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The Government of Rajasthan with its focus on imparting education to tribal and rural
population of the state has signed MoUs to impart skill and job-oriented training to
the youth of state, says ashok jain, Chief secretary, Government of Rajasthan, in an
interview with elets news network (enn).The government
is laying special
emphasis on
access to higher
education and
also to increase
the enrollment of
SC, ST, women,
poor and rural
students by
providing them
scholarships and
books.“
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What are the initiatives undertaken
by the Government of Rajasthan to
enhance competitiveness manpower
as per global standards?
The Government of Rajasthan in a joint venture
with Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation
Limited (MKCL), Pune; University of Rajasthan,
Jaipur; Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture
and Technology, Udaipur; Vardhaman Mahaveer
open University, Kota; Rajcomp Info services
Ltd, and Centre for e-governance has set up
Rajasthan Knowledge Corporation Limited. It is
a public limited company with an objective to
develop a new educational framework that can
plan, implement, supervise and regulate the
developing needs for IT skills in the 21st century
in the state.
Rajasthan has created vast infrastructure
under education sector for schools, colleges
and technical institutions. The government
has also come up with initiatives for enhancing
employability quotient. Rajasthan skill &
Livelihoods development Corporation (RsLdC)
is the main agency for skill development
across state.
The Government of Rajasthan is taking various
initiatives for better connectivity with students,
to hone their computer skills and coordinate
amongst all educational institutions, universities,
students and the Government.The State Government has its
emphasis on educating rural
population and people of economically
weaker sections of the society, what
are the new initiatives taken in this
direction?
To make the education easily accessible to every
section of the state, the Government of Rajasthan
is trying to remove impediments of sC, sT women,
rural students and poor students in this regard.
The government is laying special emphasis on
access to higher education and also to increase
the enrollment of sC/sT, women, poor and rural
students by providing them scholarships and
books. further, proactive steps such as subsidised
higher education for low-income families,
subsidised education to girls in rural areas, free
education to sC/sT girls and encourage donor
participation in girls’ sC and sT education, have
been taken to achieve the above goal.
other than this, merging of schools, staffing
pattern and teachers’ accountability measures are
also introduced in the last two years that have
improved the education scenario among the rural
population of the state.With Rajasthan’s literacy rate being
around 60 per cent, lower than that of
the national average (around 74 per
cent), how is the State government