Educational institutions are expecting massive reforms from the new government. With Modi reportedly deriving his administrative vision from the legendry Vadodara ruler Sayajirao Gaekwad, who was responsible for turning the spotlight on Sri Aurobindo, BR Ambedkar, Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan among a host of other educational greats, Gaekwad was also the first ruler to make girl child education compulsory and launch a library in every village. Political pundits maintain that many of Modi’s moves like his emphasis on girl child education, and supportive nature to book reading, are directly drawn from Gaekwad’s reforms.

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