Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers Ananth Kumar, on Sunday, said, the selfless and commendable effort of Sri Sathya Sai Loka Seva Trust in providing free education and boarding to the children from economically-weaker sections is worth emulating by others.
He said this while addressing the gathering at 16th annual convention of old students at Satyasai village in Muddenahalli, Chikkaballapur district. Every child is entitled to free and compulsory education. In fact education is now a fundamental right of every child in India.
Sri Sathya Sai Loka Seva Trust, through its institutions, is providing free education to the children from poor background. The governments –state and the Centre – should emulate the example set by Sathya Sai Trust, the minister said.
The Union government is willing to support the extension programmes of Sri Sathya Sai Loka Seva Trust. As a representative of the institution. I will talk to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Human Resource Minister Prakash Javadekar. I will bring Javadekar in the next programme of the Trust, Ananth Kumar said.
Higher Education Minister Basavaraj Rayaraddi, speaking on the occasion, said, “Baba always propogated ‘Janaseve Janardhana Seve’. His contributions in education and healthcare fields are immense and commendable. The Sathya Sai educational institutions doing a great job in providing free education to the needy.”
The minister, who hails from Talkal in Koppal district, said that he would make sincere efforts to allot 50 acres of land to Sri Sathya Sai Loka Seva Trust in Koppal district, if the Trust is keen to set up educational institutions there.
MP K H Muniyappa, MLA Dr K Sudhakar, former minister V Muniyappa, Sri Sathya Sai Loka Seva Trust president C V Gangadhar Bhat, secretary B Narayanarao, Madhusudhan Naidu, trustee B N Murthy, Sri Sathya Sai deemed University Vice Chancellor Shashidhar Prasad and others were present.