Education Department officials should create a WhatsApp group (government schemes, government orders should be provided immediately) and all members of the Legislative Council should be added.

Under the chairmanship of Honorable Leader of the Legislative Council Shri Keshav Prasad Maurya, instructions were given to the officials on the issues raised in the House related to basic, secondary and higher education in the Legislative Council Room No. 77. To make the education system of the state more strong and transparent, Keshav Prasad Maurya has directed the top officials of the entire education department to form a joint WhatsApp group of the Leader of Legislative Opposition and all the members of the Legislative Council. The main objective of this group is to convey various public welfare schemes run by the government and official orders issued from time to time directly to the honorable members. This will bring clarity in the implementation of schemes and exchange of information will be possible at a faster pace. Lal Bihari Yadav, Leader of Legislative Opposition (SP) expressed his gratitude. This initiative is being appreciated in the political circles because the opposition has also taken it in a positive manner. On this order of Keshav Prasad Maurya, Leader of Legislative Opposition Shri Lal Bihari Yadav not only gave his full consent, but also expressed his gratitude to the Leader of the House for this step taken towards the dignity of the House and information transparency. Whatever discrepancies there are in the Basic and Secondary Education Department, they should be removed as soon as possible. He also talked about taking swift action on the pending problems of teachers and pension related matters. The complaints should be resolved quickly and the concerned members should also be informed so that coordination can be maintained between the government and the public representatives. Instructions have also been given to improve the learning environment in the universities and degree colleges of the state. Discussing issues related to higher education, Maurya said that research and implementation of the New Education Policy (NEP) should be expedited. He warned the officers to end the old culture of hanging the files and focus on ‘delivery’. On this occasion, Minister of State for Higher Education Smt. Rajni Tiwari, Leader of Opposition Legislative Council Shri Lal Bihari Yadav, MLC. Avnish Singh Ji, MLC Shri Chandra Sharma Ji, MLC Devendra Pratap Singh Ji, MLC Raj Bahadur Chandel Ji, MLC Umesh Dwivedi Ji, MLC Manvendra Singh Guru Ji, MLC Shri Babu Lal Tiwari Ji, MLC Dr. Akash Aggarwal Ji, MLC Shri Hari Singh Dhillon Ji, MLC Shri Dhuv Tripathi Ji and Shri Partha Sarathi Sen Sharma, Additional Chief Secretary, Secondary/Basic Education, Principal Secretary, Higher Education Shri Mahendra Prasad Agarwal, Smt. Nitika Rani – DG, School Education and officials of other education departments were present.