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The Madhya Pradesh government will set up two Adi Shankaracharya gurukuls modeled on the Centre’s Sandipani Vedvidhya Pratishthan for imparting education in Sanskrit, Yoga, and Vedas, state minister Uday Pratap Singh said on Monday.
Gurukuls (residential monasteries or schools) will open in Rajgarh and Narsinghpur districts, he said, adding that the subject of cow protection will be introduced in the Gurukuls later.
Maharishi Sandipani Rashtriya Veda Vidya Pratisthan (MSRVVP), under the Ministry of Education, is involved in the preservation, conservation and development of Vedic studies by establishing and supporting Veda Pathashalas.
Speaking to reporters on completion of two years of the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh, the MP School Education and Transport Minister said, “It is scientifically proven that cows give energy and motivation to a person, provide environment for healthy living and will be the center of research. We are moving forward with consideration of this issue in the education department.”
He also informed that a 20-storey building will be built in Bhopal for the School Education Department, which will house all the offices of the Education Department.
He said the government is considering developing all 275 Sandipani and 799 PM Shri schools run under the School Education Department as model NEP (New Education Policy) schools.
He said that out of the total 275 Sandipani schools, construction of 79 buildings has been completed and the target is to complete the work on the remaining 126 buildings by March.
Singh talked about various steps taken by the government and a training program to overcome the shortage of teachers.
He said the recruitment process is underway for 30,281 teacher vacancies, while higher post charge orders have been issued to about 24,000 eligible teachers.
Besides, for the first time, more than 20,000 surplus teachers have been transferred to schools that were facing teacher shortage, he said.
He said that the arrangement of guest teachers has been done through a completely online and transparent process from July 1 and currently 76,325 guest teachers are employed.
The Minister said that a comprehensive teacher training program has been launched in line with the National Education Policy.
According to the minister, the dropout rate has declined in all classes in the last three years.
In 2024-25, the dropout rate at the primary level has dropped from 6.8 per cent to zero as they have successfully tracked 90 per cent of children through the composite ID.
He said that in 2024-25, the pass percentage for Class 10 board exams increased from 56 to 76.22 (an increase of 20 per cent), and for Class 12, the pass percentage increased from 63 to 74.56 per cent.
Vocational education will be introduced in 100 percent higher secondary schools within the next two years. At present, vocational education is available in 3,367 schools (classes 9 to 12), the minister said, adding that the number of students enrolled in vocational courses is expected to increase from 4.05 lakh in 2024-25 to 5.98 lakh in 2025-26.
He said that to ensure enrollment of students in government schools, the government provides free textbooks, laptops and two-wheelers to meritorious students every year.
Last year, textbooks were distributed to the students in April itself so that studies were not affected from the beginning of the session.
Singh said, “This year, book fairs will be organized at the development block level. With this, students of not only government but also private schools will be able to buy books at the minimum rates set by the government.”
In two years, 49 books have been translated into 12 local languages like Bundeli, Bagheli, Malvi, Nimadi.
Referring to the Transport Department, the Minister said that reports of corruption at border posts (video on social media) will be investigated to confirm.
“We have taken action against 13 officers and employees in old cases. Six have been suspended. Border posts in the department have been closed and mobile checking system has been implemented,” Singh said. He said that most of the services of the transport department have been made online.
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