Prime Minister Narendra Modi blamed the Congress and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) for the “devastated” education system in Bihar as he launched several youth-focused initiatives on Saturday.
Modi said millions of children were forced to leave Bihar and go to other cities for better education when these parties ruled the state.
"This generation may not realise how devastated the education system in Bihar was two and a half decades ago. Schools were not open, nor were recruitments conducted. Which parent doesn't want their child to study and progress here? But out of compulsion, millions of children were forced to leave Bihar and go to Varanasi, Delhi, and Mumbai. This was the real beginning of the migration,” he said.
#WATCH | Delhi: PM Narendra Modi says, "Thousands of young people from Bihar have joined us through this program. This generation may not realise how devastated the education system in Bihar was two and a half decades ago. Schools were not open honestly, nor were recruitments… pic.twitter.com/LvvEtGd2bK
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The prime minister claimed that the education sector has witnessed a major improvement after the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government came to power.
"Fortunately, the people of Bihar entrusted Nitish Kumar with the responsibility of government, and we are all witnesses to how the entire NDA team together brought the deteriorating system back on track," he said.
Modi claimed that while 50 lakh youth were connected with employment in the last two decades, about 10 lakh permanent government jobs have been given to the youth of Bihar in the last few years alone.
"The NDA government is working with full commitment to enhance the potential of Bihar's youth further. Bihar's education budget has been increased several times compared to the RJD-Congress regime. Today, there is a school in almost every village in Bihar. Be it engineering colleges or medical colleges, their number has also increased manifold," he said.
Many of the schemes launched by Modi today were focused on the youth of poll-bound Bihar. They included the establishment of a new Skill Training University in Bihar, the expansion of facilities in other universities, the formation of a new Youth Commission, and the issuance of appointment letters for permanent government jobs to thousands of young individuals. |
