CM begins state-wide tour of schools from Ravangla

ADDRESSES GATHERING OF STUDENTS AT VC GANJU LAMA SR SEC SCHOOL
NAMCHI, 25 July: “The future of Sikkim lies in the hands of our students” said the Chief Minister Pawan Chamling as he exhorted students to lead the state towards development at VC Ganju Lama Senior Secondary School, Ravangla in South district today.
With this, the Chief Minister has begun the state-wide tour of schools as announced on the occasion of Bhanu Jayanti on 13 July. Addressing the gathering of students from in-and-around Ravangla, the CM urged them to achieve their full potential stressing that “imagination is more important than knowledge”.
“Our government wants each and every son and daughter of Sikkim studying in government schools to compete with the students studying in the best public schools”, said the CM. He urged the students to change their mindset from seeking certificate based education to knowledge based education.
Mentioning that Sikkim’s literacy rate is 82.2% the CM said that the government aims at taking this up to 100%. The development brought about till now should continue said the CM and added that those seeking to destroy the peace and security of the state should not be allowed to do so.
“The government’s biggest challenge in Sikkim right now is that our people have lost the will to work and we have to destroy this mindset with the wisdom of education”, expressed the CM. He also said that teachers in the state lack passion and serve only as government employees. On this, the CM urged the teachers to draw inspiration from Lord Brahma, a creator and a teacher, to immerse themselves in helping their students explore their full potential.
The Chief Minister also assured to fulfil all the demands placed by the schools and the general public of Ravangla.
The programme was also addressed by Minister HRDD, NK Pradhan and Secretary HRDD, CS Rao while it was also attended by the Ministers, MLAs, Zilla Panchayats and Officers.
A colorful cultural programme was also organised by the students where the Chief Minister awarded Rs 15,000 each to the schools for their beautiful performances. Earlier the CM was also felicitated by the VC Ganju Lama Senior Secondary School.