Rise in enrolment in govt schools proof of 'School Chalo' success: UP CM

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said the number of students enrolled in state-run schools has risen from 1.34 crore in 2017 to 1.92 crore in 2023, proving that his government's 'School Chalo' campaign is a success.

The Adityanath government has been launching the month-long campaign every year since 2017 around the start of the new academic session with an aim to ensure 100 per cent enrolment in primary and upper primary schools in the state.

Exhorting parents to send their children to school to achieve 100 percent literacy rate, Adityanath said his government has improved education infrastructure and claimed that before the BJP came to power in 2017, schools in the state lacked basic amenities.

"It is our responsibility to ensure that not a single child is deprived of school learning and no child falls prey to a communicable disease," the chief minister said while launching this year's edition of the campaign.

Adityanath also launched a campaign against communicable ...