Narendra Modi greets Assam on launch of 'Gunotsav'

Gunotsav, originally a Gujarat government initiative, was adopted by Sarbananda Sonowal-led Bharatiya Janata Party government of Assam.

New Delhi, April 5: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday greeted the Assam government for starting the 'Gunotsav', a programme to improve quality of school education in the state.

Modi, in a tweet said: "Best wishes to the Assam Government on the start of Gunotsav. I am sure this effort will improve education standards across the state."

Best wishes to the Assam Government on the start of #Gunotsav. I am sure this effort will improve education standards across the state: PM

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) April 5, 2017

"Gunotsav is a great initiative to gauge the quality of learning. Teachers and students will greatly benefit from this," Modi added.

#Gunotsav is a great initiative to gauge the quality of learning. Teachers & students will greatly benefit from this: PM Modi @himantabiswa

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) April 5, 2017

Gunotsav is a quality improvement programme where external evaluators are deputed to the schools for conducting external evaluation of students.

Earlier during the day, Himanta Biswa Sarma, Education Minister of Assam, in a tweet said: "1st phase of Assam Gunotsav launched today (Wednesday). In next three days it will cover 9.11 lakh students in eight districts."

1st phase of assam #gunotsav launched https://t.co/o7Yb9e19ey 3 days it will cover 9.11 lacs students in 8district @narendramodi @PMOIndia

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) April 5, 2017

Students in the districts of Barpeta, Chirang, Dibrugarh, Hailakandi, Kamrup Metro, West Karbi Aanglong, Lakhimpur, Morigaon will be evaluated under Gunotsav.

Gunotsav, originally a Gujarat government initiative, was adopted by Sarbananda Sonowal-led Bharatiya Janata Party government of Assam.

IANS