Strength of Our Education System Not Lies in Academic Excellence, But Rest in Ability to Empower Students with Knowledge and Confidence: CM Naveen Patnaik

Bhubaneswar: The strength of our education system not lies in academic excellence, but rests in the ability to empower the students with knowledge, confidence, responsibility, and ability to think and face situations of life independently, said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik while speaking at the diamond Jubilee celebration of Sainik School Bhubaneswar on Saturday.

Set up by legendary leader Biju Patnaik in 1962, Bhubaneswar Sainik School, after sixty glorious years, has become a benchmark for quality education, character building and personality enrichment. The school has not only produced some of the finest soldiers of our country, but also large number of its cadets have made significant achievement in the fields of Civil Services, Medicine, Engineering, Merchant Navy, entrepreneurship and many other fields. It can take pride in its galaxy of alumni for the significant contribution they have made to society.

Sainik School Bhubaneswar stands apart for its efforts to instill the ethos of armed forces, and endeavour to awaken the individual potential of each student to serve his or her motherland in every sphere of life.

The Chief Minister said that he hopes the school will continue to bring about the desired transformation in our future citizens.

It is the moment to cherish the glorious and memorable years that the school and its alumni have passed through and to motivate the young minds of boys and girls to emulate the same, the CM said while urging the young cadets to seize each and every opportunity that you get, and live up to the expectations of the school as well as the nation.