The Uttarakhand government will sponsor a countrywide educational tour of 240 high-school toppers of the state who will visit institutions like ISRO, SDSC Sriharikota and other important technological development centres of India.
As the students were flagged off for their excursion on Monday chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami asked them to write their tour experiences in the diary along with documenting his government’s first-time achievements.
Dhami flagged off a contingent of 240 top-scoring students of Uttarakhand Board’s High School examination 2025 for his government’s second “Bharat Darshan Educational Tour” on Monday.
According to the officials in the chief minister’s office (CMO) these students will travel in separate groups to visit various states and the tour program will provide the talented students an opportunity to directly watch and understand India’s progress in science and technology, country’s history and culture.
CMO officials stated that this is the second edition of the government sponsored educational tour for the top performers of state high school board exams after 156 students visited important scientific and technological institutions of the country in the academic year 2024-25.
This year, the number of participants has increased to 240. These meritorious students will visit. The students will visit the country’s big technological growth centres like Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) Sriharikota, Professor UR Rao Satellite Centre, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre and other important places in different states.
Speaking to the students at a gathering before sending them off, Dhami appealed to them to not only write about their travel experiences in their diaries but also document the innovations and achievements that have occurred for the first time in Uttarakhand.
Describing the key first-time achievements of his government, Uttarakhand chief minister informed the students that Uttarakhand is the first state in the country to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) , setting a model for other states.
Dhami counted Anti-Copying Law, attaining Uttarakhand’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), first state to abolish State Madarsa Board, freeing 10,000 acres encroached government land and providing jobs to 27000 youth in last four years as first time achievements of the state in his regime. He stressed that students must document these first time achievements of the state government.
The Chief Minister told the students that visiting these institutions will sensitise them to the pace at which ‘New India’ has made technological advances. Dhami emphasised that learning from books is important but direct experience multiplies understanding and perspective manifold.
“Major benefit of this excursion will be the development of teamwork, social skills and self-confidence in the students. Students will remember the experiences of this educational tour for life and act as state’s brand ambassadors sharing its culture, nature, cuisine and tourism in various parts of the country” said Dhami.