With an aim to improve education standard in rural Uttar Pradesh, the State Government has decided to open Kendriya Vidyalayas and model schools in different parts of the state where students can get quality education. A Government spokesman said in a statement issued here on Thursday that a Kendriya Vidyalayas will come up in Jais in Amethi district, Srawasti and Naugarh in Sidharthnagar.
“The Government has allotted 7.7 acre land for construction of Kendriya Vidyalaya in Srawasti and has decided to provide guest house of irrigation department in Jais for construction of Kendriya Vidyalaya there,” he said and added that 5 acre land has already been allotted free of cost for this purpose in Naugarh in Sidharthanagar. The spokesman said that Government is committed to impart quality education among studets. At block level model schools should be set up. In the current fiscal of 2015-16 over 100 model schools will be set up and for this Rs 350 crore has been earmarked.
“These schools will be affiliated to CBSE, New Delhi. Classes from VI to XII will be conducted in these schools. These schools will be a model for other schools of that block,” he said.