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UP governor, CM distribute essentials to anganwadi centres in Kanpur
LUCKNOW/KANPUR Uttar Pradesh governor Anandiben Patel and chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday distributed essential items to 75 anganwadi centres in Kanpur, where the latter praised the efforts put in by the workers to help control the spread of Covid-19 in the state
LUCKNOW/KANPUR Uttar Pradesh governor Anandiben Patel and chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday distributed essential items to 75 anganwadi centres in Kanpur, where the latter praised the efforts put in by the workers to help control the spread of Covid-19 in the state.
Addressing the programme held at Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj University, Kanpur, the governor said, “If every university in the state, college and private college adopts one village, then the picture of the villages can change. In UP, there are 58,000 village panchayats, while the number of universities, colleges and private colleges in the state is 60,000.”
“If these educational institutes can adopt one village each, and implement the schemes of the Centre and the state government in the right manner for five years, then the picture of UP can change in five years,” she said.
Speaking on the occasion, chief minister Yogi Adityanath said anganwadi centres were the foundation of the education system and efforts made by Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj University (CSJMU) and Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU) to strengthen these centres were commendable.
“Children in the 3 to 5 years age group coming to anganwadi centres require both nutrition and education. And cooperation by the affiliated institutions of these two universities for providing necessary material to anganwadi centres is a commendable step. This work will act as an inspiration in fulfilling the goal of Antyodaya,” he said during a programme organised at CSJMU in Kanpur.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, anganwadi workers did a good job by associating themselves with monitoring committees, he added.
The CM said the state government was working on a plan to develop anganwadi centres as pre-primary institutions, but the plan could not materialise at that time due to the Covid pandemic. But efforts made by these varsities helped in the rehabilitation of anganwadi centres.
He said the process of adoption of TB-affected children was being carried out by the teachers and officials of CSJM University, which was also associated with social work.
Seven affiliated institutions of AKTU were awarded certificates by UP governor and CSJMU chancellor Anandiben Patel and chief minister Yogi Adityanath for their cooperation in strengthening anganwadi centres.
These seven institutes included Axis Institute of Technology and Management, PSIT; Kanpur Institute of Technology; Maharana Pratap Group of Institutions, Narayana Vidyapeeth Group of Institutions; Allen House Institute of Technology, and Kanpur Institute of Management Studies.
“If social change is to be brought, then everyone has to be a participant. AKTU has done a commendable job of adopting anganwadi centres in different districts of UP,” said the governor.
Earlier, CSJMU vice-chancellor Vinay Kumar Pathak welcomed everyone in the programme. He informed that the university and AKTU’s Kanpur based 40 affiliated institutions had provided assistance to make 75 anganwadi centres full of facilities.
Industrial development minister Satish Mahana, minister of state for higher education Nilima Katiyar, Kanpur mayor Pramila Pandey and other public representatives, district administration officials among others were present in the programme.
