15,000 model schools to come up in India, one in each block: Dharmendra Pradhan
India Today
While laying the foundation stone for Kendriya Vidyalaya on the IIT Bhubaneswar campus, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that 15,000 model schools will come up in India, one in each block.
Under PM Shri School Yojana, the Centre has decided to open model schools in each and every block of the country. In this process, a total 15,000 model schools will be opened in the country and Odisha will get over 500 such schools, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said while inaugurating a new Kendriya Vidyalaya at the IIT Bhubaneswar campus.
He further said any state government school, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Ekalavya Vidyalaya or Navodaya Vidyalaya can be converted into a model school. The schools will be set up under the direct supervision of the Modi government to provide quality education to the students.
IIT Bhubaneswar Kendriya Vidyalaya would be ranked as the 66th Kendriya Vidyalaya in the state. The overall education plan will cost Rs 3 lakh crore over the next four years under Samagrika Siksha Yojana and the Government of India will take steps to improve the quality of education in the country, including Odisha, he said.
The students of these schools will be extended special education by the government.
He was speaking after performing ‘Bhoomi Pujan’ (foundation stone laying ceremony) of a Kendriya Vidyalaya (Central School) in IIT Bhubaneswar campus.
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