Business Standard: New
Delhi: Tuesday, April 16, 2013.
President
Pranab Mukherjee today stressed on the importance of education saying it was
not just necessary but a must for all round development of the country.
Inaugurating
a hostel for scheduled tribe and scheduled caste students on the occasion of
the 60th anniversary of the Adimjati School here, Mukherjee also gave impetus
on the vocational education.
He also asked
people to use the Right to Information Act (RTI) so that development and
related works could be expedited.
The President
sought the cooperation of the people in implementing development programmes of
the government.
Meanwhile,
security was tightened in view of the President's visit which was boycotted by
some insurgent organisations, official sources said.
Mukherjee,
who came here on a two-day visit, was received at the airport by Governor
Gurbachan Jagat, Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh and his cabinet colleagues.