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Dehradun, Mar 29 (PTI) Uttarakhand Governor Lt Gen Gurmit Singh on Tuesday said improving health and educational facilities is the topmost priority for the state government, which is working constantly to promote the Ayush system of medicine besides making treatment easily available to people.
Addressing the first session of the newly elected state Assembly on Tuesday, he said the state government proposes to set up two Adarsh Sanskrit boarding schools, one each in Kumaon and Garhwal regions.
A innovative and experimental approach to education had led to the creation of 189 Atal Utkrisht Vidyalayas, which have been conceived as model government schools, making quality education accessible to all sections, he said.
Setting up of online realtime forum in accordance with the National Education Policy, 2020 is also proposed apart from making digital reading material available to students and a students learning dashboard, he said.
New syllabi is proposed to be introduced by the technological education department to develop the state into a knowledge hub, he said.
Describing the improvement of health facilities as the state government"s top priority, Singh spoke of steps being taken to strengthen hospitals and increase the availability of doctors.