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Located at Kotharia Naka in old city area, Shri Kishorsinhji School is the institute from where Mahatma Gandhi obtained some of his primary education.

“This is the school where Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Nation studied. This is the place where he played and I believe, this place also played a part in sowing seeds of greatness in him. Therefore, this school must not remain a ‘C’ grade school at any cost,” Patel further said after formally welcoming 28 students who have enrolled with the school in Class-I this academic session.

The school is run by Municipal School Board (MSB) of Rajkot. It’s 130 years of history notwithstanding, the school has managed to secure grade ‘C’ in the annual school assessment drive “Gunotsav” conducted by the state government.

The CM further said that students of Gujatat were poor even at Gujarati and Hindi. “Students of Class-VI to Class-VIII of this school are poor at Hindi. For your information, highest number of students have failed Class-X examination in Gujarati and Hindi subjects,” Patel said while asking students why their Hindi was poor though they watched a number of Hindi movies.

Shala Praveshotsav is the annual school enrollment drive of  Gujarat government. The three-day drive in rural area was conducted last week while its three-day urban phase began on Thursday.

The CM said that in a bid to reduce school drop out ratio, the government has decided to keep a close watch on graduation of students from primary level to secondary level. “This time round, we will seek details of how many students are studying in primary schools and how many  of them enroll in secondary schools. We shall follow this closely and find out dropouts and send them back to school,” Patel said.

CM seeks public help for health programmes

Chief Minister Anandiben Patel sought help of people, especially men, for successful implementation of public health programmes of the state government. Patel said that from this year onward, the government has started health screening of children below age of six years and those attending anganwadis. The CM said that this was free of cost and urged parents to ensure that their children get screened and receive treatment free of cost if required. Patel also urged men to send their wives for screening for breast cancer and cervical cancer. She said that this was also being done free of cost. The CM added that out of 9,516 women screened in Rajkot district, 310 were found to be suffering from breast cancer and 74 from cervical cancer.