Education key to upliftment of family, society: Guv tells tribal community
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Bagde said that after completing one year in office as Rajasthan governor, he now wished to visit rural areas to engage with people and assess whether govt schemes had reached them and to what extent. That was why, he said, he chose a remote area like Kotda to mark the completion of the first year of his tenure.
Bagde expressed pleasure at interacting with the tribal community and noted that the benefits of new schemes from both the Union and state govts were reaching them.
Promoting education was essential to eradicating poverty, he said. Due to small landholdings and increasing population, agricultural potential is limited, making it crucial to seek employment through education, he advised.
Expressing condolences over the Jhalawar school tragedy, the governor suggested that such incidents can be avoided by ensuring roofs are waterproof and by preventing water accumulation during construction.
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"It is the collective responsibility of village councils, rural residents and teachers to be informed about school buildings and help prevent such incidents," he said.
He also expressed concern over malnutrition in tribal areas and urged villagers to maintain a three-year gap between children to ensure proper nutrition for both mother and child. He encouraged obtaining nutritional supplies from anganwadi centres to combat malnutrition. He also stressed on the need to curb substance abuse in rural areas.
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