Chandigarh, March 18 -- Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Monday announced "27 new proposals" aimed to uplift the state's education system in line with the National Education Policy and to make the quality of education in all government schools, colleges and universities the best in the country.

"If agriculture is the backbone of our economy, then education and health are its two pillars. I firmly believe that a well-educated and healthy society will be the biggest contributor to the success of our goal of a developed Haryana," Saini said as he proposed to set up 17 new model sanskriti schools within every 10 km radius in the state in the next financial year.

This move is expected to benefit students of various blocks such as ...