New Delhi: Singling out human resource as
India's biggest strength in the quest for economic
development, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said
focus on the sector would help the country become a developed
nation.
Modi said at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas here that there
was an urgent need to build infrastructure on the basis of
Public-Public Partnership models to train more teachers.
He also emphasised the need for focusing on comprehensive
skill development of the workers to build a powerful
knowledge-based Indian society in the 21st century.
The capacity, expertise and knowledge of youth power
would hold the key to any development process. The Gujarat
government has established several unique universities to
ensure inclusive growth through skill development, teachers
education, children education, public health education and
soft skill development, Modi said.
Listing the achievements of his state, the Gujarat Chief
Minister said, in order to upgrade the standards of education
and to provide best teachers, the state has started Indian
Institute of Teachers' Education.
"For developing expertise in the field of forensic
science, a Forensic Science University has been started and
for focus on public health care, Gujarat has also established
Indian Institute of Public Health with Public Private
Partnership (PPP)," he said.
He said Gujarat would soon have a new transport city and
new industrial cities in the state.
Holding that while IT held sway in the last decade, the
next couple of years would be a boom for environment
technology.
PTI
First Published: Saturday, January 09, 2010, 20:58