Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to launch the ‘School of Excellence’ project of the Gujarat Government worth Rs 8 thousand crores for the government-run and grant-im-aid schools in the state on September 5, 2021.
PM Modi will launch this project on Teacher’s Day, at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar during his Gujarat visit.He will also visit the Science-city and Gandhinagar Railway Station on the same day.
A total of 250 schools of excellence will be dedicated,one per taluka,equipped with digital infrastructure through video conferencing from Mahatma Mandir.
Bringing 10,000 schools from across the state
PM Modi will also launch the Command and Control centre of the State Education Department.This project has materialized through a World Bank loan of Rs 3700 crores and an Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Loan of Rs 1850 crores.
The state government plan includes bringing 10 thousand schools from across the state under the status of ‘School of Excellence’ within a thousand day period after the Teacher’s Day and more than 10 thousand schools within 500 days after that.
The command and control centre will enable monitoring of attendance of students and teachers,quality of education,e-learning projects and online examinations in schools.
The project will include
15 thousand government primary schools
4 thousand grants-in-aid secondary and higher secondary schools
1 thousand government secondary and higher secondary schools
