Bhubaneswar, July 10: In view of implementing the National Policy on Education (NPE) across the state, the Odisha government is all set augment the Prime Minister’s School for Rising India (PM Shri) Yojana in all state and center managed schools with the ULB managed schools.
It was revealed after School & Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Union Minister for Education (State) Jayant Chaudhary.
As per the MoU, over 800 schools in Odisha will be developed into the PM Shri Schools which will function in full spirit of the National Education Policy and exhibit all the basic elements.
So far, 31 states and Union Territories along with Central Organization of Schools (KVS) and Navodaya Vidyalay Samiti (NVS) have signed MoUs with the Ministry of Education to upgrade their schools under the PM Shri School Yojana.
According to sources, two schools in every block and urban area will be developed into PM Shri schools in the state.
