UP leading NEP implementation, CM Adityanath targets 25% enrolment increase

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday directed officials to target a rise in the gross enrolment ratio (GER) from currently 25 per cent to over 50 per cent in 10 years.

He said Uttar Pradesh has been the country's leading state in implementing the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, which helped the state improve its GER in the past three years.

Adityanath's statement came during a review meeting on the policy's implementation in the state, at his official residence here, according to a statement.

The chief minister also said, "Uttar Pradesh has achieved the goal of one divisional university and now we are moving towards one district-one university."

Adityanath directed that a research centre should be established in the name of the great litterateur and thinker Rahul Sankrityayan at Maharaja Suheldev State University in Azamgarh at the earliest possible. 

This centre will provide a suitable platform for the youngsters to research and study the personality and works of Rahul Sankrityayan, he added.

The chief minister said graduate and diploma holders are being provided the facility of apprenticeship in industrial organisations under the 'Mukhyamantri Shikshuta Protsaahan Yojana'.