<span style="color: #222222;">The Uttar Pradesh government has launched a unified portal called 'U-Rise' to guide students in learning, career counselling, and getting employment in the state.<br />''<br />''Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launched the portal  in Lucknow  yesterday. He termed it historic and said it is the biggest reform programme in the education sector after the National Education Policy (NEP)-2020. He said that the programme would connect students with practical and technical knowledge. He added that Uttar Pradesh was the first state to launch a unified portal along with the implementation of NEP.<br />''<br />''About 20 lakh students, getting vocational and technical education, and technical experts will benefit from this portal. The e-content, e-library, and online courses available on this portal will be accessible by students even in the most interior areas of the state.<br />''<br />''This portal would benefit students and empower them by providing every possible information — from online exams, digital content, digital assessment, digital examination papers, webinars, internship, e-library, recorded video content to employment.<br />''<br />''Speaking at the launch, Chief Minister Yogi Aditynath said that the project would prove to be an example for other states as the use of technology helped in moving ahead and facing major challenges. He said that the challenges of Covid-19 would have been more serious in the absence of technology. </span><br />