Gorakhpur to become 'Special Education Zone' soon: Dharmendra Pradhan

Special Education Zone will be developed with an objective to groom students as global citizens and address problems of the world through academic pursuits, the minister informed. 

Gorakhpur will be a ‘Special Education Zone’ soon, said the Union Minister for Education, Skill and Entrepreneurship Development Dharmendra Pradhan. Union Education Minister attended the 89th Founder’s Week celebrations of Maharana Pratap Education Council as the chief guest. While addressing the concluding programme, the minister said that the city of Gorakhpur, developed as a knowledge city through three functional and one under-construction university, will be made ‘Special Education Zone’ on the lines of ‘Special Economic Zone’  as per the requirement of the new National Education Policy (NEP 2020).

The Union Minister further informed that this Special Education Zone will be developed with an objective to groom students as global citizens and address problems of the world through academic pursuits. The Maharana Pratap Education Council and its students would play an important role in achieving this, Pradhan observed.

Stating that the establishment of the new education policy is in line with the strategic changes in the global scenario, the minister said that it is aimed at making India the number one country in the world and the children of India as global citizens. The children of Gorakhpur will also be involved in becoming global citizens.

While Baba Gambhirnath Peeth is being established here, Mahayogi Gorakhnath University and the two universities will contribute towards the Special Education Zone and ensure their participation in this endeavour.

Talking about how the former’s leadership neglected the issue but always looked at the solutions, the minister said that under CM Yogi’s leadership Eastern Uttar Pradesh has got the gift of fertilizer factory by the hands of PM Modi.

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