Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will lay the foundation stone for the State’s first Shramoday School on November 2 at Mugaliya Chhap in Bhopal. The building costing `40 crore will be built on 10 acres of land.
About 12,000 construction workers from all districts will participate in the function. labour Minister Antar Singh Arya inspected preparations at the venue of foundation laying ceremony here on Monday.
labour Commissioner KC Gupta and senior officers of School Education Department and district administration informed the labour Minister in detail about arrangements.
Arya said on the lines of Navoday Schools, Shramoday Schools will be opened for children of labourers in four major cities including Bhopal, Indore, Gwalior and Jabalpur, which will be started from Bhopal. From 15 acres Government land at Mugaliya Chhap, the State Government has allotted 10 acres for Shramoday School and 5 acres for ITI building. Apart from residential and educational facilities for 1120 children on construction workers, teachers’ residential houses will also be constructed on the premises.
Arya said that apart from children of labourers, other local children will also be given admission in this Shramoday School situated in the heartland of the State.