PRAYAGRAJ, Jan. 27 -- The Uttar Pradesh government has begun efforts to devise a plan to strengthen English language proficiency among school students across the state, following directions issued by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the national conference of chief secretaries held in New Delhi from December 26 to 28, 2025.

To take the exercise forward, additional chief secretary (basic and secondary education) Partha Sarathi Sen Sharma has written to the director general of school education and the directors of the state's primary and secondary education departments, seeking concrete proposals to improve English learning among school students, officials aware of the development said.

In the letter, issued on January 23, Sharma directed ...