Rama Krishna Sangem
It’s good that CM Chandrababu Naidu has made his son and TDP general secretary Lokesh as the new education minister of Andhra Pradesh. Till now, education in AP has been neglected over the years as the respective ministers never had interest in the department. Besides education, Lokesh also holds IT and electronics portfolios.
Lokesh has a huge task cut out for him now. Former CM YS Jagan has initiated a slew of reforms in education particularly government schools by improving basic infrastructure and introduced English medium. Lokesh will have to do a balancing act – of continuing English medium without students missing the advantage of mother tongue – Telugu.
Thanking Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, on allocating the Human Resources Development, Information Technology (IT), Electronics and Communication besides the Real Time Governance (RTG) portfolios for him, the Minister, Lokesh said here on Friday that he is provided a very good opportunity by the Chief Minister to function with utmost responsibility.
Employment to youth
In a press note released after the allocation of portfolios, Lokesh said that as the Minister for Panchayat Raj in the earlier government he was provided the opportunity to totally transform the profiles of the rural areas and as the Minister for IT and Electronics too he could invite several companies to the State to set up their units here thus providing employment to the youth.
“With the lessons that I have learnt from my experience as the Minister in the earlier Government, I am confident of functioning more responsibly and efficiently,” Mr Lokesh said in the press note.
Recalling the promise that he has made to the people during his Yuva Galam Pada Yatra that he will bring in radical reforms in the education system from KG to PG, the Minister for HRD, IT, Electronics and Communication said that as the product of Stanford University he feels that it is his bounden responsibility to strengthen the education system in the rural areas.
Lokesh also promised to provide employment to the youth on a large scale by inviting IT and electronics companies to set up their units in the State.
