The School Education Department has approved construction of a Primary School in Sector 27 of the new capital during the current financial year.
The State Government has provisioned Rs 10.85 lakh in the first supplementary budget for the construction of the school building during the current financial year.
The Government in October this year had also decided to open a pre-Primary School in Sector 27 of the new capital during the current financial year.
A first supplementary grant for the current financial year had made a provision of Rs 10.20 lakh for the purpose, official stated.
The Naya Raipur Development Authority (NRDA) is also in the process of developing the state-of-art Model High School in the new capital.
The school is being developed in phases. The estimated cost of the Phase-I of the project is Rs 25 crore which may vary, officials stated.
Notably, Naya Raipur is also coming up as a hub for global education as the process for development of Phase-I of the state-of-art campus of Indian Institute of Management (IIM) including its building has commenced.
The Phase-I of the campus is being developed at a cost of Rs 296.45 crore with the completion of the works being estimated within a period of two years, they stated.
Significantly, the Chhat-tisgarh Government had been focussing on providing an elaborate platform for various
institutions to establish their state-of-art campus in the new capital.
The State Government has also established the International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) in Naya Raipur. NRDA is also in the process of developing the state-of-art Model High School in the new capital.
The school is being developed in phases. The estimated cost of the Phase-I of the project is Rs 25 crore which may vary, officials stated.