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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated the 'Mission School of Excellence' at Adalaj in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

On this occasion, he was also seen sitting in the classroom with the children in the school.

Speaking on the occasion, PM Narendra Modi said that the recently launched 5G telecom service will take the education system in the country to the next level as the latest technology will take things beyond 'smart facilities, smart classrooms and smart education'.

He also said that the New Education Policy (NEP) will take the country out of the 'slave mentality' associated with the English language.

PM Modi said that earlier knowledge of English was considered as a sign of being intellectual, whereas English language is only a medium of communication.

Modi said the mission will help strengthen education infrastructure through setting up of new classrooms, smart classrooms, computer laboratories and overall upgradation of school infrastructure in the state.

Recently, the nation has entered the fifth generation (5G) era of mobile & internet services.

We have used internet services up to 4G so far.

Now, 5G is about to bring a major change: PM Narendra Modi at the launch of the Mission Schools of Excellence in Gandhinagar, Gujarat pic.twitter.com/2bCTefWywX

— ANI (@ANI) October 19, 2022

PM Modi said, "5G service will go beyond smart facilities, smart classrooms and smart teaching.

It will take our education system to the next level.” He said that students can now experience virtual reality, Internet of Things and other cutting-edge technologies in their schools with the help of 5G service.

PM Modi advocated the use of local languages ​​to ensure that people uncomfortable with English are not left behind.

"Earlier, knowledge of the English language was considered a sign of being intellectual.

The reality is that the English language is only a medium of communication.

It was a language barrier, a barrier.

Many young talents from villages could not become doctors and engineers because they did not have good knowledge of English.

The Prime Minister said that the youth now have the option of studying in other languages.

“Our aim is to ensure that children of poor parents become doctors and engineers, even if they are not educated in English (medium).

We want to ensure that no one is left behind due to lack of English language.

He said, 'The new education policy of the Center will take the country out of the slave mentality attached to the English language.'

PM Modi said that Gujarat has experienced a major change in the education landscape during the last two decades.

Before becoming the Prime Minister in 2014, Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat.

"During the last two decades, the Gujarat government has set up 1.25 lakh new classrooms and inducted nearly two lakh teachers.

A decade ago television sets had already been installed in 15,000 classrooms.

Today the attendance of about one crore students and four lakh school teachers is being registered through online medium.

The change in Gujarat in the past 2 decades, in the field of education, is unprecedented.

20 yrs ago, 20 out of 100 children didn't go to school.

A large number of those who used to go to school used to drop out by the time they reached std 8. The situation of girls was worse: PM pic.twitter.com/Gj7mXMrzDW

— ANI (@ANI) October 19, 2022

He said that under the 'Mission School of Excellence' the state government would construct 50,000 new classrooms and convert around one lakh existing classrooms of government-run schools into smart classrooms using 5G technology.

He said, 'Using this technology, a teacher can provide real-time education to multiple schools in the villages through online medium.

Now, the best education and content will reach everyone.

The students of the villages will be benefitted the most from this initiative.

Prime Minister Modi said that under the mission, students will be prepared for competitive examinations from a young age and will also be exposed to other subjects like art and robotics.

He recalled that as Chief Minister, he had launched several schemes like 'Shala Praveshotsav' and 'Gunotsav', a festival focusing on the quality of education, to improve the education scenario in Gujarat.

Before his address, Modi interacted with some youths and said that in their presence many years ago these youths enrolled in first class in a school in a village in Gujarat during the state government's initiative to increase enrollment of students. Had taken.