President of India Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday launched ‘herSTART’ – a start-up platform of Gujarat University, Ahmedabad. She also inaugurated various projects of the government of Gujarat related to education and tribal development.
Speaking on the occasion, the President said that it is a matter of pride for Gujarat University that not only Prime Minister Narendra Modi but also the father of India’s space program, Dr. Vikram Sarabhai; former chairman of ISRO, Dr. K. Kasturirangan; and Union Home Minister Amit Shah are alumni of this university.
There are more than 450 start-ups working on the campus of Gujarat University and more than 125 women-led start-ups are being actively supported by this university. “Around 15,000 women entrepreneurs are associated online or offline with this initiative. I’m happy to inaugurate a start-up platform dedicated to women entrepreneurs in such a start-up-friendly university,” she added.
She also inaugurated projects like Sainik School, Girls Literacy Residential School and Eklavya Model Residential School related to education in Gujarat. “The foundation stone for further strengthening India’s position in science, research and innovation will be built through school education.”
The President said that Gujarat has made remarkable progress in the field of education among other sectors. The school drop-out rate in the state has come down from 22 percent to 1.37 percent in the last two decades. The teacher-student ratio has also improved from 40 to 26. Today, through ‘Vidya Samiksha Kendra’, real-time monitoring of students and teachers is being done in about 55,000 schools, which is resulting in an increase in the learning outcome of the students. She noted that under the ‘Mission School of Excellence, a target has been set to upgrade the infrastructure of about 20,000 schools in the state in the next five years.
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