Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister (CM) Dr Mohan Yadav on Saturday interacted with more than 200 young education officials and teachers, urging them to make “no child is left behind” the foremost priority while working to improve the state’s education system.

The interaction took place on Teachers’ Day during an ‘Education Dialogue’ programme at Sandipani Government Ahilya Ashram Girls’ Higher Secondary School No. 1 in Indore.

MP CM Dr Mohan Yadav addressing the event

CM Dr Yadav said the government had entrusted a large number of young administrative officers in the Education Department with direct field-level leadership responsibilities. A sizable number of young teachers were also working to shape students’ futures, he said, adding that their energy and innovative approach could bring positive changes to Madhya Pradesh’s education landscape.

The Chief Minister paid tribute to former President and eminent educationist Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan on his birth anniversary and extended Teachers’ Day greetings.

‘No child should be left behind’

Unlike conventional government meetings, the Education Dialogue served as an open platform for discussion, experience-sharing and guidance. CM Dr Yadav interacted directly with the young District Education Officers (DEOs), District Project Coordinators (DPCs), Block Education Officers (BEOs) and teachers to understand their field experiences, challenges and innovations.

The officials shared initiatives being implemented in their districts and schools, including the use of interactive panels, app-based student attendance systems, CCTV-based monitoring and innovations undertaken through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) support.

CM Dr Yadav said young education officers were quick to understand and adopt technology and had the ability to look at longstanding problems from a fresh perspective. He urged them to harness their youth, technological knowledge and capacity for innovation to bring tangible changes to schools.

A participant from the event interacting with MP CM Dr Yadav

“Our first priority should be that no child is left behind in your district,” CM Dr Yadav said, asking every officer to set a target of achieving more than 90% in their district’s examination results and take personal responsibility for achieving it.

He also called for students to be equipped not merely to read, but to understand, ask questions, solve problems and apply their knowledge in real-life situations.

Improving learning levels, school quality, regular attendance, focused attention on weaker students and innovation in teaching, he said, should form the foundation of excellence. Officials should regularly review their targets and develop strategies wherever required.

Government schools to get infrastructure boost

CM Dr Yadav said the Madhya Pradesh government was also working to strengthen the state’s educational infrastructure.

Schools that currently lack permanent buildings would be provided with proper structures, he said, adding that schools would also be connected with bus services.

Teachers urged to guide students beyond classrooms

The Chief Minister urged young officers to commit themselves to bringing positive change and introducing innovations in their respective areas.

He asked teachers to treat students like members of their own families and interact with them with warmth and empathy. Their role, he said, extended beyond teaching and included contributing to wider social transformation.

CM Dr Yadav urged teachers to inform students’ families about government welfare schemes and help them access opportunities for progress.

He also pointed out that family circumstances often force children to drop out of school. Such students, he said, should be informed about alternatives such as open schooling so that they can continue their education alongside their responsibilities.

Teachers should also guide students on career options and provide counselling, with particular emphasis on informing girl students about opportunities in the medical field.

The Chief Minister further encouraged young education officers and teachers to showcase successful innovations through social media so that others could learn from and replicate them.

Young leadership takes centre stage

The state has appointed around 40 new DEOs, 23 DPCs and nearly 60 BEOs, with the average age of these young officials being around 28 years.

CM Dr Yadav said this young workforce had been brought into field-level leadership not merely to handle administrative responsibilities, but to inject new energy, fresh thinking and experimentation into the education system.

He urged officials to move beyond simply following directives and monitoring schemes, and instead adopt results-oriented leadership while developing local solutions to local problems.

The Chief Minister said successful innovations emerging from field experience should be identified and efforts made to implement them on a wider scale.