To impart quality education to students in lines with English medium schools, a model school would be established in each of 314 blocks of the State, informed School and Mass Education Minister Debi Prasad Mishra in the State Assembly on Thursday. Mishra informed this while replying to a question put by member Chiranjib Biswal and additional questions put by many other members.
“The Ministry of Human Resources Development has decided to open a model school each in 173 educationally backward blocks of the State under the Rashtriya Madhyamik Siksha Abhiyan (RMSA). The State Government will open one model school in each of the rest 141 non-educationally backward blocks in a phased manner,” the Minister said.
Mishra informed that 162 out of 173 proposed model schools have already got approval from the Centre and construction works for these schools are in different stages. Proposal for establishment of the rest 11 schools is under consideration. The Minister further informed that while construction works of nine schools out of 162 approved ones have been completed, 102 schools are under construction and tender process is on for the rest 51 schools.
He said model schools in all eight non-educationally backward blocks would be constructed by the State Government. The district Collector has been asked to identify land for these schools.