country, and of course that requires the country to work with us. But I am also keen to take it outside the country and show this as a model of leadership elsewhere,” Banga told reporters.
Press Conference Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen in Gandhinagar, India July 16 2023 https://t.co/vQqkCCx6Et
— Secretary Janet Yellen (@SecYellen) July 16, 2023
Banga said the centre can be highlighted as an example of how to make development happen with a country with a large young population.
India has more young people than any other country and they would its demographic dividend if they get good education, health care, air, and water, Banga asserted.
મુખ્યમંત્રી શ્રી ભૂપેન્દ્ર પટેલની ઉપસ્થિતિમાં G20 અંતર્ગત Infrastructure Investors Dialogue કાર્યક્રમ. સ્થળઃ ગીફ્ટ સીટી,ગાંધીનગર https://t.co/b2ck9SfcXN
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) July 16, 2023
Banga said he will be visiting New Delhi in a few days and will tell Prime Minister Narendra Modi during their meeting that he thinks this control and command centre is a great idea that can be put in other places in India and abroad.
Addressing a joint press conference, Yellen said the success of this programme has spurred the government to replicate it in other states.
Both the leaders understood the functioning of the centre and interacted with the staff, beneficiary students and parents as well as teachers. They took questions from the children, many of whom wanted to know about the dignitaries’ childhood, likes and dislikes etc.
The ‘Vidya Samiksha Kendra’ project has been hailed by the Union government for boosting attendance, decongesting schools, and improving student-teacher ratios.
The Union government plans to replicate the success of the project, which is co-financed by partners including the World Bank and the Gujarat government, in other states..
