A mega education complex with all facilities to impart education to 3,000 ST and SC students would be established on the Palur Hills here soon, informed ST and SC Development, Minorities and Backward Classes Welfare Minister Ramesh Majhi on Thursday.
During his visit to the city, Majhi told reporters that the complex, which would be first of its kind in the State, would be established at a cost of Rs 45 crore and there would be Classes from Class VI to XII under the CBSE pattern. As many as 3,000 SC and ST students can study in the complex at the same time, he said.
He further informed that the Engineering Project India ltd has been awarded the project work.
The Minister too stated that boys’ and girls’ hostels for Plus Two and Plus Three SC and ST students would be constructed in the city under the Aakanksha Yojana. Two hostels would be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 30 core and they would have capacity to accommodate 960 students.
“The department has planned to construct 73 hostels across Ganjam district and, of them, construction works for 56 hostels have already started,” he said. Brahmapur Sub-Collector Er Siddharth Sankar Swain and BJD leaders were present at the Press conference.